Sarah Dessen
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Sep 23, 2026
JeniHOST
Riley.
JeniHOST
Allison said, fun fact, Belmont starred in Along for the Ride, a movie adaptation from Sarah Dessen's book.
JeniHOST
When Off Campus first came out, Sarah Dessen was posting about it, praising about Belmont.
JeniHOST
It was super cute.
JeniHOST
I'd recommend Along for the Ride movie too.
MeganHOST
Thank you.
MeganHOST
I'll have to check it out.
JeniHOST
Also, I loved Sarah Dessen in high school.
speaker_1HOST
It's going to be a fun one.
LernerHOST
Today we are unpacking the opening chapters and the front matter of the 2002 novel This Lullaby by Sarah Dessen, which was published by Viking and Penguin Books.
LernerHOST
A
speaker_1HOST
classic.
BobbiHOST
of like Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen.
BobbiHOST
But then I found out that Sarah Dessen had already written that book.
BobbiHOST
Yeah.
BobbiHOST
And I was
RachelHOST
I was going to say, I think I've heard of a book about that before.
RachelHOST
Yeah.
BobbiHOST
I had the idea before Sarah Dessen wrote the book.
BobbiHOST
So there is a theory in my mind that she is actually some type of like a succubus.
Milena GonzalezHOST
Who were some of the authors who inspired you early on to write YA and romance?
Ellen O'CloverGUEST
so many, but when I was a teenager, Sarah Dessen was really sort of the gold standard for me.
Ellen O'CloverGUEST
I loved her contemporary romances and how,
Milena GonzalezHOST
did you read her too? Yes.
Milena GonzalezHOST
I mean, I still
Ellen O'CloverGUEST
reread them.
Ellen O'CloverGUEST
I feel like most summers I'll reread a Sarah Dessen book.
Ellen O'CloverGUEST
Like they just, they still hit.
Nicole BoyceHOST
Dear Reader, Just Listen.
Nicole BoyceHOST
Dear Reader is by Taylor Swift, Just Listen a novel by Sarah Dessen.
Nicole BoyceHOST
Okay.
BethGUEST
Oh.
Jennifer IacopelliGUEST
And there I was with my figure skating book with its very dated title.
Jennifer IacopelliGUEST
stock photo cover the only one who had written one really wow that's it you're constantly pivoting in this industry so i'm so happy everyone is here with me but for a minute i was like do i write a romantic scene like what do i do yeah yeah no that's a good question yeah somebody in an article recently was like oh an editor told sarah dustin she should write romantic and i'm like Sarah Dessen, like who tells Sarah Dessen pivot to romanticizing publishing? So we're constantly trying to like reinvent ourselves.
Jennifer IacopelliGUEST
And I'm so excited that it's kind of caught up to me for once.
Jennifer IacopelliGUEST
And now I'm like, okay, but everyone stay here for a second.