The Crossover

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Okay, so Kwame, I'm curious about The Crossover.

You wrote that for young people, and even though it has won a lot of awards, it's been turned into a TV series, it took a bit to get off the ground.

I mean, you clearly had some success in publishing and writing, but nobody seemed to understand that book.

And I think this was me, this was the universe saying, we're conspiring to give you what you want, Carmi.

But we're going to see how much you really want it and how hard you're going to work for it and whether you're going to be resilient and persistent.

And after five years, I finally got a book deal offer from Houghton Mifflin for the crossover.

And then I thought I was going to be rich and never have to work again.