Anna Todd

ANNA TODD is the New York Times bestselling author of the After series of books, The Spring Girls, and the recent The Brightest Stars. Always an avid reader, Todd began writing stories on her phone on Wattpad, the reading and writing multi-platform for original stories, with After becoming its most-read series with over 1.5 billion reads. The print edition of After was published in 2014 by Simon & Schuster and has since been released in over 30 languages with more than 11 million copies sold worldwide. After has been a #1 bestseller across the globe including Italy, Germany, France and Spain. She has since written eight additional novels and serves as a producer and screenwriter on the upcoming film adaptation of After We Collided, the sequel to After. Todd has been hailed by Cosmopolitan as "the biggest literary phenomenon of her generation." A native of Ohio Anna, her husband and son currently live in Los Angeles.

In this episode, we talk about it isn't necessary to have an academic background to be a successful writer, self-confidence and the importance of diversity in the entertainment industry, her rise to fame by gaining over 1.5 billion reads online, how she handles constant hate and negative reviews, and the process of turning her book into a movie. This was such a fun episode, definitely worth a listen.