Series: Backstory
Once you’ve read your favorite Sterling & Stone book, this is where you’ll find the ‘DVD Extras’. Johnny, Sean and Dave divulge their secrets, and share the trials and victories they had while writing.
BS25 Trillionaire Boys' Club 7-9
Johnny and Sean (AKA Aubrey Parker) discuss books 7-9 of the Tillionaire Boys’ Club. They discuss the origin of the characters, their writing process, and where they plan to go […]
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BS24 No Hope
Curious about how No Hope, book three in the No Justice series was made? In this episode of Backstory, Dave and Sean share their personal commentary on a story of […]
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BS23 No Escape
Join Dave and Sean as they discuss writing No Escape. The cultural landscape that the story interacts with and the emotional tax of writing a story that feels immediately relevant […]
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BS22 The Tomorrow Gene Series
Tomorrow Gene was intended to be 5 books long, right on the heels of the 7 book Invasion. But it ended up being only 3 books – a very different […]
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BS20 Karma Police
Karma Police claims 6 episodes of blood, sweat, and tears for Dave, and puppy enthusiasm from Sean. Dave’s inspiration comes from David Levithan’s Every Day. This is a story Dave […]
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BS19 Backstory for Cursed
Cursed was designed to be an episodic experience, but things changed along the way. The guys talk about the experience of writing the series, how they decided to close it, […]
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BS18 The Guru
WARNING: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE GURU AND THE TRILLIONAIRE BOYS CLUB SERIES. We haven’t been able to do any Backstory episodes for the Trillionaire Boys’ Club for one […]
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BS17 La Fleur de Blanc
La Fleur was never meant to have a Back Story episode, but there’s something very special about it. Today, Sean and Johnny talk about the inspiration for La Fleur de […]
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BS16 Devil May Care
This is one book that’s difficult to talk about without revealing some shocking spoilers. Today, Sean and Johnny discuss the process of writing Devil May Care, one of Sterling and […]
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