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Podcast: DENNIS ANYONE? with Dennis Hensley
Episode: Author/Actor Maulik Pancholy ("The Best at It"): "I Wrote the Book I Wish I Had at 12"
Description: Dennis chats via Skype with author, actor and activist Maulik Pancholy about his debut novel The Best at It, which tells the story of Rahul Kapoor, an Indian-American sixth grader in suburban Indiana who sets out to become the best at something. He talks about where the idea to write the book came from, the bidding war that erupted when the book went to publishers, the parameters he faced when it comes to talking about LGBT issues in books for young people and getting emotional while recording the audio book. He also talks about his whirlwind national book tour...