Today's guest, Soman Chainani, is an insanely successful fantasy novel series that would become, first, a New York Times bestseller and second, a soon-to-be major motion picture on Netflix! He is behind “The School For Good and Evil,” a book series that has sold more than 2.5 million copies and has been translated into 30 languages across 6 continents.We’ll talk about Soman’s two biggest influences, Walt Disney and Madonna! But of course, we'll go beyond Soman's highlight reel. In this episode, Soman generously shares his HUGE pluck ups and the big bets he lost, namely the multiple jobs he got fired from, including one job that involved his own freakin’ book!--Join our podcast and send a voice memo/audio recording for our new segment "I Plucked Up!" :Anchor Voice Message: anchor.fm/pluckingup/messageEmail: liz@lizbohannon.co--Love the podcast? Rate and leave us a review!Follow Liz on Instagram:@lizbohannon@ssekodesignsThis podcast is produced by Hueman Group Media. Follow us on @sincerelyhueman.--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pluckingup/message Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.