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New covers for YA classics
In recent years many YA books we grew up loving have gotten new covers -- today let's discuss three authors whose books have new editions coming out this year.
Ally Carter on her adult spy rom-com debut, The Blonde Identity
"I can’t begin to tell you how wonderful it was to write about characters who are the grownups."
Ginny Myers Sain on adults reading YA novels such as One Last Breath
"We’ve been tricked into thinking that as adults, we should have the answers to those questions. We should have it all figured out by now. And we don’t. Or at least very, very few of us do. Almost none of us, to be honest."
Reading the bonus stories in The Dark Artifices’ anniversary edition
The first book to The Dark Artifices, Lady Midnight, was first published in March 2016. As we approach the 8th anniversary of this wonderful trilogy, we decided to read three bonus stories written by Cassandra Clare. The three bonus stories…
Tanya Byrne on her emotional new YA novel, In the Shallows
"That got me thinking about the fallibility of memory and how reliant we are on other people to tell us the stuff we can’t remember ourselves."
Win 1 of 3 copies of Lies We Sing to the Sea by Sarah Underwood
Enter to win a copy of this lyrical mythology retelling
Christen Randall on tabletop gaming and The No Girlfriend Rule
Christen Randall on how her tabletop gaming experience and her own anxiety help shape The No Girlfriend Rule.
Falon Ballard on her essential rom-com viewing
"As an elder millennial, I was blessed with the good fortune of growing up in the golden era of rom-coms"
A. B. Poranek on the inspiration behind her debut novel Where the Dark Stands Still
"These were the things I had originally shied away from writing about, and now I embraced wholeheartedly."
Charlotte Stein on romance tropes and her new rom-com, When Grumpy Met Sunshine
"Even before I knew what romance tropes were, I loved them."
Rachel Greenlaw chats morally grey characters in Compass and Blade
Compass and Blade is the first book in the latest YA trilogy featuring wreckers -- those who lure people's boats and wreck them, a crossover between sirens and pirates.
Bethany Mangle on her wonderful new YA novel, Conditions of a Heart
"In many ways, writing Brynn’s story felt healing."
Amy Lea on small town romances, mental health and The Catch
"There’s something about fictional small communities where the town itself and all its little quirks becomes a character in itself."
Tobi Lakmaker on literary references in The History of My Sexuality
Tobi Lakmaker on the literary references in The History of My Sexuality and how Dutch and English audiences might react differently.
Axie Oh on second chance love in ASAP
Axie Oh chats writing second chance romance and having that many side characters in ASAP, the sequel to XOXO.