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"I mean, a mysterious, mist-shrouded isle of magic ruled by powerful women? How could you not want to write about that?"
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Lauren Ho on her laugh out loud YA debut, Bite Me, Royce Taslim
"I'd always wanted to write about teenagers who look and sound like me"
Janice Lynn Mather on grief, minor miracles and her YA novel, Where Was Goodbye?
"The assignment is not always about joy. We are no more obligated to write pure happiness than we are permitted to…
Revisit Shakespeare with the new Staged collection
April 23 is Shakespeare day so of course we need to celebrate it by rereading some of the greatest works written by…
Megan Hopkins chats imagining the world in Starminster
Starminster is a wonderful children's book that gives readers a chance to imagine a magical world just above…
"Whenever I return, it feels like homecoming, and I always knew it was only a matter of time before I wrote my New York Book."
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Sharada Keats on the inspiration behind her YA debut These Stolen Lives
Sharada Keats chats why she prefers grey characters and how her background in economics helps the worldbuilding in…
Jonny Garza Villa on their new YA novel, Canto Contigo
"It’s been an honor to share my community and my culture with readers, and I think Canto Contigo is so specifically…
"With the lack of control and feeling of helplessness and also the need for some fun escapism, something just clicked in my head, so I picked up these two story-idea threads and weaved them together."
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Win a copy of We’re Never Getting Home by Tracy Badua
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Jenna Voris on her new country music inspired YA novel, Every Time You Hear That…
"when I think back to the music of my childhood, a lot of it is country"
"It’s been so exciting to see more and more books come out with trans protagonists, and I am so proud to add to that much-needed wave."
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F.T. Lukens on their new YA fantasy, Otherworldly and the Deal With The Devil’…
"There are tales from all over the world, from a variety of different cultures that share many of the same elements…
Read an exclusive extract of Sami Ellis’s debut YA horror, Dead Girls…
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