Author Guest Post

This post was written by Chandra Prasad, author of Mercury Boys In my upcoming young adult novel Mercury Boys (Soho Teen, Aug. 3), an intrepid group of high school girls discovers a way to visit people in the old photographs known as…

This post was written by Kelly deVos, author of Eat Your Heart Out Being thin and conventionally attractive has its downsides. If you’re a fan of horror films, like me, you’re probably used to the conventions of the genre. In Halloween,…

This post was written by Jennifer Dugan, author of Some Girls Do. When I think about popular queer love stories, I instantly think of things like the beloved Ferris Wheel scene in Love, Simon, or everyone absolutely melting over David and…

There are so many amazing fantasy stories to look forward to this year from a surge of witches, to gritty urban fantasy, and heartfelt tales of warriors on a mission. I’m so excited to share what got me so hyped about these upcoming titles…

This post was written by Holly Smale, author of Love Me Not We don’t like unlikeable female characters in our books. Which seems somewhat self-explanatory, until it becomes more than simply a matter of judgement: as a society, we don’t…

This post was written by Simon James Green, author of You're the One That I Want I’ve always been a big fan of Grease, so having the characters in my new YA novel, You’re the One that I Want, put on an actual school production of it was…

This post was kindly written by Suzanne Park, author of Sunny Song Will Never Be Famous. There are so many amazing 2021 YA contemporary books that have recently released or are coming out soon, and my reading list is lonnnnng, like…

The intro to this post was kindly written by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, author of Ace of Spades Dear reader, My debut novel Ace of Spades is out in a matter of days and I can’t wait for you to read it. You can expect rich kids behaving…

This post was written by Caroline O'Donoghue, author of All Our Hidden Gifts It’s difficult to imagine a YA book without a romance in it. I mean, sure. They happen. But while this might make me an utterly basic reader, a YA fantasy without…

This post was kindly written by Sarah Suk, author of Made in Korea Ah, rivals to lovers. One of my all-time favorite tropes and arguably the most elite romance trope of all (though catch me on another day and you may find me saying the…

This post was written by William Hussey, author of The Outrage WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT? by William Hussey When I was a kid growing up in the 1980s and 90s in a very traditional part of England, I simply did not see any positive…

This guest post was kindly written by Joya Goffney, author of Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry. Lists calm me. Emotions and tasks and memories take up so much space in my head—they’re heavy. So when I can’t hold them in anymore, I write lists of…

When people hear that my new book is a minute-by-minute account of a terror attack at a music festival, following the journeys of five teenagers as their focus shifts from enjoying the night to pure survival, one question tends to come up a…

This guest post was kindly written by Lynn Painter, author of Better Than The Movies. Finding My Happily-Ever-After By Writing Theirs When I first decided to write a book, I attempted contemporary romance. It was what I enjoyed reading,…