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This post was written by Suzanne Young, author of In Nightfall. Why are we so bloodthirsty for vampire stories? Pun intended, yes—I know, stop groaning. But it’s true—few creatures have endured in pop culture as deftly as the vampire.…

This post was written by Ream Shukairy, author of The Next New Syrian Girl. So what is halal romance anyway? It’s the bashful courtship and painful boundaries in a Jane Austen novel. Or it’s the romantic tension between two main…

This post was written by Kesia Lupo, author of Let's Play Murder and is sponsored by Bloomsbury UK. In summer 2021, right around the time I was wrestling the extremely slippery second draft of my dark and devious third novel, I decided to…

This post was written by Dee Benson, author of Glow Up, Lara Bloom. Everyone knows what day it is on February 14th each year. The shops are filled with rose bouquets, chocolates in heart-shaped tins, and sappy cards that you can buy for…

The "strong female heroine" carries a bow. She is stoic, wry, violent, sexy, and decidedly uninterested in her appearance. When we create heroines, we weld masculine forms of power to feminine bodies. The best-loved heroines of literature…

This article was written by Ruta Sepetys, author of I Must Betray You and is sponsored by Hachette Children's. They were listening. Always listening. Who was listening? I asked. The blue-eyed boys. That’s how the conversation began.…

This post was written by Jesse Q. Sutanto, author of Well, That Was Unexpected. 2022 has been such an amazing year in publishing. I feel like everyone's ready to leave the darkness of 2020 and 2021 behind and embrace the sunlight, and to…

This post was written by Tori Bovalino, author of Not Good for Maidens. Autumn is here, which means it’s time for some spooky reads! If you’re anything like me, you’re constantly searching for your next creepy read. Here are some of my…

This post was written by Dana L. Davis, author of Somebody That I Used to Know Somebody That I Used to Know is screaming my name. Ok, that was just a shameless plug to mention the name of my new book right away. Truth is, somebody is…

This post was written by Nicole Lesperance, author of The Depths. Horror has always been an essential part of YA literature. I was a teenager back in the 1990s, and my sister was a huge fan of Christopher Pike and R.L. Stine. She was what…

This post was written by Tanvi Berwah, author of Monsters Born and Made. Fantasy creatures have been around for as long as humanity could tell tales. Around the fire, chalk figures in caves, ancient Greek dramas, ancient Japanese…

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 post was kindly written by Namina Forna, author of The Gilded Ones There once was a series of walls so long, they could circle the entire island of Great Britain seventeen times. They were the largest earthworks of the pre-mechanical…

This post was written by Dana L. Davis, author of Roman and Jewel “Ooooh! He likes you girl!” I said to my friend. My mouth full of braces gleaming under the bright recessed lighting as we stood in a line at McDonalds. I should probably…

This guest post was kindly written by Gita Trelease, author of YA novels Enchantée and Liberté. At first glance, nothing could be more different than Netflix’s historical Bridgerton series, with its candy-colored costumes, elegant sets,…