7 Perfect YAs Reads for Galentine’s Day
February 13 marks one of the best holidays ever created by a TV character: Galentine’s Day (via Leslie Knope of…
Dahlia Adler
DAHLIA ADLER is an editor by day, a freelance writer by night, and a Young Adult author at every spare moment in between. She is the founder of LGBTQReads, editor of several anthologies, and author of many novels, including Cool for the Summer and Home Field Advantage. She lives in New York with her family and an obscene number of books.
Corey Ann Haydu Continues to Explore the Complexity of Girlhood in The Careful Undressing of Love
It’s one thing to get yourself on my instabuy list; it’s quite another to leap to the top with your…
5 YA Books About Artistic Ambition
Artistic ambition is one of those things that seems to preternaturally age you, in part because you’re forced to learn…
7 Awesome Diverse YA Thrillers
I happen to love all subgenres of contemporary, but there’s a special place in my heart for the stuff that…
5 Great 2016 Boarding School YAs
What can I say? I am a total sucker for boarding school–set YAs, and I know I’m not alone. The…
12 Great Under the Gaydar YAs
Marketing LGBTQA YA is a double-edged sword. Some of it is glaringly queer, and some of it is what I…
Lucy and Linh Author Alice Pung on Privilege, Opportunity, and Defying Your Circumstances
Here on the B&N Teen Blog, you can kinda tell when several of us become fankids of the same book,…
As I Descended Author Robin Talley on Queer YA Retellings of Classic Stories
Readers of queer YA are no strangers to the name Robin Talley, but her newest release, As I Descended, isn’t like…
10 of the Best First Lines in YA Thrillers
Thriller authors don’t have a whole lot of time to hook you. If you don’t believe they can spin your…
5 Series to Start While Waiting for Six of Crows Sequel Crooked Kingdom
I know how much you’re bleeding for the return of Kaz, Inej, Nina, Matthias, Wylan, and Jesper from Six of…
10 YA Books That Sell Themselves in 5 Words
A lot of factors go into making a book fantastic, including pacing, voice, dialogue, and chemistry, but when it all…
5 Dark YAs for Heathers Fans
The movie Heathers was a cult hit before today’s teens were even born, but the combination of a mean girl…
10 YA Books to Get You Pumped for the Summer Olympics
Summer Olympics 2016 in Rio is just around the corner, and we here at the B&N Teen Blog are prepared!…
7 YA Books That Are as Good as a Writing Class
Writing classes are great if you’ve got the time, money, and access, but lord knows plenty of us don’t. Thankfully,…
7 Can’t-Miss YA Books Set in Los Angeles
Surf and sand, sunshine and stars of all kinds—everyone has an idea of what we’re talking about when we talk…
David Levithan and Nina LaCour talk Pride, You Know Me Well, and the Future of LGBTQ+ YA
If ever there were must-read authors in the world of LGBTQ YA, they’re David Levithan and Nina LaCour. So the idea…
10 Must-Read Summer Romance Releases
Sunshine! Flowers! Summer vacation! The perfect temperature for skinny dipping! ‘Tis the season to fall in love (or at least…
22 YAs That Get it Right: LGBTQA Edition
Welcome to another edition of YAs That Get it Right, which is all about YAs that truly nail an element…
16 YAs That Get it Right: Mental Health Edition
Welcome back to another edition of YAs That Get it Right, in which pros weigh in on YA books they…
What Happens When Fangirl BFFs Collide? If You’re Lucky, Gena/Finn
Depending on your relationship with your best friend, cowriting a novel is either living the dream or embarking on a…