Sona Charaipotra and Dhonielle Clayton on Tiny Pretty Things, Co-Authoring, Diversity, and the Best of Teen TV
Imagine your favorite teen drama TV show, if it centered around a cutthroat ballet company. Now imagine it in book…
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.
Fifteen 2015 YAs with Narrators of Asian Descent
Happy Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month! Racial diversity is still a growing need in YA lit, but this year is seeing…
6 YA Reads for Russophiles
Whether your fascination with Russia is its rich history, unique architecture, fur-tastic fashion, fraught history with the U.S., or something…
Corey Ann Haydu on Making Pretty, NYC Love, and Moving (Temporarily!) to Middle Grade
Every once in a blue moon, a book comes along that rocks your worldview. For me, the book that’s done…
Beth Revis and Tracked Author Jenny Martin Talk Writing, Research, and the Surprises Along the Way
Instead of an inexplicably snack-centric interview conducted by me, today’s conversation, celebrating the release of Tracked by lovely debut author Jenny Martin, is…
13 Under-the-Radar LGBTQ YA Must-Reads
It’s a phenomenal thing that some of the biggest titles of the last couple of years have been LGBTQ, from…
Courtney Summers on All the Rage, Complex Female Characters, and Creative Escapes
Mildly awkward personal story time. As you may have gathered from my post last week, I’ve been a huge Courtney…
Courtney Summers Returns With her Darkest and Best Novel Yet in All the Rage
Ask a bunch of authors or YA readers what books first got them into YA in its current incarnation, and…
Lindsay Smith on Skandal, the Evolution of Washington, and Russophile Must-Reads
Every now and again, you have a visceral experience while reading that sticks in your brain long after you’ve put…
I.W. Gregorio talks Facts, Myths, and Challenges of Writing Intersexuality in None of the Above
LGBTQ+ YA has come an incredibly long way in the past few years. Where it often used to feel like…
Aisha Saeed Introduces Readers to Pakistani Culture in Written in the Stars
One of the greatest things about books is the way they’re capable of transporting us, whether to a different time,…
Nova Ren Suma Talks The Walls Around Us, 2015 Must-Reads, and Orange is the New Black
Beautiful. Haunting. Magical. These are the kinds of words you’ll find attached to pretty much every review of any book…
7 Great YAs About Best Friendship
Having great best friends is a quintessential part of being a teen. Sometimes, losing those friends is a quintessential part…
6 Perfect Pairings of YAs with Classic Teen Movies
As a young adult in the nineties, my YA options weren’t anything like they are now. I read every Sweet…
4 Great YAs About Cults and Communes
Take one world of mystery, add one charismatic leader, mix in an all-too-compelling ethos, and apply to people desperately seeking…
Marie Rutkoski is Two for Two with The Winner’s Crime
I’m primarily a contemporary YA reader, so my purchase of Marie Rutkoski’s The Winner’s Curse last year was on a…
Exclusive Trailer Reveal: Under a Painted Sky by Stacey Lee
If ever there were a book that could hook you from page 1—from line 1—it’s Stacey Lee’s upcoming debut, Under…
15 YAs That Get It Right
“Write what you know” is one of the most common pieces of authorly advice, and it’s both great and terrible.…
7 Hollywood YAs We Love
Sure, books are fun, but would you believe there’s entertainment off the page, too? That’s where Hollywood often comes in,…