Marisha Pessl’s Neverworld Wake Is a Shape-Shifting Binge Read
Some stories are all in the setup: what you need to know about their plot is in the teaser copy,…
Melissa Albert
Engaged Coauthors Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka on the Young Love Story Behind Always Never Yours
Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka know from young love: the pair, now engaged, had their own friends-to-love romance in high…
Thirst for Life and a Reckless Abandon: Talking with The Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik Author David Arnold
David Arnold’s third novel, The Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik, is singular and brainy and deeply intriguing, with an ending…
Bobby Sky: Boy Band or Die Author Joe Shine on How He Became a Reader (and Writer)
In Joe Shine’s Bobby Sky: Boy Band or Die, charming delinquent Hutch has broken the law one time too many…
Teen Readers Share the Last Book They Loved: Staying In, Coming Out, and Rewriting History
Meet the Young Adults, the B&N Teen Blog’s swat team of awesome teenaged bloggers. YA literature is a strange and…
Author Carolyn Mackler on Her New Book, and Why We Need Body Diversity in YA
Fifteen years ago, Carolyn Mackler’s Printz Award–winning The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things was released, introducing readers to…
Ash Princess Author Laura Sebastian on How She Developed Her Fantasy World
Laura Sebastian’s Ash Princess centers on the vengeful rise of deposed royal Theodosia, mockingly called the “Ash Princess” following the…
Tamora Pierce Talks Tempests and Slaughter and Tortall with Tess of the Road’s Rachel Hartman
Last month two fantasy masters returned to beloved worlds: The legendary Tamora Pierce added a new chapter to her universe…
Pacifica Author Kristen Simmons on the Terrifying Science Behind her New Novel
In a future world destroyed by the humans who live on it, Pacifica is a promised land: an edenic island…
Twelve Steps to Normal Author Farrah Penn on Fanfic, Loss, and the Path to Publication
In Farrah Penn’s debut novel, Twelve Steps to Normal, Kira is a child of an alcoholic parent, who uses the…
Brendan Reichs and Veronica Roth Talk Genesis, Carve the Mark, and Sci-fi and Dystopian Worldbuilding
To celebrate the release of The Fates Divide, sequel to Veronica Roth‘s bestselling Carve the Mark, and Genesis, the latest in Brendan Reichs’…
Teen Readers Share the Last Books They Loved: Artistic Creation, Life on the Inside, and a Painter’s Story in Verse
Meet the Young Adults, the B&N Teen Blog’s swat team of awesome teenaged bloggers. YA literature is a strange and…
10 YA Authors on the Authors Whose Books They’re Crushing On
In honor of Valentine’s Day we asked ten of our author crushes to dish on their own: the authors whose…
Check Out Exclusive Art from Susan Dennard’s Illustrated Witchlands Novella Sightwitch
Kicking off with Truthwitch in 2016, Susan Dennard’s epic Witchlands series has captivated readers with its complex heroines and fascinating…
Check Out a Behind the Scenes Video from the Making of Every Day
David Levithan’s 2012 book Every Day, hitting the big screen on February 23, is a tearjerker with a big heart…
Teen Readers Share the Last Books They Loved: Wicked Fey, Undercover Royalty, and Life at the Crossroads
Meet the Young Adults, the B&N Teen Blog’s swat team of awesome teenaged bloggers. YA literature is a strange and…
An Enchantment of Ravens Author Margaret Rogerson’s Writing Life in Pictures
We luuurve An Enchantment of Ravens here at B&N Teen (kind of a lot), and Margaret Rogerson’s gorgeously autumnal fey fantasy finally…
Landscape with Invisible Hand Author M.T. Anderson on National Identity, Juvenilia, and the Arts
In Landscape with Invisible Hand, M.T. Anderson latest dark futuristic vision, the vuvv, a super-advanced alien race, have taken over Earth,…
Margaret Rogerson’s An Enchantment of Ravens Is an Instant Fantasy Classic
My hunger for books about fairies—not the pretty kind but the Fair Folk, the fey, the Sidhe, terrifying figures who…