Happy Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month! Racial diversity is still a growing need in YA lit, but this year is seeing a nice amount of growth, finally, in YAs featuring main characters of Asian descent, from all over the continent and in a wide variety of genres. We had some great ones last year (highlights include Tell […]
Today in “posts structured to screw with your head a little bit,” I may be the “author” of this one, but since I’m also the author of a book releasing this week—a contemporary Hollywood YA called Under the Lights—I asked a different author to take the reins of this interview. And who better to ask than […]
The holiday season is a tough, pressure-filled time for all, because how on earth do you find that perfect gift for every loved one? And by “perfect gift,” I obviously mean “perfect book,” because I’m not a monster. The choice is hard, so rather than make it myself, I tortured 15 fabulous YA authors with the question: […]
It’s that time of year again! Yes, the time in which we agonize over which few books to feature of the so many obscenely good-looking contemporary YAs coming out over the next six months (oh, yes, we’ll be doing this all over again for the epic collection releasing between July and December), weep over the […]
Surf and sand, sunshine and stars of all kinds—everyone has an idea of what we’re talking about when we talk about Los Angeles. Except for when we’re talking about murder, or the apocalypse, or witches, or whatever else the minds behind YA lit can dream up. Here are some of our favorite books with the City of Angels […]