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Christen Randall on how her tabletop gaming experience and her own anxiety help shape The No Girlfriend Rule.
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A. B. Poranek on the inspiration behind her debut novel Where the Dark Stands…
"These were the things I had originally shied away from writing about, and now I embraced wholeheartedly."
Rachel Greenlaw chats morally grey characters in Compass and Blade
Compass and Blade is the first book in the latest YA trilogy featuring wreckers -- those who lure people's boats…
Tobi Lakmaker on literary references in The History of My Sexuality
Tobi Lakmaker on the literary references in The History of My Sexuality and how Dutch and English audiences might…
Axie Oh on second chance love in ASAP
Axie Oh chats writing second chance romance and having that many side characters in ASAP, the sequel to XOXO.
"Ultimately, I realized I needed to just let them be angry and afraid and anxious, and give them a whirlwind love story anyway."
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Marissa Meyer chats writing quieter romance stories
Marissa Meyer is known for sci-fi fantasy series The Lunar Chronicles but she is here to show us she can write…
Ann Liang on her new rivals-to-lovers YA rom-com, I Hope This Doesn’t Find You
"None of my protagonists are exactly like me, but I think there’s definitely a small part of me in every…
Win 1 of 3 sets of Defy the Night by Brigid Kemmerer
The third and final book of the Defy the Night series by Brigid Kemmerer, Destroy the Day, is finally out in the…
Krystal Sutherland on her dark new witchy YA novel, The Invocations
"I wanted to explore power: who has it, who wants it, who tries to take it away from others."
"Even though I got older, I still appreciated this aspect of YA literature that affirmed the strength and depth of young women."
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Tess James-Mackey on how to write a nail-biting thriller
"Let yourself follow that trail, and it could lead you to something that belongs in a nail-biting thriller."
Shade Lapite on building the world in Goddess Crown
When Shade Lapite first wrote Goddess Crown, she was inspired by Elizabeth I. Read to find out why and how she is…