Books

"These were the things I had originally shied away from writing about, and now I embraced wholeheartedly."

"Even before I knew what romance tropes were, I loved them."

Compass and Blade is the first book in the latest YA trilogy featuring wreckers -- those who lure people's boats and wreck them, a crossover between sirens and pirates.

"In many ways, writing Brynn’s story felt healing."

"There’s something about fictional small communities where the town itself and all its little quirks becomes a character in itself."

Tobi Lakmaker on the literary references in The History of My Sexuality and how Dutch and English audiences might react differently.

Axie Oh chats writing second chance romance and having that many side characters in ASAP, the sequel to XOXO.

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"Ultimately, I realized I needed to just let them be angry and afraid and anxious, and give them a whirlwind love story anyway."

Marissa Meyer is known for sci-fi fantasy series The Lunar Chronicles but she is here to show us she can write light romance stories too!

"None of my protagonists are exactly like me, but I think there’s definitely a small part of me in every protagonist I write."

"I’ve kept these songs to myself… until now, that is. Enjoy!"

The third and final book of the Defy the Night series by Brigid Kemmerer, Destroy the Day, is finally out in the world.

"I wanted to explore power: who has it, who wants it, who tries to take it away from others."

"Most of the themes of the book are tied to things that I’ve been thinking about lately, including what it means to make art and engage with an audience while you’re still evolving as a creative person."