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This post was written by Amélie Wen Zhao, author of Crimson Reign The era of the traditional divide between Good Hero and Evil Villain has ended; enter the age of the morally gray. In the Blood Heir trilogy, my protagonist Anastacya…

The UK has so many wonderful YA authors, so narrowing this list down wasn’t easy. But here are five writers whose stories refuse to be ignored. Sarah Ann Juckes I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Sarah Ann Juckes is one of…

Murder and mayhem is on the rise… at least in the YA fiction charts. So if you’re hooked by twisty stories like One of Us is Lying and A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder there’s good news – more dark secrets, masked assassins and creepy…

As a teenager navigating anxiety and depression I spent a lot of time curled up with a funny book, because funny books can do so much more than just give you a good laugh. Using humour, they can sneakily address issues that you might have…

This post was written by Akshaya Raman, author of The Ivory Key One of my favourite aspects of writing The Ivory Key was getting to incorporate elements of my own heritage into the story. But growing up, I never saw fantasy books that had…

Give me a YA book with a strong romance main plot or subplot and I’m hooked! But there’s nothing as disappointing as shipping two of your favorite characters and they don’t ever end up together. I’m going to pick the brooding bad boy like,…

This post was written by Jenni Jennings, author of Merry Kissmas to You We all want to treat the ones we love at Christmas but sometimes there just isn’t enough money in the pot to buy the gifts we’d like to. Over the years I’ve learned…

This post was written by Bryony Pearce, author of Savage Island and Cruel Castle It’s interesting to speculate as to why Squid Game has become such a huge hit. Is it the engaging characters? Is it the high-quality filming and…

This post was written by Stephanie Garber, author of Once Upon a Broken Heart. If you’ve read any of my books, you might know that I have a terrible habit of falling in love with the wrong characters—I love the morally grey, and the…

To celebrate the release of Our Violent Ends, the conclusion to her These Violent Delights duology, Chloe Gong shares some out of context spoilers... Roma and Juliette Bonus: (sorry, I had to) Marshall and…

This post was written by Lyndall Clipstone, author of Lakesedge “Maybe I just want to be the girl who held the hand of a monster” - Two of my favourite monster romance moments from Lakesedge I love books about monsters. I especially…

This post was written by June C.L. Tan, author of Jade Fire Gold. One of the most common questions I have been asked as an author is, “What inspired you to write Jade Fire Gold?” Most writers are influenced—however subliminally—by their…

Fairy tales have always been pretty recognizable. Whether the heroine on its pages is a fragile young girl cursed by a witch or a young man in search of proving his fortune, the tropes set the story in stone, so that to every reader, they…

This post was written by Sebastien de Castell, author of Fall of the Argosi and is sponsored by Hot Key Books. With the success of the Spellslinger series, I’m often asked how I go about building a magic system for my fantasy worlds. I…

As you’ll likely find out if you read my new novel The Violent Season, I’m a tad obsessed with anything that radiates dark, eerie vibes. I love a good thriller novel, an outlandish episode of Riverdale, or a podcast episode detailing an…