Author Guest Post

When I started pitching my newest book Vespertine as “Venom meets Joan of Arc,” I expected my publisher’s response to be something along the lines of “please, Margaret, stop that,” but to my delight, they embraced it and it’s stuck. And it…

This post was written by Jesse Q. Sutanto, author of Well, That Was Unexpected. 2022 has been such an amazing year in publishing. I feel like everyone's ready to leave the darkness of 2020 and 2021 behind and embrace the sunlight, and to…

This post was written by Tori Bovalino, author of Not Good for Maidens. Autumn is here, which means it’s time for some spooky reads! If you’re anything like me, you’re constantly searching for your next creepy read. Here are some of my…

When I was 5 years old, I remember watching my grandmother cook impossibly good smelling, crispy hoppers over a rustic stove with real firewood. The wood smoke would curl up into my nose and I remember the fire sputtering away as she poured…

This post was written by Dana L. Davis, author of Somebody That I Used to Know Somebody That I Used to Know is screaming my name. Ok, that was just a shameless plug to mention the name of my new book right away. Truth is, somebody is…

This post was written by Nicole Lesperance, author of The Depths. Horror has always been an essential part of YA literature. I was a teenager back in the 1990s, and my sister was a huge fan of Christopher Pike and R.L. Stine. She was what…

This post was written by Chaz Hayden, author of The First Thing About You. Throughout the process of writing my debut novel, The First Thing About You, I’d often listen to songs or musicians that set the mood for the chapter I was about to…

This post was written by Tanvi Berwah, author of Monsters Born and Made. Fantasy creatures have been around for as long as humanity could tell tales. Around the fire, chalk figures in caves, ancient Greek dramas, ancient Japanese…

My debut YA novel Seton Girls comes out August 30 and I am incredibly excited for people to get the chance to read it. It’s a twisty, dual-timeline narrative that tells the story of a 12-year undefeated football team at an elite prep…

This post was written by Grace K. Shim, author of The Noh Family. I just took a DNA test, turns out I’m 100% that RICH…No, these are not the lyrics to a remix of Lizzo’s Truth Hurts. But I couldn’t help parody the song when I noticed the…

This post was written by Jesmeen Kaur Deo, author of TJ Powar Has Something to Prove. Have you ever heard that traditional wisdom that goes: ‘Raising girls is hard’? Even if I had a week I couldn’t unpack all the problematic implications…

This post was written by Lynn Slaughter, author of Deadly Setup. I’m super excited about the July 5 release of my YA novel, Deadly Setup. When readers ask me what it’s about, I usually explain it’s about Samantha (Sam), a teenager who goes…

This post was written by Kristina Forest, author of Zyla & Kai. In my new YA novel, Zyla & Kai, Zyla, a love cynic, and Kai, a hopeless romantic, meet one summer, fall in love, and then break up and run away together while on a…

This post was written by Catherine Doyle and Katherine Webber, authors of Twin Crowns. Twin Crowns is a YA fantasy that blends magical adventure, swoony romance and light-hearted comedy, but at its heart, it is an ode to the power of…

Late 1980s fashions are back with a twist — big hair, high-waisted trousers, jean vests, Doc Martens. And though it was an era rife with homophobia, sexism and other small-mindedness that I’m glad and hopeful we’re moving past, it was also…