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"I can’t begin to tell you how wonderful it was to write about characters who are the grownups."
Tanya Byrne on her emotional new YA novel, In the Shallows
"That got me thinking about the fallibility of memory and how reliant we are on other people to tell us the stuff we can’t remember ourselves."
Charlotte Stein on romance tropes and her new rom-com, When Grumpy Met Sunshine
"Even before I knew what romance tropes were, I loved them."
Bethany Mangle on her wonderful new YA novel, Conditions of a Heart
"In many ways, writing Brynn’s story felt healing."
Edward Underhill on his whirlwind new YA romance, This Day Changes Everything
"Ultimately, I realized I needed to just let them be angry and afraid and anxious, and give them a whirlwind love story anyway."
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 protagonist I write."
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."
Hena Khan on her compassionate new middle grade novel, Drawing Deena
"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."
Georgia Summers on her debut fantasy novel, The City of Stardust
"Sometimes it’s easy to forget that so much of writing happens in that leap of faith, when you’re still mid-air and not sure if you’ll clear the chasm underneath you."
Arushi Avachat on her debut YA rom-com, Arya Khanna’s Bollywood Moment
"my big idea was that I wanted this novel to read like a Bollywood drama"
Danielle Paige on her dark Fairy Godmother origin story, Wish of the Wicked
"I fell in love with fairy tales as a kid like so many children do, and I just never let them go."
Lynn Painter on her newest YA rom-com, Betting On You
"There is no serotonin for me quite like the slow burn of romance, paired with the fun cringe of a romcom."
Margot Harrison on true crime and her new YA thriller, Only She Came Back
"A lot of people, especially women, say their true crime fixation is a coping mechanism, a way to deal with their own fears of becoming a victim of violence."
Kylie Lee Baker on her dazzlingly dark new YA fantasy novel, The Scarlet Alchemist
"I also really enjoy historical fiction because it lets you imagine history from the perspective of marginalized people, who historically didn’t leave much of a paper trail."
Asha Ashanti Bromfield on her powerful new YA novel, Songs of Irie
"I decided to be my own hero – and it’s helped me create characters with so much more nuance, heart and real guttural strength."