Career guidance is similar in many high schools across the country — a series of adults come in and talk…
Browsing: YA interview
Jane Nickerson has always had a feel for words. And she’s always had to convey that feel through writing. Her…
Kiersten White has always known she would be a writer in one form or another. When she was younger, she…
No one ever gets over being 16, says author Claudia Gray. “At any rate, I never have.” That’s why she…
Lauren Oliver reads “Matilda” by Roald Dahl every time she is sick. And she will always love “The Wind in…
Sometimes good intentions have unintended consequences. That’s the premise behind Valerie Patterson’s “Operation Oleander.” In the book, ninth-grader Jess Westmark…
As a child, Cal Armistead read all the time. She went through every single fairy tale book at the library…
Who knew a MasterLock could be the inspiration for a book. It’s true. When author Robin Benway got locked out…
Megan Miranda’s first book, “Fracture,” was inspired by questions about how the brain works. Her second book, “Hysteria,” grew from…
This past Saturday, YA-lit fans got a quintuple taste of what it means to be left breathless when five of…