Authors Young Adult
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KL Walther's Ferris Bueller-inspired novel, While We're Young
Find out how the film Ferris Bueller's Day Off helped inspire KL Walther's YA novel, While We're Young, about a group of teenagers who take a day off school. KL Walther was born and raised in the rolling hills of Bucks County, Pennsylvania, surrounded by family, dogs, a...
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Trang Thanh Tran explores identity and transformation in They Bloom at Night
Trang Thanh Tran is the author of She Is a Haunting, a William C. Morris Debut Award finalist and an instant New York Times bestseller. They write speculative stories with big emotions about food, belonging and the Vietnamese diaspora.</...
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Channelle Desamours introduces her new YA mystery, Needy Little Things
Needy Little Things is Channelle Desamours' debut YA novel. When she's not writing, Channelle is a high-school science teacher based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Twitter & Instagram: @ElleDesamours <...
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Ravena Guron introduces her new YA thriller, Mondays Are Murder
Ravena Guron is the bestselling author of YA thrillers This Book Kills, Catch Your Death and her latest novel, Mondays Are Murder. Growing up, Ravena al...
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Stewart Foster
Stewart Foster explores friendships and young men's mental health in Pieces of Us, his first YA novel, which draws on his own teenage friendships, challenges and his battle with bulimia. Foster writes books for adults and children, too, and these have won multiple scho...
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Neal Shusterman introduces his new dystopian thriller, All Better Now
Award-winning author Neal Shusterman joins ReadingZone to discuss his latest YA contemporary thriller, All Better Now. Neal has written more than 30 award-winning books for children, teens and adults, including the acclaimed Arc of a Scythe series (Scythe, Thunderhead a...
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Exploring grief, family and community in Let the Light In
Mother and son team Jenny Downham and Louis Hill introduce their first collaborative novel, Let the Light In. Jenny Downham's first novel, Before I Die, is an international bestseller and was made into the blockbuster film, Now Is Good. She has also wri...
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Blessing Musariri
Award-winning author Blessing Musariri's new YA novel, When It's Your Turn for Midnight, draws on the Zimbabwean civil war in a rich story about family, belonging and inheritance. Blessing writes short stories, children’s stories, radio and screenplays, and contemporar...
