By Karis Rogerson Tracy Deonn is the debut author of the Fall 2020 Indie Next Pick Legendborn, a YA fantasy about a Black girl in North Carolina who, after the loss of her mother, must infiltrate the ancient secret society she believes holds the key to her mother’s death. Oh, and Legendborn is a … [Read more...] about Tracy Deonn’s Legendborn Is a King Arthur Retelling Set at a College
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Mark Oshiro Writes Kidlit Because That’s Where They See Representation
By Karis Rogerson Mark Oshiro is the award-winning author of Anger is a Gift, a 2018 YA contemporary about police violence in communities of color, grief, anxiety, and the power anger has to make a change. Their upcoming novel, Each of Us a Desert (September 15, 2020), is a YA fantasy about a … [Read more...] about Mark Oshiro Writes Kidlit Because That’s Where They See Representation
Kat Cho’s Vicious Spirits Was Inspired by Korean Mythology
By Karis Rogerson Kat Cho’s sophomore novel, Vicious Spirits, was something of an exercise in writing melodramatically, inspired by the K-dramas and soap operas Cho herself grew up with. Cho said K-dramas embrace story types that tend to fit well into the coming-of-age style of stories so … [Read more...] about Kat Cho’s Vicious Spirits Was Inspired by Korean Mythology
