Counting Down with You by Tashie Bhuiyan is on sale on May 4, 2021. Order it here! By Karis Rogerson Tashie Bhuiyan is a Bangladeshi American author who grew up in New York City and said that she grew up seeing a dearth of people like her in books, which inspired her to write her own … [Read more...] about Tashie Bhuiyan Wrote Counting Down with You for Young Brown Girls
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Author Rajani LaRocca Writes Because She’s Fascinated by People
By Karis Rogerson In her dual career as both a doctor and a writer, children's book author Rajani LaRocca said she is fascinated by people. “That is what is at the heart of both of the things I do,” LaRocca told WNDB. “As a physician, [I] approach things from an objective viewpoint, listen … [Read more...] about Author Rajani LaRocca Writes Because She’s Fascinated by People
Lost in the Never Woods Is a Peter Pan Retelling About Trauma
Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas is out now. Order it here! By Karis Rogerson Aiden Thomas is the novelist behind fall 2020’s smash hit Cemetery Boys, an instant New York Times-bestselling debut fantasy about a trans brujo who accidentally summons the wrong ghost. They’re also the … [Read more...] about Lost in the Never Woods Is a Peter Pan Retelling About Trauma
Sophie Gonzales Was Inspired by Attachment Styles for Perfect on Paper
Perfect on Paper by Sophie Gonzales is out on March 9, 2021. Pre-order the book here! By Karis Rogerson Sophie Gonzales is the author of the YA rom-com Perfect on Paper, as well as several other queer young adult novels. Perfect on Paper is the story of Darcy, an anonymous romantic … [Read more...] about Sophie Gonzales Was Inspired by Attachment Styles for Perfect on Paper
A Phở Love Story by Loan Le Is Rivals-to-Lovers With Competing Phở Restaurants
A Phở Love Story by Loan Le is out now. Order it here! By Karis Rogerson Loan Le, an editor at Simon & Schuster’s Atria Books, is also the author of A Phở Love Story (February 9, 2021). The book, Le’s debut YA romance, is the story of Linh and Bảo, two Vietnamese-American teenagers whose … [Read more...] about A Phở Love Story by Loan Le Is Rivals-to-Lovers With Competing Phở Restaurants
Namina Forna’s the Gilded Ones Is a Feminist Magic Epic
The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna is out now. Order it here! By Karis Rogerson Namina Forna is the author of the YA fantasy The Gilded Ones, which has been described as “Utterly transporting and on a massive scale” by Stylist. When I first saw the cover and synopsis for The Gilded Ones, I … [Read more...] about Namina Forna’s the Gilded Ones Is a Feminist Magic Epic
Jennifer Yen’s YA Novel Is Pride & Prejudice Meets the Great British Baking Show With an All-Asian Main Cast
A Taste for Love by Jennifer Yen is out now. Order it here! By Karis Rogerson When I first read about A Taste for Love, I was absolutely hooked by the premise. It sounded like a teenage Bachelorette with baking! And then there’s the Jane Austen retelling, which is just the icing on the cake … [Read more...] about Jennifer Yen’s YA Novel Is Pride & Prejudice Meets the Great British Baking Show With an All-Asian Main Cast
Marie Arnold Writes So Immigrant Readers Feel Seen
The Year I Flew Away by Marie Arnold is out now. Order it here! By Karis Rogerson Marie Arnold moved to Brooklyn from Haiti when she was seven years old. In her retelling of that experience, she says she started telling herself mental stories around then because she had no friends of her … [Read more...] about Marie Arnold Writes So Immigrant Readers Feel Seen
Why J. Elle’s Wings of Ebony Is So Powerful in 2021
Wings of Ebony by J. Elle is on sale on January 26, 2021. Order it here! By Karis Rogerson Author J. Elle, whose debut Wings of Ebony releases Jan. 26, 2021, says on her website she has been a writer “since [she] could hold a pencil.” On a phone call in early January, I asked her to … [Read more...] about Why J. Elle’s Wings of Ebony Is So Powerful in 2021
