By Alaina Leary Today we’re pleased to welcome Casey McQuiston to the WNDB blog to discuss their new adult novel One Last Stop, out June 1, 2021! For cynical twenty-three-year-old August, moving to New York City is supposed to prove her right: that things like magic and cinematic love stories … [Read more...] about Q&A With Casey McQuiston, One Last Stop
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Q&A With Emery Lee, Meet Cute Diary
By Alaina Leary Today we’re pleased to welcome Emery Lee to the WNDB blog to discuss his YA novel Meet Cute Diary, out May 4, 2021! We revealed the cover last year. Noah Ramirez thinks he’s an expert on romance. He has to be for his popular blog, the Meet Cute Diary, a perfect collection of … [Read more...] about Q&A With Emery Lee, Meet Cute Diary
Q&A With Steven Salvatore, Can’t Take That Away
By Alaina Leary Today we’re pleased to welcome Steven Salvatore to the WNDB blog to discuss their young adult novel Can't Take That Away, out March 9, 2021! An empowering and emotional debut about a genderqueer teen who finds the courage to stand up and speak out for equality when they are … [Read more...] about Q&A With Steven Salvatore, Can’t Take That Away
Cover Reveal for The Insiders by Mark Oshiro
Today we are thrilled to reveal the cover for The Insiders by Mark Oshiro. Cover art by Helder Oliveira and book design by Jessie Gang. The book will be released on September 21, 2021, by HarperCollins. Read the first chapter of The Insiders below, and preorder here! Back home in San Francisco, … [Read more...] about Cover Reveal for The Insiders by Mark Oshiro
Why Aminah Mae Safi Wrote a Book About Saving Indie Bookstores
By Karis Rogerson Before she became a writer, Aminah Mae Safi said, she tried to do just about anything else. On the list of potential careers she explored for various amounts of time are museum archivist, gallery PR person, retail worker, and academic; she even spent four days working in … [Read more...] about Why Aminah Mae Safi Wrote a Book About Saving Indie Bookstores
How MFA Programs Can Discourage YA Writers
By Aaron H. Aceves A little over two years ago, on a sticky hot August evening, my soon-to-be classmates and I crowded under white tents on a prestigious New York campus, hoping for a chance to introduce ourselves to our new writing faculty before classes began the next week. I sipped wine out of … [Read more...] about How MFA Programs Can Discourage YA Writers
MFA vs. YA: How MFA Programs Can Discourage YA Writers
By Aaron H. Aceves A little over two years ago, on a sticky hot August evening, my soon-to-be classmates and I crowded under white tents on a prestigious New York campus, hoping for a chance to introduce ourselves to our new writing faculty before classes began the next week. I sipped wine out of … [Read more...] about MFA vs. YA: How MFA Programs Can Discourage YA Writers
Q&A With Tehlor Kay Mehia and Anna-Marie McLemore, Miss Meteor
By Alaina Leary Today we’re pleased to welcome Tehlor Kay Mejia and Anna-Marie McLemore to the WNDB blog to discuss their co-written young adult novel Miss Meteor, out September 22, 2020! There hasn’t been a winner of the Miss Meteor beauty pageant who looks like Lita Perez or Chicky … [Read more...] about Q&A With Tehlor Kay Mehia and Anna-Marie McLemore, Miss Meteor
Q&A With Arvin Ahmadi, How It All Blew Up
By Alaina Leary Today we’re pleased to welcome Arvin Ahmadi to the WNDB blog to discuss his YA novel How It All Blew Up, out September 22, 2020! Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda goes to Italy in Arvin Ahmadi’s newest incisive look at identity and what it means to find yourself by running … [Read more...] about Q&A With Arvin Ahmadi, How It All Blew Up
