By Maria Mayor Today we're pleased to welcome Maya MacGregor to the WNDB blog to discuss The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester, out May 3, 2022! Sam Sylvester has long collected stories of half-lived lives—of kids who died before they turned nineteen. Sam was almost one of those kids. … [Read more...] about Q&A With Maya MacGregor, The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester
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Q&A With Kara Bietz, Sidelined
By Olivia Mules Today we're pleased to welcome Kara Bietz to the WNDB blog to discuss Sidelined, out September 21, 2021! Congratulations on your second novel! Could you tell the readers of We Need Diverse Books what they can expect from Sidelined? Thank you so much! I’m so excited to … [Read more...] about Q&A With Kara Bietz, Sidelined
Burn It Down: On World Building a Defiant Queer Response to Hogwarts
It Ends in Fire by Andrew Shvarts is on sale now. By Andrew Shvarts As soon as I decided to write about a magic school, I knew the book would have to be about burning it down. Write long enough, and you begin to notice your recurring obsessions, the themes, and the images you come back to … [Read more...] about Burn It Down: On World Building a Defiant Queer Response to Hogwarts
Centering Queer Families in Young Adult Literature
This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron is on sale on June 29, 2021. By Kalynn Bayron Relationships with family and friends are at the heart of young adult novels. Whether it’s contemporary or historical, fantasy, or sci-fi, it is always about the human connections. YA fiction is such a good place … [Read more...] about Centering Queer Families in Young Adult Literature
Q&A With Casey McQuiston, One Last Stop
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
Q&A With Mason Deaver, The Ghosts We Keep
By Alaina Leary Today we’re pleased to welcome Mason Deaver to the WNDB blog to discuss their young adult novel The Ghosts We Keep. Check out our cover reveal for The Ghosts We Keep! Everything happens for a reason. At least that's what everyone keeps telling Liam Cooper after his older … [Read more...] about Q&A With Mason Deaver, The Ghosts We Keep
