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Susan McCormick shares how medicine influenced her writing

Ryane DeFalco — Thu, 15 Apr 2021 12:00:03 +0000

Susan McCormick is not only a longtime physician but is also a successful mystery author. Her new novel The Antidote comes out in May. The fantasy follows twelve-year-old Alex Revelstoke who can see disease. And not just disease — injury, illness, anything wrong with the body. But Alex soon learns his new ability puts him and an […]

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Ana Lal Din talks her YA novel debut with The Descent of the Drowned

Ryane DeFalco — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 18:54:24 +0000

Author Ana Lal Din is a Danish-Pakistani Muslim with Indian heritage. She often explores the intricacies of a multicultural identity through her characters. Her debut novel is called The Descent of the Drowned, centering around the character Roma. As the sacred slave of a goddess, Roma is of a lower caste that serves patrons to sustain the […]

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Jessica S. Olson shares how she re-imagined a musical theater classic!

Ryane DeFalco — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 16:41:27 +0000

This month, Jessica S. Olson is releasing her debut novel Sing Me Forgotten. The main character Isda was cast into a well at birth due to a damning facial disfigurement. And the signs of a dangerous, outlawed ability–the power to manipulate memories. She was saved and sequestered away by the owner of the city’s opera house. Imprisoned in […]

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Rucker Moses shares what its like to write about magic

Ryane DeFalco — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 21:02:43 +0000

Rucker Moses is the writing duo behind Kingston and the Magician’s Lost and Found. Rucker Moses is the pen name of Craig S. Phillips and Harold Hayes Jr. In Kingston and the Magician’s Lost and Found, magic has all but disappeared in Brooklyn. But one tenacious young magician is determined to bring it back in this exciting middle grade mystery and series launch. Kingston has just moved from the suburbs back […]

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Pamela N. Harris talks social justice and mystery in her debut novel

Ryane DeFalco — Thu, 21 Jan 2021 14:32:47 +0000

Pamela N. Harris released her debut YA novel this month, called When You Look Like Us. The book chronicles a teen boy’s search for his sister who goes missing from a neighborhood where Black girls’ disappearances are too often overlooked. Harris weaves together a gripping story about Jay Murphy and his sister, Nicole. But when Nicole […]

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See Sarah Biglow and Molly Zenk take over our Twitter account!

Ryane DeFalco — Sat, 19 Dec 2020 22:23:33 +0000

This week Sarah Biglow and Molly Zenk took over our Twitter as a part of our weekly Thursday Twitter Takeover. They are the co-authors of the new YA vampire novel Hunted. See highlights from the takeover below. And check out our interview with Sarah Biglow and Molly Zenk here. Thank you to Young Entertainment Magazine for letting us […]

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Sarah Biglow and Molly Zenk discuss the Hunted human/vampire relationship

Ryane DeFalco — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 13:00:15 +0000

Bestselling authors Sarah Biglow and Molly Zenk have co-authored the book Hunted. And the new book is perfect for fans of vampires! In order to save his younger brother from a vampire recruitment weekend disguised as a live action role-playing game, Vampire Hunter Darren Paxton must team up with Vampire Edith Dorset and things get…complicated. An […]

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Alicia (A.O.) Godmasch enters Retrograde with her YA debut!

Ryane DeFalco — Thu, 10 Dec 2020 15:57:21 +0000

Alicia (A.O.) Godmasch is a film producer, writer and location manager. She can now add YA author to that list! Her debut young adult sci-fi/fantasy/horror novel, called Retrograde: The Darkness, was just released this week. In the spirit of page-turning epics The Hunger Games, Starship Troopers and World War Z, Retrograde is the first in a duology series, perfect […]

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Jonathan R. Miller and Tom Anderson share how they created Grant Beagan

Ryane DeFalco — Thu, 22 Oct 2020 13:55:36 +0000

Have you heard of Grant Beagan? Each week, an accomplished published author takes over the YEM Twitter account for Thursday’s Twitter Takeover. During the takeover, the YA author will answer questions, tell stories, and give advice on our social media. This week author Jonathan R. Miller will be taking over our Twitter account. Jonathan R. […]

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Jordan Ifueko discusses West African-inspired Raybearer

Ryane DeFalco — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 14:54:38 +0000

Each week, an accomplished published author takes over the YEM Twitter account for Thursday’s Twitter Takeover. Each week, the YA author will answer questions, tell stories, and give advice on our social media. This week author Jordan Ifueko will be taking over our Twitter account. She is the author of the new West African-inspired YA […]

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