This week YA Author Hena Khan and Andrea Menott took over our Twitter as a part of our weekly Thursday Twitter Takeover. Hena Khan and Andrea Menott is the author of SUPER YOU!: POWER OF INVISIBILITY. SUPER YOU!: POWER OF INVISIBILITY. (See YEM’s write up of Hena Khan and Andrea Menott here.) See highlights from the takeover below.
Hey Everyone! We're Andrea Menotti and Hena Khan, co-authors of the Super You! series, and we're SUPER excited to be doing a takeover of the YE Twitter! A new book in the series just came out this week — The Power of Invisibility! Here's us spotting it at @BNRockville ! pic.twitter.com/AJyJOHCXn0
— all about firsts (@YoungEntmag) April 28, 2023
In our new book, *you* decide what happens. You get the power of invisibility, and you make choices that decide whether you become the ultimate hero or the ultimate villain, or meet some other less "ultimate" fate… #YAauthortakeover pic.twitter.com/VUt46MfX1r
— all about firsts (@YoungEntmag) April 28, 2023
So how do we make a book like Super You: The Power of Invisibility? It takes a lot of plotting and planning, good apps like Lucid Chart, and great editors like @alexwolfepack. This is just a small piece of the book outline. We made it blurry so no spoilers! #YAauthortakeover pic.twitter.com/vXYsbPJ66L
— all about firsts (@YoungEntmag) April 28, 2023
Super You #2: The Power of Invisibility has comic book cameos! We worked with a great comic book illustrator named Yancey Labat (https://t.co/UG2E0GVCky), and the designer incorporated speech bubbles and other elements of comic book design. #YAauthortakeover pic.twitter.com/MW5Q3pX1kj
— all about firsts (@YoungEntmag) April 28, 2023
And how did Andrea and Hena start writing together? It all began in second grade, and by high school we were editors of the school newspaper who loved to write together. Here's us at HS graduation! Fun fact: Andrea's aunt won an award for this fine photo 🙂 #YAauthortakeover pic.twitter.com/c8JzlmdsWh
— all about firsts (@YoungEntmag) April 28, 2023
In Super You #2: Power of Invisibility, young scientist Malika figures out how the technology works. Fun fact: Malika is based on Andrea's friend Maulik Parikh, physics professor at ASU, who helped us learn how invisibility could be possible! #YAAuthorTakeover pic.twitter.com/mriGFp9172
— all about firsts (@YoungEntmag) April 28, 2023
The invisibility technology in Super You #2: Power of Invisibility is based on metamaterials, tiny particles that can manipulate light. So, instead of seeing Andrea in this video, you see the bookshelves behind her…because she is cloaked in metamaterials 😉 #YAauthortakeover https://t.co/RIVFSFfKFH
— all about firsts (@YoungEntmag) April 28, 2023
How did Super You! get started? It was Hena's idea. She had done choice narrative stories before and really wanted to do one about super powers! Here are some of the very first books we worked on together — Hena as writer, Andrea as editor! #YAAuthorTakeover pic.twitter.com/kAUPmX5V0J
— all about firsts (@YoungEntmag) April 28, 2023
So let's talk about our first job! We weren't always writers… we pounded the pavement as high school seniors, asking if there were any "employment opportunities." And guess who was kind enough to hire us and give us the same shifts so we could drive together… @tjmaxx pic.twitter.com/C8o6Ha1jNV
— all about firsts (@YoungEntmag) April 28, 2023
We are SUPER pleased that our "invisibility coach" for Super You Book #2: Power of Invisibility has offered to answer a question! @ParikhPhysics in how many years might we see the first technology appear that could make a person invisible? Ten, a hundred, a thousand?
— all about firsts (@YoungEntmag) April 28, 2023
You may notice when you read Super You #2: The Power of Invisibility that dogs play a helpful supporting role in your adventure! Here is the dog who inspired it all… the little one who leads the pack, alongside our fearless illustrator, @YanceyLabat. https://t.co/IKIBadq6lw pic.twitter.com/3XfzsxOoIL
— all about firsts (@YoungEntmag) April 28, 2023
Our very first ever Twitter Takeover is now over! We have enjoyed hanging out, and we hope you'll check out our new book, and find out whether your destiny is hero or villain — or both! https://t.co/hj8omHITn0 #YAauthortakeover
— all about firsts (@YoungEntmag) April 28, 2023
