Authors Young Adult
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Channelle Desamours introduces her new YA mystery, Needy Little Things
Needy Little Things is Channelle Desamours' debut YA novel. When she's not writing, Channelle is a high-school science teacher based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Twitter & Instagram: @ElleDesamours <...
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Stewart Foster
Stewart Foster explores friendships and young men's mental health in Pieces of Us, his first YA novel, which draws on his own teenage friendships, challenges and his battle with bulimia. Foster writes books for adults and children, too, and these have won multiple scho...
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Neal Shusterman introduces his new dystopian thriller, All Better Now
Award-winning author Neal Shusterman joins ReadingZone to discuss his latest YA contemporary thriller, All Better Now. Neal has written more than 30 award-winning books for children, teens and adults, including the acclaimed Arc of a Scythe series (Scythe, Thunderhead a...
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Exploring grief, family and community in Let the Light In
Mother and son team Jenny Downham and Louis Hill introduce their first collaborative novel, Let the Light In. Jenny Downham's first novel, Before I Die, is an international bestseller and was made into the blockbuster film, Now Is Good. She has also wri...
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Blessing Musariri
Award-winning author Blessing Musariri's new YA novel, When It's Your Turn for Midnight, draws on the Zimbabwean civil war in a rich story about family, belonging and inheritance. Blessing writes short stories, children’s stories, radio and screenplays, and contemporar...
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Scarlett Dunmore
How to Survive a Horror Movie, Scarlett Dunmore's debut novel for YA readers, was inspired by her own love of scary films and halloween. Scarlett studied English and Creative Writing, eventually finding a love for YA literature. When she's not writing, she can often be found watching sc...
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Chris Vick
Chris Vick tells us how his latest novel, Shadow Creatures, was inspired by his family's experiences in Norway during World War II. Chris is a graduate of the Bath Spa MA in Writing for Young People. In between writing and teaching, Chris works for a whale and dolphin c...
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Logan-Ashley Kisner
Old Wounds takes us to a sleepy backwater town to explore identity and questions around transness. It is Logan Ashley-Kisner's debut YA horror novel. Logan-Ashley is a trans and queer author, born, raised and still living in Las Vegas, Nevada. He studied Creative Writ...
