Dear Ms. Bow, My first introduction to your work was Sorrow’s Knot, which I enjoyed. I still haven’t managed to pick up your other novel, Plain Kate, but when I saw that you had a new book coming out, I immediately decided to give it a try. That’s the power ... more >
Dear Ms. Fine, When it comes to YA speculative fiction, I’ve been looking for something different. I’m meh about urban fantasy and paranormals. I’m just about done with dystopians. And many a science fiction title has earned my side eye, because they were dystopians in disguise! But when I read ... more >
Ideal Homes: Suburbia in Focus – Carolyn Jewel tweeted out this link to a website that provides maps, photographs, and other details that explores “the origins and significance of suburbia as revealed through the history of South East London.” It’s a great resource for historical authors and it is interesting ... more >
Dear readers, Ah, carnivals! Cotton candy, funnel cakes, ferris wheels and rigged games. Definitely a mainstay of summer. Of course, many a novel has been written about the carnival and it was only a matter of time until a new anthology made them its theme. Carniepunk is one of those ... more >
Dear Ms. West, I loved reading teen horror novels when I was younger. Old school Christopher Pike? Fear Street? Sign me up! Despite the explosion of YA novels in recent years, however, I haven’t seen many fall into the horror genre. So when I read the premise of your novel, ... more >
Dear Mr. Benton, A good friend of mine steered me in the direction of the Franny K. Stein books. Her daughter loves them so much that she was crushed when she discovered that she couldn’t make her own monster. Or at least….not yet. Her daughter is still young though so ... more >