by Anna Christine Shura | Jul 25, 2021 | Blog Article, Fiction, Films, Young Adult
Celebrate Harry Potter’s Birthday in Style By Anna Shura July 31st marked the beloved wizard’s 41st birthday. (Yikes, does anyone have an anti-aging spell?) As a self-proclaimed huge Harry Potter fan, I give these items a stamp of approval, and I may or may not...
by Gia Cribbs | Jun 15, 2018 | Blog Article, Young Adult
Writers Do Have Some Pretty Suspicious Internet Search History… My internet search history has to have me on someone’s suspicious-people-to-watch list somewhere. As an author of a YA thriller, I’ve had to research some pretty unusual things. Sometimes...
by Sandra Block | Feb 16, 2018 | Young Adult
Anatomy of a Suspense Novel I’ve been a doctor for more than twenty years now, but I can still remember my very first day of medical school. As I walked into the room, the smell of formaldehyde burned my eyes. A group of us stood around the table, organizing our tools...
by Caleb Roehrig | Feb 13, 2018 | Young Adult
TOP TEN YA MYSTERIES One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus. Five teenagers with little or nothing in common are forced to serve detention together after school, but only four of them survive the experience. It’s a brilliant set-up—The Breakfast Club with a...
by Irena Brignull | Aug 18, 2017 | Films, Young Adult
TOP TEN TEEN MOVIES When I was growing up, the stories I enjoyed about other teenagers came to me via movies. Like YA fiction, they featured protagonists for whom everything is new and vivid, feelings are intense, and the world is full of possibility. It’s easy...
by Karen M. MacManus | Jun 5, 2017 | Young Adult
Agatha Christie Books That Would Make Great YA Retellings Agatha Christie and young adult novels don’t necessarily make an intuitive pairing. Christie’s cozy, genteel mystery style doesn’t mesh with the gritty realism of today’s market; her books are filled...