Why?
Once when I was discussing my book, The Secret Year, with a book group, a reader asked me why one of the secondary characters had to be gay. As it happens, that character’s coming out [...]
Gay in YA – By Cassandra Clare and Holly Black
We were both really pleased to be asked to write a blog post for Gay in YA and we decided that what we most wanted to talk about were our favorite books. There are many [...]
Announcing: Guest Blogging Submissions!
We interrupt this program to bring you... a chance to add your voice to the conversation! I hope you have been enjoying our fabulous bloggers thus far. We have been honored and astounded by the [...]
The Coming Age of Normal
Scott Tracey is the author of WITCH EYES, a modern, gay Romeo & Juliet with witches, coming in September. He can be found on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/#!/scott_tracey and his blog at http://www.scott-tracey.com. When I started [...]
The Brent Effect
Catherine Ryan Hyde is the author of numerous books including Pay it Forward and the upcoming Don't Let Me Go. She can be found at her website or tweeting under @cryanhyde. As recently as the [...]
Pass It On
Tiffany Trent writes dark YA fantasy and can be found online at tiffanytrent.com I find it so odd—all the buzz of including or not including gay characters in YA. To me, the fact that any of [...]
Review of Vintage – A Ghost Story by Steve Berman
Small intro: Ana Grilo is a geek and a book smuggler. You can find her, along with Thea James, blogging at www.thebooksmugglers.com and on twitter @booksmugglers I was ecstatic when we were invited to take [...]
Not Through the Looking Glass, but In: Seeing Yourself in YA Literature
by Debra Touchette I’m a straight, white woman. Plenty of books cater to me, reflect me, although, if I’m being honest with myself, most were written around 1900. Old fashioned is one of the nice [...]
All Those Who Default From the Default Will Be Punished (But I Personally Think They Will Be Awesome)
Sarah Rees Brennan is the author of THE DEMON'S LEXICON TRILOGY and can be found online at: www.sarahreesbrennan.com So, let us discuss the most common fake fictional world of all. It doesn't involve vampires or werewolves. It [...]
Taking the Homophobia Out of Fantasy
Malinda Lo's first novel, Ash, a retelling of Cinderella with a lesbian twist, was a finalist for the William C. Morris YA Debut Award, the Andre Norton Award for YA Fantasy and Science Fiction, and the [...]