Back in 2020, I faced the bane of every writer’s existence: a blank page, in an empty notebook. I was starting my first novel for adults in years, and I always struggle to find a way into the story.

The Young Adult or YA genre features resourceful protagonists who are, often, still figuring things out about the world and themselves. Among readers and writers of YA, there are those who rankle at ...

Note: This essay on the Hunger Games phenomenon and the rise and fall of YA dystopias was originally published in 2021. It has been updated and republished due to the 2023 release of the prequel movie ...

What better way to get in the mood for back to school (or reconcile yourself to the fact that your school days are long over) than with a book that luxuriates in the academia aesthetic? These five ...

At one point in every reader's life, they stumble upon a genre that changes their lives, not just their TBR pile. For many young readers, it happens around the time they read books like Brave New ...

For those seeking to support and amplify the Black presence in the YA literature category, Los Angeles-based writer Melody Simpson has created the website Melanin in YA—which, as the name suggests, is ...