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Writing Young Adult Books – Selene Castrovilla
Author Selene Castrovilla shares her experience and advice on writing YA novels, creating characters, developing voice, and using profanity in young adult literature.
Interview – YA Writer Selene Castrovilla
YA author Selene Castrovilla talks about getting her first novel published, if agents are really necessary, and juggling writing time with family life.
Interview With Debut Author Julie Day
Julie Day sets out on a quest to encourage healthy living in children and teens with her magical adventure novel, Rosie and the Sick School.
Talking Faeries with Author Holly Stacey
From Pictish symbols to dragons of the Vikings, Holly Stacey talks to Suite 101 about how archeology and a streak of bad luck inspired her novel The Faerie Conspiracies.
Interview with Author and Linguist Gill James
Author Gill James talks about school visits, Young Adult literature, publishing, inspiration and never giving up.
Interview With Boo Irwin
Suite 101 talks to North West Regional Co-Ordinator of the SCBWI Boo Irwin about her Young Adult Novel The Wayfinder Chronicles.
Children's Author Discusses Her Writing Process
Young adult writer Kimberly K. Jones shares her writing strategies in an informative Q & A session.
Author Shares Her Creative Writing Process
Curious about how professional writers develop their stories? Children's author Alethea Eason reveals her creative writing process.