Interview by Emily K., Teen Press Corps~ Emily, TPC: Was the writing process for The Young Elites different from the Legend series? How? Marie Lu: It was different, and it surprised me. I don’t really outline, but with The Young Elites about halfway in I realized that I was writing myself into corners. I started outlining a bit and…
Category: TTBF 2014
TTBF14: Is This Real Life
“Is This Real Life Panel” in conversation w/ Leslye Walton, A.S King, Scott Westerfeld, Guadalupe Garcia McCall, & Cory Doctorow Q: Describe your latest book using only adjectives. A: Guadalupe: “Corky, Scary, Funny, & Magically” Cory: “Justice-y, Game-y, Swear-y, Fighting-y, China-y, & Graphic-y” Leslye: “Delicious, Sorrowful, Tragic, & Rainy” Scott: “Scary, Paranormal, Romantic, Exciting, Publisher-y, & Gender-y” A.S: “Feminist-y, Future-y…
#TTBF14: Scott Westerfeld Talks Books & YA
Reported on by Emily K. and Kendall, Teen Press Corps~ Scott Westerfeld started off his “special talk” by discussing his novel, Uglies, and the development of the YA market. Uglies came out in 2005, the year that the YA market really exploded. The interesting thing about huge YA books is that they’re popular around the world. Most of the…
#TTBF14: From Shelf to Screen panel
Reported on by Adrienne & Sophia, Teen Press Corps~ How would you feel about your book being turned into a movie? Pretty awesome, right? These four authors, Ransom Riggs, James Dashner, Gayle Forman, and Kass Morgan are feeling pretty awesome about it too! In Morgan’s situation, it’s a little ironic, because she has “made tv [her] sworn enemy.” When it…
#TTBF Interview: Jason Reynolds
~Post by Willa Jason Reynolds’s first YA novel is entitled When I Was the Greatest came out in January and is the story of teenagers Ali, Noodles, and Needles and how their world changes. Reynolds started writing poetry at age ten, and promised himself no matter what he would never be a novelist, but in his early twenties in New…