Dear Literary Lady, What literary prizes are some of your favorites? I pay attention to the Pulitzer and the National Book Award, but I’d like to branch out. –Z.J., Austin, TX. Dear Z.J., I love this question! I have to admit I’m a bit of a prize nerd—one glimpse of a gold seal or a […]
For as long as the YA genre has existed, there has been the accompanying anxiety over how dark is too dark? Depictions of murder, suicide, and other dark consequences have rattled educators and parents. But as author Maureen Johnson pointed out in a 2011 editorial, “If subjects like these are in YA books, it’s to show that they […]