Interviews, podcasts, guest posts, other writing
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Teen librarian Natalie McCall and I chat about eight books that influenced me as a reader and a writer on Mill Valley Public Library’s Eight Books Remix podcast.
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Jeannine Hooks-Allen interviewed me for her podcast on Creatrix Matrix, a website that promotes and celebrates work by women creators of color.
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Pop Goes the Reader guest blog post: ‘Tis the Season: Authors Talk Holidays
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Kirkus Reviews: Interview for Queeries column
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“Evanescence” is short story I wrote for The Hanging Garden. I love this one because it’s a bit of a departure from my usual work. It’s full of magic and innocent longing.
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“Not What I Meant” is a short story that I wrote for the New York Times—more on-brand and hopefully funny and sad at the same time.
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I wrote a quick little guide to writing outside your lane for the writing/publishing blog PubCrawl called The Writer as a Tour Guide: Six Tips for Writing Outside Your Own Culture.
Book news
This Time Will Be Different has been optioned for television!
Some cool accolades for This Time Will Be Different:
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Chicago Public Library’s prestigious Best Teen Fiction of 2019 list
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New York Public Library’s Best Teen Fiction of 2019 list
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A glowing review in the New York Times Book Review
It’s Not Like It’s a Secret made it onto a bunch of great lists!
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YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association): Best Fiction for Young Adults 2018
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Paste Magazine: The 30 Best Young Adult Books of 2017
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Seventeen Magazine: 13 Beautiful Books Every LGBTQ Teen Should Read
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Kirkus Reviews: Best Teen Romances of 2017
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Seventeen Magazine: 20 of the Best YA Books of 2017
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BuzzFeed: 21 YA Books You’ll Want To Get Your Hands On This Summer
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LGBTQ Reads: Fave Five: LGBTQ YA With East Asian Female Leads
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Kirkus Reviews: 9 Addictive YA Reads (April 2017)
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Bustle.com: