Malinda Lo

Nancy Garden’s classic lesbian coming-of-age novel, Annie on My Mind, is one of the four books I resolved to read this year. Annie was first published in 1982, and is about two 17-year-old girls in New York, Liza and Annie, who fall in love with each other. NOTE: There will be SPOILERS in this post! ... More→

One of the four novels I resolved to read this year is Patricia Highsmith’s The Price of Salt. I read it while traveling for the Diversity Tour, and I’ve been meaning to blog about it ever since I finished. Overall, I really enjoyed it. It surprised me constantly, for many reasons. First and foremost, I ... More→

Last month I traveled across the country with Cindy Pon for our Diversity Tour, which made stops in San Francisco, Austin, Chicago, Boston, and New York. In each city we had panel discussions (along with several other local authors) at bookstores or libraries about diversity. I’ve been thinking back over the tour because I wanted ... More→

One week from Tuesday is the official publication day of my second novel, Huntress. But several folks have told me that their pre-ordered copies have already shipped, and some people have already seen Huntress in the bookstore. So it might already be on a bookshelf near you! Next Tuesday, I’ll have an official launch post ... More→

I don’t do too many book giveaways on my blog, but I’m excited to make an exception today, to celebrate the paperback release of Silver Phoenix by Cindy Pon! I’m giving away not only a brand-new paperback copy of Silver Phoenix, but a signed advance review copy of its sequel, Fury of the Phoenix, which ... More→

Today over at the Enchanted Inkpot, I posted a piece about cover trends in this winter’s crop of YA fantasy novels. Several commenters immediately noted that they saw a lack of people of color on the book covers, and expressed a desire for more diversity. My reaction is sorta complicated, and since whitewashing YA covers ... More→