Malinda Lo

This week the American Library Association released many of its best-of lists for books published in 2011, and I’m super thrilled that Huntress landed on three of those lists! 2012 Best Fiction for Young Adults — “The books, recommended for ages 12-18, meet the criteria of both good quality literature and appealing reading for teens. ... More→

1. A new short story! Yesterday, Carrie Ryan (The Forest of Hands and Teeth) announced the sale of an anthology she is editing, Foretold, which will be coming out in the fall of 2012. From Publishers Marketplace: NYT bestselling author Carrie Ryan, ed.’s FORETOLD, an anthology about prophecies and predictions featuring stories by Laini Taylor, ... More→

Since Huntress was published, I’ve noticed that some reviews mention that the reader didn’t realize that many aspects of the fantasy world in the book are based in Chinese and Japanese culture, or that they only realized that because of the cover copy or the cover itself. This is really interesting and makes me think ... More→

Some weird things are happening here on my blog. You can’t see it unless you look at the source code, but I’ve been hacked. It doesn’t seem to affect the external appearance much, but it is a problem and I’m working to resolve it. That means that things might get a little wonky here over ... More→

Since I was out of commission during revision for six weeks, I’ve got a whole lot of things stored up to announce. Here we go: I was interviewed over at Girls of Summer, which is a great blog founded by two writers that focuses on 18 books to read this summer (including Huntress!). Here’s a ... More→

1. Cindy Pon and I were interviewed about the diversity tour and various other YA-related things for Asia Pacific Forum, which airs on WBAI in New York. You can listen to the show right here. 2. Karen Healey (author of the YA fantasy novel Guardian of the Dead) has written a thought-provoking column for Strange ... More→