Malinda Lo

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→

About this time last year, I made some reading resolutions for 2010. I enjoyed the experiment so much that I thought I’d do it again! So here are my reading resolutions for 2011: I will read the following four novels, and when I have read them, I will blog about them. Obviously I will read ... More→

Way back at the beginning of November I announced that I was planning to give away at least 25 hardcover copies of Ash, to teachers, librarians, and youth mentors who work with LGBT youth. I’m happy to report that seven weeks later, the giveaway is (finally) completed! I got so many wonderful emails from teachers ... More→

Since Ash was published just over a year ago, I’ve had the opportunity to talk to LGBTQ teens several times, at their high schools and LGBT community centers. I’ve really loved these visits, and I wish I could do a lot more of them! Unfortunately I’m limited by geography and my travel budget, so I ... More→

It’s been two weeks since the fabulous Sirens conference and I’m still thinking about it. That’s how great it was! Today I’m going to recap the roundtable I led, which was about “queerness and fairy tales.” A roundtable is not the same as a panel. It involves one person leading a discussion about a specific ... More→

Today is Spirit Day, a grassroots effort to honor the teenagers who have taken their own lives recently in reaction to anti-gay bullying. As GLAAD says, “it’s also a way to show the hundreds of thousands of LGBT youth who face the same pressures and bullying, that there is a vast community of people who ... More→