Malinda Lo

Over the last month, I was involved in an email-facilitated roundtable discussion about the state of young adult science fiction. Hosted by Charles Tan, the roundtable includes comments from Australian publisher Tehani Wessely, Cheryl Morgan, Gwenda Bond, and Tarie Sabido. We discuss all sorts of things, from memorable YA science fiction and fantasy of 2011 ... More→

1. The Letter Q I am thrilled to share the news that I’m contributing to an anthology titled The Letter Q: Queer Writers’ Notes to Their Younger Selves, which will be published in May 2012. Here’s the cover: So yeah, my little letter to my 16-year-old self will be alongside letters from such luminaries as ... More→

When Cindy Pon and I first talked about launching Diversity in YA, I was motivated by a desire to bring attention to books about non-white and/or non-straight characters in a positive way. I did not want to box these books in as problem novels, as many of them have been positioned over the years (recognizing ... More→

Yesterday was the official U.K. publication day for Huntress, which means my book is now available all over the world in English! It’s obviously been perfectly timed to give those of you suffering from a post-royal wedding anticlimax a little lift before Kate and Wills’ honeymoon in Glorious Gay-Friendly Canada. See, they’re both reading it! ... More→

Today I have a surprise for you! I dusted off my vlogging skills (which were really, really rusty) and put together this little video explaining why you should come out to see me and many other fine authors on the Diversity Tour, which kicks off Saturday, May 7th in San Francisco. (Details on the whole ... More→

Despite my best intentions, I’ve been unable to update my blog much lately, because I’ve been snowed under by blogging for other places. I’ll round up those links later in this post, but first I wanted to tell you that my short story “The Fox” has just been published in the Summer 2011 issue of ... More→