Malinda Lo

Earlier this year I asked for your help in finding 2013 YA titles about LGBTQ main characters, in preparation for my second annual YA Pride month. Originally, I was planning to run YA Pride in June (as I did last year) because it corresponds with LGBT Pride month in the US. I’ve since realized that ... More→

As part of my preparation for this year’s upcoming YA Pride series in June, back in January I asked for leads on LGBTQ YA published by traditional publishers in 2013. You can still leave suggestions and tips on that blog post. Today I’m issuing a slightly different call. I’m looking for: Young Adult books published ... More→

In June 2012 I ran a series of posts called YA Pride, highlighting 2012 young adult novels with LGBTQ main characters. In 2013, I’m going to do YA Pride again, which means I need your help in identifying books to be featured. Here’s what I’m interested in: Young Adult books that will be published in ... More→

It’s June 30, which means my first YA Pride month has come to an end. I hope that you enjoyed the past month of posts focusing on LGBT young adult books. It was a lot of fun to put together — though also quite a bit more work than I anticipated! (I foolishly thought, hey, ... More→

Every Friday in June, I’ll be listing the YA novels first published in the United States in 2012 that include LGBT main characters. Today I’m covering books published in the fourth quarter: October-December. Check out books published in January-March here; April-June here; and July-September here. If you haven’t already read my disclaimers/explanations about how I ... More→

In 2010 at the YALSA Literature Symposium, I heard Madeleine George reading from a work in progress. That reading was so funny and sharp that I couldn’t wait to read the book that it came from. The only problem? That book, The Difference Between You and Me, wasn’t due to be published until 2012. It ... More→