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Every author has a set of questions that they’re asked repeatedly — questions like “Where do you get your ideas?” and “I wrote a book! Will you help me get published?” For me, the most common questions I get are a little different. They are: “What kind of resistance did you face when you tried to get published?” and “Have your books been banned anywhere?”
Read More“I can’t help but feel that as I white girl that it’s hard for me to write from the POV of a person of color. I realize that’s probably completely and utterly ridiculous, but I was wondering what you thought? Is it insincere for white YA authors to write from the POV of a person of color?”
Read MoreYesterday at Diversity in YA, I posted my latest number crunching about diversity, this time taking a look at the New York Times Young Adult and Children's Best Sellers lists for 2013. Here's the pie chart breakdown:
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