Topic: ya fiction

Lord of the Flies (Getty Images/Eric Vega)

How to write about murder for teens

Mariko Tamaki
Jason Reynolds (Ben Fractenberg)

Reynolds: Kids need writer role models

D. Watkins
Rachel Maddow (Getty/MacMillan)

Rachel Maddow: A fictional teen's muse

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Love, Simon; Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli (20th Century Fox/Balzer + Bray/Decisive Moment Events)

Becky Albertalli on YA hit "Love, Simon"

Emily Jordan
Jeff Bridges and Brenton Thwaites in "The Giver" (The Weinstein Company)

Dystopia, served lukewarm

Andrew O'Hehir
George Saunders (Wikimedia Commons)

Courtney Sender - LA Review of Books