Topic: young adult fiction

Rachel Maddow (Getty/MacMillan)

Rachel Maddow: A fictional teen's muse

Mary Elizabeth Williams
(Shutterstock)

Writing affirmative consent in YA novels

Michelle Falkoff
13 REASONS WHY (Netflix/Beth Dubber)

Netflix's 13 Reasons Why

Melanie McFarland

Author Nicola Yoon

Mary Elizabeth Williams
A still from "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry” (pottermore.com)

Pottermore problems

Paula Young Lee
Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen in "The Hunger Games" (Lionsgate)

Katniss is a hero for boys too

Graham Shelby
(Jake Hamilton)

How Levithan found his voice

Michele Filgate
Jeff Bridges and Brenton Thwaites in "The Giver" (The Weinstein Company)

Dystopia, served lukewarm

Andrew O'Hehir
(Laurent Castellucci)

Meet sci-fi's best YA writer

Sara Scribner
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-702718p1.html'>Darren Pullman</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Salon)

My dirty secret writing life

Anna Davies