Every once in a while, it's nice to feel like an expert, rather than an overgrown fan—the line is thin, you know! Tonight, I'll be moderating a panel of five New York Times best-selling authors at the famed New York children's bookstore Books of Wonder. Ally Condie ("Matched"), Andrea Cremer ("Nightshade"), Kirsten Miller ("The Eternal Ones"), Beth Revis ("Across the Universe") and Brenna Yovanoff ("The Replacement") are embarking on their Breathless Reads tour, and I get to be the first one to help fans pick their brains about writing young-adult fiction.
It's pretty unusual of their publisher, Penguin, to group together books that are about (in the above order) an oppressive dystopian society, werewolves, reincarnation, space travel and fairies. But we readers don't discriminate, right? All five novels are action-packed adventure/love stories, and I'm dying to know what else they have in common and how they manage to keep us glued to their pages.
If you're in the area, swing by and say hello. If you're not, share your questions and comments for the authors here before 6 p.m. and I'll try to ask them tonight. Then I'll share whatever scoop I get from the event later in the week. They'll also be tweeting with the hashtag #breathlesstour throughout the tour, so all of us can keep up with their whirlwind journey.
What questions do you have for these authors?
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