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Interview: Caleb Roehrig author of Last Seen Leaving

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:40:36-05:00June 27th, 2016|Categories: Archive, Author Interview, Blogathon 2016, New Releases|Tags: Bisexual, Coming Out, gay, New Releases, Queer Guys, Realistic, Representation, Thriller|

One of the amazing authors I got to interview at BEA was Caleb Roehrig! Caleb and I were both slightly food-deprived and wholly overwhelmed by the massiveness that was BEA, so some of our questions and answers were a little off the wall (frex: after the interview, I learned some fun facts about the population living around Lake Superior). But we also discussed new narratives in LGBTQIA+ YA, how his debut book Last Seen Leaving fits into the mix, and our favorite LGBTQIA+ YA books. So I'm SUPER psyched to be able to share this interview! (Also apparently I cannot [...]

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Author Interview: Leigh Bardugo

By Vee|2020-03-28T13:40:49-05:00June 7th, 2016|Categories: Archive, Author Interview, Blogathon 2016|Tags: Bisexual, gay, Speculative|

While I was at BEA, I got a chance to meet and interview the fabulous Leigh Bardugo author of The Grisha Trilogy, Six of Crows, and the forthcoming Crooked Kingdom. Six of Crows is one of my top 5 favorite books, and I was so excited to be able to meet and interview her that I was basically spacing out for the whole interview! We talked about the world building around how sexuality is perceived in the Grisha verse, negative (& positive!) reactions to queer characters, what we can expect from Crooked Kingdom re: Wylan and Jesper and more! Managed [...]

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Cover Reveal + Interview: My Year Zero by Rachel Gold

By Marilla|2020-03-28T13:41:15-05:00October 13th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Author Interview, Cover Reveal|Tags: Bisexual, Jewish, lesbian, Mental Health|

We're big fans of Rachel Gold's first two books Being Emily and Just Girls... and today, we're thrilled to reveal the cover for her newest book My Year Zero! I am so SO excited to be hosting this cover reveal-- as I read My Year Zero I was filled with an overwhelming desire to make everyone ever in the whole history of ever read this book. Along with the cover reveal, I had the chance to interview Rachel. Below we discuss the diversity within the book, geek culture, narratives in LGBQTIA+ YA and more! I hope by the [...]

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It’s Not Just a Phase

By Marilla|2020-03-28T13:41:18-05:00September 25th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Author Interview|Tags: Bisexual|

Bisexual Awareness Week Series: Day 5 – Previous Posts: Introduction to Bisexual Awareness Week Series – Bisexuality in YA – On Failing to Recognize Ourselves in Mirrors – The “B” Word - There Once Was a Girl by Justina Ireland When I was in high school I used to argue a lot about politics. I was the girl in class who would raise her hand and correct the teacher when they’d say something wrong or just plan biased. This usually exasperated the rest of my classmates. Sometimes I cared. Mostly I didn’t. I thought it was better to be [...]

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Author Interview: Elliott DeLine

By Marilla|2020-03-28T13:41:29-05:00September 7th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Author Interview|Tags: Queer Guys, Realistic, Trans|

We're thrilled to be talking today with Elliott DeLine, author of the YA/NA books Refuse and I Know Very Well How I Got My Name, and the autobiographical nonfiction book Show Trans! We got to chat with him a bit about his work, transgender YA, and why it's so important to have transgender authors writing trans YA. We also got some great questions from Elliott's readers about his writing process and more! Vee: Hey Elliott! Thank you so much for joining us on GayYA. To start, can you share a little bit about yourself and your books? Elliott: [...]

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Cover Reveal + Interview: Pride: Celebrating Diversity and Community by Robin Stevenson

By Marilla|2020-03-28T13:41:31-05:00August 6th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Author Interview, Cover Reveal|Tags: LGBTQIA, Middle Grade|

Pride: Celebrating Diversity and Community by Robin Stevenson is delving into an awesome new area—it's a Middle Grade nonfiction book about the history of Pride and Stonewall! It'll be coming out April 2016. Today, we're THRILLED to reveal the awesome cover of this awesome book. We also got to talk to the fantastic author herself about why this book needs to exist, what exactly is in it, and why you should be super excited for its release in April 2016! For LGBTQ people and their supporters, Pride events are an opportunity to honor the past, protest injustice and [...]

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Cover Reveal + Interview: Dagger by Steven dos Santos

By Marilla|2020-03-28T13:41:31-05:00August 4th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Author Interview, Cover Reveal|Tags: gay, Queer Guys|

We are big fans of Steven dos Santos's first series The Torch Keeper. Today, we are THRILLED to reveal the fantastic cover of his next book, Dagger. Dagger was turned down by an agent back in 2008 because it had a gay protagonist—now, it's finally being published! Along with revealing this fantastic new cover, we also got to talk to Steven about how it feels to have this book published, diversity in publishing, and why Dagger should be on your TBR come September. When Ultimate Evil engulfs the entire world, only Dagger can pierce the Darkness—even if the [...]

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Cover Reveal + Interview: Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley

By Marilla|2020-03-28T13:41:33-05:00June 24th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Author Interview, Cover Reveal|Tags: Bisexual, Black, Historical, PoC, Queer Girls|

We are HUGE fans of Robin Talley's debut novel Lies We Tell Ourselves. Today, we are THRILLED to reveal the gorgeous new cover that this fantastic book will soon be getting! We also got to talk to Robin Talley and her kick ass editor T.S. Ferguson about the cover redesign, representation, and Robin's forthcoming projects. Lies We Tell Ourselves by Robin Talley (Harlequin Teen, 2014) Lies We Tell Ourselves UK Version (MIRA Ink, 2014) In 1959 Virginia, the lives [...]

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Author Interview: Corinne Duyvis

By Marilla|2020-03-28T13:41:34-05:00June 22nd, 2015|Categories: Archive, Author Interview|Tags: Fantasy, Intersectionality, LGBTQIA, Queer Girls, Representation, Speculative|

We're so psyched to have the chance to talk with Corinne Duyvis, author of the fantastic queer YA fantasy Otherbound, about world-building, the work she's done with DisabilityinKidLit, her queer SF/F wishlist, and much much more. :) Amara is never alone. Not when she’s protecting the cursed princess she unwillingly serves. Not when they’re fleeing across dunes and islands and seas to stay alive. Not when she’s punished, ordered around, or neglected. She can’t be alone, because a boy from another world experiences all that alongside her, looking through her eyes. Nolan longs for a life uninterrupted. Every time he blinks, [...]

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Queer YA Scrabble Author Interview: Suzanne van Rooyen

By Nadia|2020-03-28T13:41:35-05:00June 7th, 2015|Categories: Archive, Author Interview, Fun Things|Tags: Fantasy, LGBTQIA|

Continuing with Queer YA Scrabble, today we have the pleasure of bringing you an interview with author Suzanne van Rooyen. Find letter hidden in this post (it will be in green), and you’ll be one step closer to solving our anagram and having a chance to win a FABULOUS box of books. :) Author Suzanne van Rooyen Suzanne van Rooyen is an author from South Africa. She currently lives in Sweden and is busy making friends with the ghosts of her Viking ancestors. Although she has a Master’s degree in music, Suzanne prefers conjuring strange worlds and creating [...]

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