DIYA recap!

Part of the reason my brain is so foggy is that I am still recovering from the most excellent evening last Thursday when we hosted our six Diversity in Young Adult Fiction authors.  The discussion ranged from talking about cover art to racist vampires to disabilities in the fantasy world to BFFs in the YA writing community.

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I had an excellent time, especially because everyone else did too!  The book signing was jubilant, with the authors and their fans talking excitedly for an hour.

Were you able to go?  What did you think?  Were there questions you felt were especially important?  I hope these conversations continue; while diverse representation in fiction for children and teens has certainly improved, there are still characters and situations I wish I was reading about more often.

Demons, Pointy Swords, and Sarah Rees Brennan

To continue with the roundup of our fantastic Diversity in YA authors, today I am presenting the books of Sarah Rees Brennan, The Demon's Lexicon and The Demon's Covenant. Let's use the UK jacket art for the second one, because the American version is kinda ridiculous. Who fights demons in her nightgown?

I mean, unless you have no other choice.

More urban fantasy (woo hoo!) this time set in London, where Nick lives life on the run with his older brother, Alex, and their traumatized mom. Why the fugitive lifestyle? Maybe....DEMONS?

But no sweat, right, because Nick and Alex are sword-swinging, demon-slaying pros. Or is there more to their dangerous life than Nick has been told?

Ms. Brennan's third book in the series, The Demon's Surrender, comes out in June, and you can meet her live and in person on May 12th!