About Quote by Russell Smith

As someone who writes and teaches YA fiction, I spend a lot of time trying to define its character and readership, and I don't…

— Robin Wasserman

When I was growing up, there actually wasn't a lot of YA literature as it exists today. Most of the YA that I read…

— Lauren DeStefano

When I was young, there was no such thing as YA. You simply went from reading children's novels to reading adult novels. So one…

— Matt Haig

“Books in the YA genre, in particular, should use proper grammar because they're more of an example to young people than adults books are.”

— Laura Kreitzer

The YA category is an entirely new one, and seems to have more to do with readability than with age group or theme. The…

— Russell Smith

I think that's what distinguishes YA from adult fiction - it's not just the age of the characters, but it's the sense of hope.…

— Jenny Han

To me there's no difference between writing YA and adult except that in YA I make the book a little shorter and the protagonists…

— Charles de Lint

I've always wanted to be a part of that experience of writing to an audience that is just starting to fall in love with…

— Sarah Mlynowski

The label YA actually means nothing except that the protagonists, or some of them, are young. Publishers like it because it is a secure…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

All of my books, which are supposedly, I mean they're called YA novels, my hope is that adults would find no reason not to…

— Matthew Tobin Anderson

Deeply disturbing in a way that only the most honest stories are, YACCUB is a fiercely written, daring journey through America's urban wilderness and…

— Brandon Massey

Thanks!It's not a long book but it's taken a year to write. It's fnially [read: FINALLY!!! YAYAYAYAY!] feeling ready for my editors! Lori

— Auth