45: I'm Not Stephen King's Publicist

Kelly and special guest Sarah Dessen talk about teen life today, how YA has grown and changed in the last two decades, and what “strong female characters” means. This episode is sponsored by All The Books, Where You End and I Begin by Preston Norton, from Disney Publishing Worldwide and Amazon Publishing. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter!   Show Notes The Rest of the Story by Sarah Dessen Netflix options Sarah Dessen novels for adaptation The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo Little Fires Everywhere by Celest Ng It by Stephen King Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson Cut by Patricia McCormick Twilight by Stephenie Meyer There’s Something About Sweetie by Sandhya Menon Dear Martin by Nic Stone Slay by Brittney Morris Sixteen by Megan McCafferty A Summer to Die by Lois Lowry Ash by Malinda Lo Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers A Billion for Boris by Mary Rodgers The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas With The Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins On Writing by Stephen King   For listeners itching to know more about the authors we dove into, you’ll do well looking up books by Jacqueline Woodson, Walter Dean Myers, Julie Anne Peters, David Levithan, Neal Schusterman, Jennifer Smith, and Deb Caletti. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices