Robin Talley

A conversation with Robin Talley, author of LGBT YA novels, including LIES WE TELL OURSELVES, out Sept. 30 with Harlequin Teen. We talk diversity in YA, the importance of a writing community, and hear a few special cameos from her tuxedo cat, Javert.

Robin Talley Show Notes

Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar

Maureen Johnson The Bermudez Triangle, now known as On The Count of Three http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17165219-on-the-count-of-three?from_search=true

David Levithan Boy Meets Boy and Two Boys Kissin

Robin’s agent Jim McCarthy

Caroline RichmondJessica Spotswood, and Miranda Kinneally 

Memoirs set in Virginia about desegregation include The Norfolk 17 by Andrew Heidelberg

Transgender protagonists: I Am J http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8140535-i-am-j?from_search=true

None of the Above by I. W. Gregorio

Far From You by Tess Sharpe

#WeNeedDiverseBooks BEA panel discussion 

Aaron Hartzler Rapture Practice