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 Richmond, Jessica 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