Novelist and poet Liz DeJesus has been writing for as long as she was capable of holding a pen. With First Frost, her exciting fairy tale-themed YA entry, she is making quite an impression with significant interest already developing for a sequel! Here we find out more about the author and why she feels that she is "right where I’m supposed to be."

The dark and gothic world of Ari Berk continues to unfold in the second book of his UNDERTAKEN trilogy: MISTLE CHILD. Fittingly, Berk confesses to writing through sleepless nights to create this story of ancient necropolises, restless spirits and powerful dark artifacts...

Today, Olivia from YA-Mag had the chance for an in-depth conversation with Evan Roskos, author of DR. BIRD’S ADVICE FOR SAD POETS!

In the whimsical City of a Thousand Dolls, Miriam Forster takes us into her foreboding, beautiful Asian-inspired world populated with lush estates and girl assassins. Borrowing from the history and non-fiction she finds  most fascinating, Miriam has constructed a fine novel, which she discusses here. 

Born to be an author, Dan Wells opens up about his hotly anticipated second installment in the Partials series: Fragments. This world of this book, according to the author himself, is "like The Stand crossed with Battlestar Galactica starring Hermione [from Harry Potter] as a medical genius." Sounds pretty cool!

Writing mom Kristen Simmons brings us the next installment in the Article 5 series with Breaking Point, a fast-paced read full of intrigue, government plots and a fair share of young adult romance. The dynamo of a writer shares her thoughts on her development as a writer and the triumphs and challenges of getting published.

For her standout YA novel Out of Nowhere, about race relations among high school soccer players, author Maria Padian researched actual events and interviewed those involved. Here she shares more on the unique experience, as well as why she could never be a doctor.

In the super-powered saga Pulse, Patrick Carman delivers on the challenge of telling an exciting futuristic story without going in the expected YA directions of dystopia or science fiction. Here he shares his thoughts on telekinesis and his choices for other superpowers he'd like to posses.

Writing at the "fantastic" intersection of sci-fi and young adult romance, Christine Johnson reveals more about her paranormal tale The Gathering Dark, and her inspiration from…modern physics?

Button-nosed sweetheart (and talented young actress) Karynn Moore meets an untimely fate in ABC Family’s new show Twisted, but it’s onward and upward for her career