My debut YA novel THE FIX's release date and the kids’ first day of school fell during the same week.

We all got schooled. READ MORE on YA Outside the Lines

​Summer used to feel endless. Growing up, we spent August on Cape Cod.

When I was a toddler, we’d sit close to the water and I’d play in the sand and build sandcastles with my mom, jump the ocean waves rolling into the shore with my dad. READ MORE on YA Outside the Lines

Hello, all! Anna-Marie McLemore here, author of THE WEIGHT OF FEATHERS, stopping in with this month’s installment of Fall Fifteeners Talk Genre. Each month, I’m chatting with one of my fellow Fall Fifteeners about their genre, and a little later I’ll be talking about why I what I write. Today I’m excited to chat with Natasha Sinel, author of THE FIX, about her love for contemporary YA. READ MORE on Fall Fifteeners

A few months ago, I saw that Judy Blume was coming to the Greenwich Library. I jumped on that action and I immediately signed up for tickets. I’d never seen her in person—appalling! I was Judy Blume’s #1 fan as a child in the ‘70s. (At least I thought I was until I became a writer and learned that everyone was her #1 fan.) READ MORE on Team Rogue YA

Cavewoman A bangs two rocks together, and a few tiny orangey-red things fly out. She drops the rocks immediately, scared, says “ugga-bugga,” and runs away. READ MORE on YA Outside the Lines

I'd planned to write this month's post about books that have significantly influenced my career. And I'll do that...next month. In the meantime, today I was pleasantly sidetracked when my editor sent a photo of my ARCs (advanced reading copies) that she'd just received. READ MORE on Fall Fifteeners

Life is a series of slow self-discoveries and sudden a-ha moments. READ MORE on YA Outside the Lines

I just got a flyer home from school announcing that TV Turnoff week begins May 4th. My kids don’t want to do it. Even though they don’t watch much on school nights anyway, they’re positive they’ll die a horrible and painful death next week. READ MORE on Fall Fifteeners

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• When you almost missed the deadline for that April Fools blog post on YA Outside the Lines, but then you figured you’d just write a list of embarrassing stuff really quickly. READ MORE on YA outside the Lines

Today we’re excited to introduce you to Natasha Sinel and The Fix, which is slated to release September 2015! READ MORE on Team Rogue YA