Reader, Writer, & Writing Teacher
I’ve really tried to up my reading of debut authors this year (because I hope to be one of them before too long). Believe me it was a long list that I had to whittle down into ten, but these are the debut authors I’m most excited about. In the meantime, if you haven’t read their debut novels yet, I definitely recommend each and every one of these books! Continue reading “Top Ten Debut YA Authors Who Have Me Looking Forward To Their Sophomore Novel”
I’ve been looking forward to reading Tides, by new author Betsy Cornwell for a long time. If you read my interview with Betsy, from earlier this week, you will know that we both attended Smith College at the same time. I even had (at least) one class with her. When I heard she was publishing a book I felt super excited, which was kind of funny because we by no means knew each other well but I remembered her as being intimidatingly smart. I wasn’t sure if being able to make hyper-intelligent comments on a Tennyson poem would translate into writing a great young adult book. But after only a few chapters I discovered that in this case it absolutely did. Continue reading “Tides by Betsy Cornwell: A Fresh Take on an Underwater Fairytale”
Alison Doherty 