It had to start somewhere.

Swifties, it’s time to grab your friendship bracelets, blast “Cruel Summer,” and prepare your hearts, because the world of YA friendship and fandom just got its own Taylor Swift–inspired cinematic universe.

Check out our interview with Peggy Townsend, the author of "The Botanist’s Assistant."

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Find out what inspired Kristen Pipps to write "The Library of Lost Girls" below.

The recipient of multiple honors for her writing, including a Lambda Literary Award, the Anhinga Prize in Poetry, the Clay Reynolds Novella Prize, a “Spoon River” Editor’s Prize, an Oscar Wilde Award, and a special mention for a Pushcart Prize, lesbian poet, essayist, and educator Julie Marie Wade is also one of the most prolific writers you will ever read.