Dana Swift wanted to explore themes of identity, self-discovery, and what to do in the face of failure, so she wrote "Cast in Firelight."
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Check out these interviews with Monika Estrella Negra, and Alex Smith, who contributed to "Black Punk Now."
Lindz Amer wanted to write a book that they wished they had when they were a child, so that's how "Hooray for She, He, Ze, and They!" came to be.
Nikki Payne wanted to write about shame and redemption, as well as Black and Native folks in small towns, so she wrote “Sex Lies and Sensibility”.
Melissa Albert has always been fascinated by that line between childhood and adolescence, and how it's an intense and painful thing when two friends who love each other are looking at each other across that line, so that's one of the things that inspired her to write "The Bad Ones".
Will Duraffourg wanted to write about J. R. R. Tolkien's life, so with the help of artist Giancarlo Caracuzzo, he wrote the graphic novel "Tolkien: Lighting Up The Darkness".
If you're searching for a book that is filled with chemistry and longing, but is set in a world of a diverse reality, then check out "Technically Yours" by Denise Williams.
This year was a great year for LGBTQ reads, and it seems like 2024 will have the same type of stories and books offered to us.
"Bless the Blood" by Walela Nehanda is a young adult memoir that details the author's experience living with leukemia.
If you want to read a love story about an uptight princess and a chaotic future lord forced to get along, then "Gwen And Art Are Not in Love" by Lex Croucher is the book for you.
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- 'The Princess of Thornwood Drive' - A Different Kind of Storytelling
- 'Nightbane' - Adventures, Powers, & Plot Twists
- 'The Scarlet Veil' - Vampires, Love, & Bloodlust
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