Back in 2020, I faced the bane of every writer’s existence: a blank page, in an empty notebook. I was starting my first novel for adults in years, and I always struggle to find a way into the story.
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In 2008, when Maggie Stiefvater’s first novel Lament came out, YA was still an evolving category. “When I got into the game, teen/YA was quite low-stakes, a place where you could play with all genres ...