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Pens and Pizza - featuring monthly essays on developing your writing craft

Coming Spring 2025!

ARTICLES

The Problem With YA

(Written for Mslexia, Issue 103)

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Emma Whitehall looks at literature's hottest new craze

Seeking Autistic Joy

(Written for The Bookseller, April 2025)

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Where are the books showing that autistic kids can be happy, funny and silly too?

The Adultification of YA

(Written for The Bookseller, Feb 2024)

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Is the trend towards ever-harder romantasy pushing out younger readers?