Of course Stephen King doesn't believe in teen novels. I've started to suspect he doesn't even believe in teenagers. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes have king novel
As someone who writes and teaches YA fiction, I spend a lot of time trying to define its character and readership, and I don't think I'm alone - genres are all about boundary drawing, and the YA genre is, in a lot of ways, about carving out boundaries around adolescence, a space for teenagers to do teenage things. Robin Wasserman adolescenceboundarycarve share on social
Instead of inventing imaginary friends, I invented whole imaginary worlds. They were elaborate scenarios about spies and adventurers and top secret missions. I crawled along my swing set, searching for escape routes from my maximum-security prison; I biked through the neighborhood, the wind in my hair and a fleet of evildoers on my heels. Robin Wasserman adventurerbikecrawl share on social
'The Waking Dark' is about what happens when something awakens a town's darkest impulses and unleashes them on the world. Robin Wasserman awakendarkimpulse Change image and share on social
We have not overthrown the divine right of kings to fall down for the divine right of experts. Harold MacMillan divineexpertfall Change image and share on social
It got to the point where most of my time went toward writing novels. I would still occasionally write short stories, but only when I was commissioned by an editor to write for a themed anthology or special issue. Tim Pratt anthologycommissioneditor share on social
I would've done anything to work with Satyajit Ray. Nimrat Kaur haveraysatyajit Change image and share on social