Young Adult Fiction

June 10, 2021May 29, 2021

Wild Authors: Yaba Badoe

This book is told in beautiful, lyrical prose that swept me away … This book has great diverse representation and

Marissa Slaven: ‘Code Blue’, a Young Adult Eco-Mystery

Marissa Slaven talks about her novel, Code Blue, an eco-mystery. Drawing on her love of the coast in New England

July 20, 2020July 15, 2020

Wild Authors: Gila Green

This month, we look at another young adult fiction novel – and yet another novel set in South Africa. Thanks

Wild Authors: Sita Brahmachari

This month we look at Sita Brahmachari’s novel Where the River Runs Gold (Waterstones, July 2019), which takes place in an everyland, according to

September 19, 2019

Wild Authors: Brian Adams

In this spotlight on climate change authors I talk with Brian Adams, who has become a prolific fiction writer covering

This month, we continue with the young adult/teen focus, certainly timely right now as youth have entered the front lines on fighting climate change. On March 15, 2019, an international march took place with thousands of students from dozens of countries skipping school and calling for government action. Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg helped to spur this action last year, though before that youth were already in the arena. It’s such a positive and hopeful sign, and quite naturally, literature continues to remark on such issues. This week we look at works by D.G. Driver, author of The Juniper Sawfeather trilogy, a series of fantasy novels showing how a native American teenager, Juniper, deals with oil spills, logging, and endangered orcas. D.G. has a degree in theater arts from U.C. Irvine. Her first short story was published in Catalyst Magazine, and her first original play was produced in Los Angeles. She is an actor and enjoys community theater in Nashville. She’s also a special education