Factoid Friday #5: Why I First Started Writing YA

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I remember getting to about 12 years of age and just kind of...running out of stuff to read. I wanted fantasy adventures with swords and horses. I wanted friendships and family relationships. I wanted cool worldbuilding and thought provoking stakes.

Instead, I got some of those things, but also with a large heaping of love triangles and creeper romance.

I was not happy, Bob. Not. Happy.

So I decided to take things into my own hands.


And thus was born my propensity for writing YA fiction with all the sci-fi-and-fantasy bells and whistles, minus the romance. I've been pleased to find that there are tons of readers out there who are searching for that exact thing. 
What about you? What age do you tend to write for and why? I'd love to hear your story! 
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