After Amil? A Veera Hiranandani Interview About Amil and the After, a Sequel to The Night Diary!

It seems fitting that in the same week as the 2024 ALA Youth Media Award announcements, we should be talking to another Newbery Honor winning writer. When THE NIGHT DIARY won its Honor in 2019, it was one of those wins that just felt so right. It had already had multiple starred reviews, after all, with Horn Book saying that author Veera Hiranandani had a, “pitch-perfect tone”, Kirkus saying it was, “A gripping, nuanced story”, PW saying it had a, “striking intimacy and immediacy”, and SLJ sayin...