Links Galore

Man, I am so behind on posting! Here are all the links I’ve been hoarding:

At Ploughshares, I wrote about authors of literary fiction who have also written YA–with great success.
I also shared my bookshelf confessions with the delightful Mackenzi Lee.
London is for book lovers.
Lots of great YA/children’s characters on this list of best parents in literature.
Beautiful article by Gayle Forman about loss and how it resulted in her If I Stay.
Classic YA novels that should be made into movies.
What are your most memorable reads from school?
Your therapist character shouldn’t suck.
This semester: YA on the syllabus.
Short stories for your 20s.
Middle grade and young adult: not the same.
Because no one can see the fancy cover of the hyper-literary book you’re reading on an e-reader.
Growing up reading CS Lewis, and my new favorite Lewis story.
A call for science fiction that uses technology for inspiration, for fear.
If you can’t go on vacation this summer, some summer reading travels.
I want to go to there.
Cool interview with some cool librarians.
Excellent post on sex in YA and what readers want from their reading experience.
10 things you don’t need to be a writer.
YA authors play Sorting Hat for their characters.