An Email To A Christian Reader During Pride Week

I love getting emails from my readers. My very favorite ones are those that challenge me in some way or open up a real dialogue with me about my books. I am constantly surprised and touched by readers who reach out to me. That they sat down and took time to email an author is such an honor. Our time is so precious.

I think the universe was being wonderfully sneaky this week. I am way behind on my email and I opened up one from a reader that was sent to me last month. The fact that this email is from a Christian reader during Pride Week is sheer perfection. I was so happy to have the chance to respond to this girl. It reminded me that fiction is so powerful and that we, especially as YA authors, are so lucky that we get to write books for teens and have conversations with them about all the big stuff. The stuff that matters. Below is our email exchange.

Happy Pride Week!

From the reader:

I'm a 17 year old Christian, and I've had an eye on your books for a while! I was wondering if you could let me know if your books are pretty clean? Like, no sex, lots of strong language, or promoting of homosexuality? It would be great if you

could let me know! Your books sound really awesome. :)

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