Interviews with Authors
Every month we bring you an interview with an author of YA Fantasy. And often times we bring you two!
Author Interviews for December

Jennifer Armentrout
Jennifer is the author of the YA paranormal romance, Half-Blood (Covenant #1) & her latest YA paranormal release, Obsidian, will be available December 6, 2011!
Kelly Creagh
Kelly is the YA Paranormal author of Nevermore and the upcoming Enshadowed! If you're a fan of paranormal or Edgar Allan Poe, then you must check out this series! We gave it 5 Stars!!!
Interviews for November

Jus Accardo
Jus Accardo is the debut author of the YA Paranormal, Touch (Denazen series #1) which released November 1, 2011!
Interviews for October

Aprilynne Pike
Aprilynne has been spinning faerie stories since she was a child with a hyper-active imagination. Her latest novel is Ilusions
Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie
Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguié co-authored the NYT Bestselling series, Wicked for Simon and Schuster. They have continued their collaboration with the Crusade series, also for Simon and Schuster, and the Wolf Springs Chronicles for Delacorte (2011.)

Leigh Fallon
Leigh Fallon is the debut author of the paranormal romance, Carrier of the Mark . Her book releases from HarperTeen on October 4th!
Author Interviews for September 2011
Gretchen McNeil
Gretchen is the author of Possess, a new YA Paranormal Horror. POSSESS debuted with Balzer + Bray for HarperCollins, August 23, 2011
Jenna Black
Jenna Black is the author of the YA faerie series, Glimmerglass. Siren, the final book of the series, released this summer!

Cinda Williams Chima
Cinda is the NYT Bestselling Author of the YA High Fantasy series, Seven Realms! The latest book in the series, The Gray Wolf Throne, released August 30, 2011!
Author Interviews for August 2011

Michelle Zink
Michelle is author of the Gothic YA fantasy series, Prophecy of the Sisters. The third book in the series, Circle of Fire , releases August 3rd, 2011.
Kelley Armstrong
Kelley is the author of the NYT bestselling Women of the Otherworld paranormal suspense series and Darkest Powers young adult urban fantasy trilogy, as well as the Nadia Stafford crime series.

Lilith Saintcrow
Lili is the NYT bestselling YA and adult fantasy author of the Strange Angels, Jill Kismet, The Society, and Watcher series.
Author Interviews for July 2011

Lauren DeStefano is the debut author of the much talked about dystopian, Wither.
Check out the full interview here
Josephine Angelini is the debut author of the NYT bestselling YA fantasy, Starcrossed!
Ann Aguirre is the national bestselling author of Enclave, a YA post-apocalyptic dystopian which has been compared to The Hunger Games!
Author Interviews for June 2011
Colleen Houck
She is the self published best selling author of Tigers Curse and now she is releasing her second book Tiger's Quest

Jackson Pearce
Jackson is the author of SISTERS RED , AS YOU WISH , and the upcoming SISTERS RED companion book, SWEETLY .

Myra McEntire
Her young adult book, Hourglass merges the very best of the paranormal and science-fiction genres in a seductive, remarkable young adult debut.
Author Interviews for May
Holly Black is the NYT bestselling author of contemporary fantasy novels for teens and children and Stacey's favorite author. She has once again graced us with another interview for her latest release in the Curse Worker's series, Red Glove . In addition, Holly has recently sold the movie rights to White Cat !
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Kim Harrington
Kim Harrington lives in Massachusetts with her husband and son. When not writing, she's most likely reading, watching one of her favorite TV shows, or fantasizing about her next vacation. She has no psychic powers and is cool with that. Her debut young adult novel, Clarity , came out on March 1, 2011 from Scholastic.
Victoria Strauss is the author of eight novels for adults and young adults, including the Stone duology (The Arm of the Stone and The Garden of the Stone) and Passion Blue, a YA historical fantasy coming in 2012. She has written hundreds of book reviews for magazines and ezines, including SF Site, and her articles on writing have appeared in Writer’s Digest and elsewhere. In 2006, she served as a judge for the World Fantasy Awards Read the Interview here
Author Interviews for April
Karen Mahoney is the author of The Iron Witch
, the first book in a trilogy that continues in 2012 with The Wood Queen. She has also published stories about a kick-ass teen vampire called Moth in The Eternal Kiss and Kiss Me Deadly: 13 Tales of Paranormal Love
. Karen is British and currently lives near London with way too many books, though she dreams of one day living in Boston. She doesn't mind if you call her Kaz
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Malinda Lo - Her first novel "Ash" is an award winner. Her next novel "Huntress" is released this month.
Maggie Furey - One of the most thrilling fantasy authors to have emerged from the United Kingdom in many years
Author Interviews for March
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Andrea Cremer - She is the author of Nightshade and her next novel in the series is Wolfsbane. It is set to be released in July.
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Karen Kincy -A shameless nerd and lover of snark, Karen lives in western Washington, where she recently graduated from The Evergreen State College. She is the author of OTHER.
Sarah Rees Brennan was born and raised in Ireland by the sea, where her teachers valiantly tried to make her fluent in Irish. She is the author of THE DEMON LEXICON SERIES
Author interviews for February
Robin is best known as the author of the Farseer Trilogy (Assassin's Apprentice, Royal Assassin and Assassin's Quest.) Other works include The Liveship Traders Trilogy, the Tawny Man Trilogy, and the Soldier Son trilogy. The Rain Wilds Chronicles is now complete, published as Dragon Keeper and Dragon Haven. Read the interview here
Melissa de la Cruz is the author of many NY Times best selling books including the Blue Bloods series. Her latest book in this series is Bloody Valentine.
Read the interview here
Kiersten White is the NYT Bestselling author of Paranormalcy . She has a fascination with all things paranormal, including but not limited to vampires, faeries, and pop culture.
Read the interview here
Author interviews for January
Syrie James is the critically acclaimed author of the newly released NOCTURNE and the international best seller THE LOST MEMOIRS OF JANE AUSTEN. Read the interview here
Lauren Kate grew up in Dallas, went to school in Atlanta, and started writing in New York. She is the author of Fallen, Torment, the forthcoming Passion, and The Betrayal of Natalie Hargrove . She lives in Laurel Canyon with her husband and hopes to work in a restaurant kitchen and learn how to surf. She is currently at work on the final books in the Fallen series. Read the interview here
Continue on for more great author Interviews that we did in 2010






Victoria Strauss is the author of eight novels for adults and young adults, including the Stone duology (The Arm of the Stone and The Garden of the Stone) and Passion Blue, a YA historical fantasy coming in 2012. She has written hundreds of book reviews for magazines and ezines,
including SF Site, and her articles on writing have appeared in Writer’s Digest and elsewhere. In 2006, she served as a judge for the World Fantasy Awards



Lauren Kate grew up in Dallas, went to school in Atlanta, and started writing in New York. She is the author of Fallen, Torment, the forthcoming Passion, and The Betrayal of Natalie Hargrove . She lives in Laurel Canyon with her husband and hopes to work in a restaurant kitchen and learn how to surf. She is currently at work on the final books in the Fallen series.