This particular list features forthcoming titles I would like to read. The majority of the books listed below are young adult fiction and juvenile fiction. If I read and review an advanced copy, I link the title to my review. At the close of every month, I move that month's remaining titles from this list to my backlist of books to read.

July 2008
Band Geek Love by Josie Bloss
Bad Kitty, Volume 1: Catnipped by Michele Jaffe and TokyoPop
Dream Girl by Lauren Mechling
The Floating Circus by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer (read, review to come)
Girl v. Boy by Yvonne Collins and Sandy Rideout
Janes in Love by Cecil Castellucci
Kitty Kitty by Michele Jaffe (sequel to Bad Kitty)
Poison Ink by Christopher Golden
Undone by Brooke Taylor

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I have a dream, a song to sing
To help me cope with anything
If you see the wonder of a fairy tale
You can take the future even if you fail

I believe in angels
Something good in everything I see
I believe in angels
When I know the time is right for me
I'll cross the stream
I have a dream

I have a dream, a fantasy
To help me through reality
And my destination
Makes it worth the while
Pushing through the darkness
Still another mile

I believe in angels
Something good in everything I see
I believe in angels
When I know the time is right for me
I'll cross the stream
I have a dream
I'll cross the stream
I have a dream

- I Have a Dream by ABBA

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When her first novel was published in 1999, Amelia Atwater-Rhodes was only thirteen years old. She's released one book every year since, and her tenth book is on the horizon. I am happy to report that we share a favorite author (Christopher Golden!) and am flattered that Bildungsroman was chosen to be the first stop on Amelia's two-week blog tour.

How do feel your writing style changed since the publication of In the Forests of the Night?

I don't think I could even begin to fully answer this question...

My writing in general has grown in just about every way since I first started to publish. The world is more complex in my head - both the fictional one, which has grown with each story, and the real one, which I have lived in and studied through high school and college classes. I have trouble sometimes these days limiting a story, instead of including every little detail I want to about the history or the psychology or the political intrigues that play out in the work. Thankfully, I have a wonderful editor, who helps encourage me to find the meat of a story inside my early drafts.

Beyond that, my sense of a story and what goes into it has matured. I have more awareness of my audience as I write, which is both good and bad. I can deal with more of the plot at a time, planning more than I used to, which again sometimes works out for the best and sometimes trips me up when I over-think an early draft that should still be at the play stage.

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Follow Amelia's blog tour:

July 22nd: Bildungsroman
July 24th: Cheryl Rainfield
July 25th: BookLoons
July 28th: Mrs. Magoo Reads
July 30th: Teen Book Review
July 31st: Making Stuff Up for a Living
August 4th: Bookwyrm Chrysalis
August 5th: The Reading Zone
August 7th: Through a Glass, Darkly

When planning and plotting out a book series, an author must create viable characters whose storylines can naturally stretch over a period of weeks, months, years and still hold the readers' interest, making them yearn for the next book in the line. In a set series - say a trilogy or a quartet of novels - the last book tends to wrap up all plots and tie up all loose ends, typically appeasing readers. However, an open-ended series - even if it is well-paced and well-received - might be 'cancelled' by the publisher before it is really finished. When a series comes to an end before it should, it can leave both readers and the author feeling out-of-sorts. Here's some insight on series writing from author Christopher Golden.

Do you find that your series evolve as you write, or do you firmly stick to what you had in mind when you first conceived the series? Do they always end as you intended them to end?

With a series, there are times when you don't ever plan an ending. With something like PROWLERS or BODY OF EVIDENCE, there's no definitive end point. I'd like to go back and do more of those. Same with THE SHADOW SAGA. But with something like THE VEIL TRILOGY, since it's a trilogy, it has a very definitive end point. That said, the VEIL books changed during the writing more than anything I've ever written, and I think for the better. You can't tie yourself down to following the outline, even if you thought the outline was great at the time you wrote it. Creativity is fluid. On the other hand, generally the ending you imagined -- hazy and evolving as it may be -- still has the general shape of the ending you eventually write. At least in my experience. I wouldn't call it a rule. I'd be happy to go totally off track and invent an ending unlike anything I'd originally desired if the writing process led me there.

Deal-wise, publication-wise, can be a totally different story. Which of your series were expanded past the initial deal for X amount of books? Which ended before they were truly done?

Body of Evidence started as four books, then became eight, and finally ten. The Shadow Saga started as two, became three, and then four. (so far) The Menagerie started with two, then four, and sadly it looks like we'll eventually have to find another publisher for the fifth and final book, as Ace appears not to be interested in completing the series. With the Hidden Cities books that I'm doing with Tim Lebbon, it started as two books and we're going to be exploring shortly what the next move will be. We're certainly hoping Bantam will do more, and I believe they will. Body of Evidence, Prowlers, Shadow Saga, Menagerie...all of those have stories untold, and I hope to one day tell them.

You've occasionally had characters from different series cross paths. If you could write a crossover for any of your books, who would you like to see meet up?

There are a ton of little crossovers that I splash in here and there. Grumbler from STRANGEWOOD appears for a moment in THE MYTH HUNTERS. Kevin Murphy, the protagonist of STRAIGHT ON 'TIL MORNING, appears in THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN. There are references to fictional Jameson, MA, which is from WILDWOOD ROAD, in my new YA thriller POISON INK. And that's just a sampling. But for a full-on crossover, I always wanted Jenna Blake from BODY OF EVIDENCE to meet Jack Dwyer from PROWLERS. There are a few connections between the two series -- someone wears a Somerset University sweatshirt in PROWLERS. And Jace Castillo, a cop who appears in one series, became a prominent character in the other.

Drop by Bildungsroman next Monday for yet another installment of our serial interview!

Read the previous parts of the interview:

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10

Browse through the other Golden-related posts at this blog.

Visit Christopher Golden's official website.

Pick up Christopher Golden's newest novel, Poison Ink, from a bookstore near you! Look for it in the Young Adult/Teen Fiction department.

One afternoon in the bookstore, a young woman in her late teens approached me and said, "Excuse me. Can you help me? I want some books like . . . " She named a few teen fiction titles that dealt with drug abuse and anorexia. She looked slightly uncomfortable but mostly excited. I told her that I could recommend many good books. Within minutes, she was sitting on the floor in the teen fiction section, a plastic basket full to the brim with books, with additional titles in her hand and next to her knees and her feet.

We had a great discussion. I was happy on any levels: happy that she felt comfortable enough to come to me, happy that she was open-minded, happy that I got some realistic, well-written books in her hand. This urged me to make a list of books dealing tough issues - eating disorders, loss and grieving, addiction, abuse, and so forth.

Due to their subject matter, the majority of these books are recommended for older teenagers as well as adults - be they parents, teachers, librarians, or simply avid readers.

I've read every title on this list, and have given each book a rating according to the United States movie rating guide - G, PG, PG-13, or R - based on content, and a number of stars - four being the best - based on quality (my personal opinion).

PARENTAL ABUSE OR NEGLECT - Physical or emotional abuse, alcoholism, etc.
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ABUSE BY OTHERS - physical or emotional abuse; date or acquaintance rape; accusations, secrets and lies
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TEACHER/STUDENT RELATIONSHIPS - romantic relationships or rumors
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PLATONIC TEACHER/STUDENT RELATIONSHIPS - teachers positively influencing their pupils
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PARENT/CHILD RELATIONSHIPS - reconnecting with absentee parents, dealing with restrictions and expectations
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ORIENTATION AND/OR GENDER ROLES
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VIOLENCE AT SCHOOL
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EATING DISORDERS
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PHYSICAL DISORDERS/INJURIES/SPECIAL NEEDS - protagonist, siblings, friends
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TEENAGE PREGNANCY - may also deal with adoption and/or abortion
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TEENAGE ALCOHOLISM
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MENTAL ILLNESS OF A PARENT OR RELATIVE
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MENTAL ILLNESS OF A PEER
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DEPRESSION
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RECOVERY/SUPPORT GROUPS
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DIVORCE, SEPARATION, AND/OR STEPFAMILIES - parents dating, getting remarried, etc
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LOSS OR PHYSICAL ILLNESS OF A PARENT
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LOSS OR ILLNESS OF A SIBLING
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LOSS OR ILLNESS OF A FRIEND OR PEER
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LOSS OR ILLNESS OF A GRANDPARENT
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PROTAGONIST WITH AN ILLNESS
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DRUG ADDICTION
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AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS
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ADOPTION - Also foster care, group homes, and counseling
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KIDNAPPING
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CULTURAL IDENTITY
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SUICIDE OR SUICIDAL TENDENCIES
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ACADEMICS - cheating or excelling
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SOCIAL STATUS - at school or otherwise with peers
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PEER PRESSURE
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RELIGION
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POLITICS
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ACTIVISM
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INTERNET SAFETY
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SEEKING SHELTER - family shelters, homelessness, runaways
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I hope that this list helps readers of all ages find books they may be too shy to openly discuss with a bookseller or librarian. I want those readers to know they may leave a comment here and tell me which books they have found valuable. Most of all, I want them to know they can talk to their friends or adults they know in order to get the answers and help they may need.

If you would like for me to add more titles about a certain subject, or if you want more information about any of the books on the list, please leave a comment.

Special thanks to those who have shown their support of this list by offering me links, comments, and compliments, such as Jen Robinson, Bookseller Chick, Robin Brande, and Sassymonkey at BlogHer.

In I'm Y.A., and I'm O.K., an article written for the New York Times, author and journalist Margo Rabb discusses the stigma of YA publishing with many other published authors, including Meg Rosoff, Sherman Alexie, and Curtis Sittenfeld, and shares her own experiences regarding the publication of her novel, Cures for Heartbreak. Margo asked me for my thoughts on the matter, so I thank her as well as Colleen from Chasing Ray for prompting this piece.

There are many adults who regularly drop by the YA shelves of bookstores and libraries, myself included. Some of these adults are booksellers, like me, while others are librarians, teachers, or parents - or simply readers who know a good book when they see one and pay more attention to good writing than age branding. While some bloggers and/or book reviewers are professionals who get paid for the time they spend reading and reviewing books, many book bloggers hold whose day jobs or dream jobs may not be related to novels or the publishing industry at all. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Readers come in all shapes, sizes, and ages.

There are many teens who visit the YA section of the bookstore, then head on over to the adult fiction/literature section. While browsing through novels, teen readers might find themselves standing next to a married couple who share a love of Tolstoy, or a single woman in her thirties who would rather read a book about shapeshifters than a romance, or a grandfatherly type who used to be a schoolteacher. Just like the books they read, adults and teens crossover in the stores, pass by each other in the aisles, and share book recommendations or smiles because they - we - appreciate good books, and whether or not they are the same age, they share that interest. At home, a mother might recommend a book to her daughter that she just read or that she read ten years ago or that she read when she was her daughter's age.

Good books are timeless. Good books are ageless.

We adults who dare to read YA and juvenile fiction often read "grown-up" fiction too. Just because we read "kidlit" doesn't mean we haven't read Austen and Dickens. I've been reading "grown-up" fiction and classics since I was a kid, when I also gladly read everything in the kids department and the teens department. I knew then, as I know now, that there were books written for kids and books written about kids, and while some had the same audience, some definitely did not. I knew that some books had "adult situations" while others were simply labeled as adult fiction because they were published before stores and libraries had so many age and genre divisions and shelving guidelines.

Then and now, I had and still have no problem reading a YA novel and a classic novel back-to-back. I have been known to polish off a new YA book, then immediately pick up The Great Gatsby and re-read that, just as I can read a horror novel one day and a story about the loss of a spouse the next (different kinds of horror, those.) I'll read a classic Victorian comedy on Monday, a futuristic sci-fi YA story on Tuesday, and three modern plays on Wednesday.

My interests are varied, so my favorite books are varied, but one thing they all have in common: goodness. Good writing, good writers, good plotting, good characters (which does not always mean "good guys," but rather well-written and believable), good stories, good storytelling. I don't care whether stories were published for kids, teens, or adults, whether they were written two hundred years ago or two years ago, whether they were bestsellers or not, just as long as they are GOOD.

I know what I like. Anything I've ever liked through-and-through, I still like today. This is not only limited to books, but as this article is specifically pertaining to books, that's what I'll discuss now. I adored Alice as soon as met her, even before she set foot in Wonderland. I thought (and still think) the world of Nick Carraway. I joyfully and (tearfully) followed the stories of Anne Shirley and of Turtle Wexler. I still think Tinker Bell is cooler than Peter Pan.

I've been a writer and storyteller since day one. I always knew I'd write novels for different ages, for all ages. I knew I wanted to write teen fiction long before I actually a teenager. I never thought teen fiction was less important than adult fiction - nor more important than juvenile fiction, for that matter. I never thought classics were more important than contemporary works, just different.

When I finally get a full-length book published, I will be proud to see it on the shelves. I'll be happy when I have published different works in adult fiction, teen fiction, and juvenile fiction, as well as plays, and maybe even non-fiction. I hope that my stories will be found, shared, and enjoyed. When an adult tells me that she or he has read my YA novel, I'll smile.

The Edge of the Forest, the children's literature monthly to which I regularly contribute, always runs columns where young readers tell us what they're currently reading. I just submitted my Teen Picks column for June, and give thanks to all who contributed.

For the July/August issue, I'm doing something new: an Author Picks column. I want to hear specifically from authors this time around.

Writers who are reading this post are invited to leave me name their favorite classic and contemporary authors in the comments below. Who inspired you to become a writer? Whose writing career would you most like to emulate? Tell me whose books you devoured as a kid, or whose novels you collect now as an adult.

Deadline for contributions: July 20th.

This is the archive of exclusive author interviews conducted by Little Willow for the Bildungsroman blog and website. The most recent interview is the first to be listed.

Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (In the Forests of the Night)
Christopher Golden (Serial Interview, Part 11)
Paul Miller (Earthling Publications)
Christopher Golden (Serial Interview, Part 10)
Courtney Sheinmel (My So-Called Family)
Suzanne Supplee (Artichoke's Heart)
Brooke Taylor (Undone)
Christopher Golden (Serial Interview, Part 9)
Vivian French (The Robe of Skulls)
Christopher Golden (Serial Interview, Part 8)
E. Lockhart, Sarah Mlynowski, and Lauren Myracle (How to Be Bad)
Christopher Golden (Serial Interview, Part 7)
Christopher Golden (Serial Interview, Part 6)
Alison McGhee (Snap)
Cherry Cheva (She's So Money)
Denise Vega (Fact of Life #31)
Christopher Golden (Serial Interview, Part 5)
Christopher Golden (Serial Interview, Part 4)
Christopher Golden (Serial Interview, Part 3)
E.M. Crane (Skin Deep)
Jennifer Bradbury (Shift)
Tera Lynn Childs (Oh. My. Gods.)
Susane Colasanti (Take Me There)
Christopher Golden (Serial Interview, Part 2)
Suzanne Harper (The Secret Life of Sparrow Delaney)
Ingrid Law (Savvy)
Christina Meldrum (Madapple)
Gaby Triana (The Temptress Four)
Christopher Golden (Serial Interview, Part 1)
Shannon Hale (Book of a Thousand Days)
Liz Tigelaar (PrettyTOUGH)
April Lurie (The Latent Powers of Dylan Fontaine)
Sara Hantz (The Second Virginity of Suzy Green)
Jody Gehrman (Confessions of a Triple Shot Betty)
Laura Preble (Queen Geeks Social Club)
Robin Wasserman (Seven Deadly Sins, Skinned)
Josie Bloss (Band Geek Love)
Cheryl Klam (The Pretty One)
Teri Brown (Read My Lips)
Kim Flores (Gamma Glamma)
D. Anne Love (Defying the Diva)
Cecilia Galante (The Patron Saint of Butterflies, Hershey Herself)
Jennifer E. Smith (The Comeback Season)
Lisa McMann (Wake)
Dorian Cirrone (Prom Kings and Drama Queens)
Carmen Rodrigues (Not Anything)
Mary E. Pearson (The Adoration of Jenna Fox)
Maryrose Wood (My Life: The Musical)
Jennifer Ziegler (How NOT to Be Popular)
Jamie Ponti (Prama)
Siobhan Vivian (A Little Friendly Advice)
Sherri L. Smith (Hot, Salty, Sour, Sweet)
Robin Palmer (Cindy Ella)
Daphne Grab (Alive and Well in Prague, New York)
Lesley M.M. Blume (Tennyson)
Sara Lewis Holmes (Letters From Rapunzel)
Gabrielle Zevin (Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac)
Beth Kephart (Undercover, House of Dance)
Melissa Walker (Violet on the Runway)
Amy Goldman Koss (The Girls)
Meg Cabot (The Princess Diaries)
Liz Gallagher (The Opposite of Invisible)
Justina Chen Headley (Girl Overboard)
Aimee Ferris (Girl Overboard)
Jo Knowles (Lessons from a Dead Girl)
Kirsten Miller (Kiki Strike)
Michele Jaffe (Bad Kitty)
Sara Shepard (Pretty Little Liars)
Rachel Cohn and David Levithan (Naomi & Ely's No Kiss List)
Micol Ostow (Emily Goldberg Learns to Salsa)
Maureen Johnson (Girl at Sea)
Tom Sniegoski (Owlboy: The Girl with the Destructo Touch)
Jarrett J. Krosoczka (Punk Farm)
Erik Brooks (Lucy's Pups)
Eric Luper (Big Slick)
Paula Brehm-Heeger (2007-2008 YALSA President)
Justina Chen Headley, Lorie Ann Grover, and Janet Lee Carey (Readergirlz: 31 Flavorites)
Melissa Lion (Swollen, Upstream)
Christopher Golden (Body of Evidence)
Holly Black (The Spiderwick Chronicles, Ironside)
Jay Asher (Thirteen Reasons Why)
Kelly Bingham (Shark Girl)
Simmone Howell (Notes from the Teenage Underground)
Deborah Davis (Not Like You)
Tom Sniegoski (Billy Hooten, Owlboy)
Sara Ryan (The Rules for Hearts)
Simone Elkeles (How to Ruin a Summer Vacation)
Julie Halpern (Get Well Soon)
Caroline Hickey (Cassie Was Here)
Gretchen Olson (Call Me Hope)
Stephanie Hale (Revenge of the Homecoming Queen)
C. Leigh Purtill (Love, Meg)
Dana Reinhardt (A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life)
Ysabeau Wilce (Flora Segunda)
Christopher Golden (The Menagerie: Crashing Paradise)
Jordan Sonnenblick (Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie)
Sameera "Sparrow" Righton via Mitali Perkins (First Daughter: Extreme American Makeover)
Sarah Beth Durst (Into the Wild)
Kristen Tracy (Lost It)
Alex Richards (Back Talk)
Janet Lee Carey (Dragon's Keep)
Sonya Sones (What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know)
Cecil Castellucci (Beige)
Joni Sensel (Reality Leak)
Dia Calhoun (The Phoenix Dance)
Nina Malkin (Orange is the New Pink)
Karen Day (Tall Tales)
Julie Bowe (My Last Best Friend)
Sarah Miller (Miss Spitfire)
Laurie Halse Anderson (Speak, Twisted)
Elizabeth Scott (Bloom)
Alex Flinn (Beastly, Diva)
Wendy Toliver (The Secret Life of a Teenage Siren)
Laura Bowers (Beauty Shop for Rent ...fully equipped, inquire within)
Jessica Day George (Dragon Slippers)
E. Lockhart (Dramarama)
Mary Wilcox (The Hollywood Sisters)
Debra Garfinkle (The Band)
Kristen Buckley (Tramps Like Us)
Crissa-Jean Chappell (Total Constant Order)
Liane Bonin (Fame Unlimited)
Heather Brewer (The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod)
Shannon Greenland (The Specialists)
Carrie Jones (Tips on Having a Gay (Ex) Boyfriend)
S.T. Underdahl (The Other Sister)
Kerry Madden (The Maggie Valley Trilogy)
Margo Rabb (Cures for Heartbreak)
Jenny Han (Shug, interview two)
Jennifer L. Holm (Penny From Heaven)
Justina Chen Headley, Lorie Ann Grover, Dia Calhoun, and Janet Lee Carey (Readergirlz)
Robin Friedman (The Girlfriend Project)
Tracie Vaughn Zimmer (Reaching for Sun)
Terie Garrison (The DragonSpawn Cycle)
Lisa Graff (The Thing about Georgie)
Alison Bell (Zibby Payne and the Terrible, Wonderful Tomboy Experiment)
Jeannine Garsee (Before, After, and Somebody In Between)
Deb Caletti (The Nature of Jade)
Wendy Mass (Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life)
Paula Chase (So Not the Drama)
Melissa Schorr (Goy Crazy)
Nina Wright (Homefree)
Helen Hemphill (Runaround)
Sara Zarr (Story of a Girl)
Christopher Golden (The Veil)
Garret Freymann-Weyr (Stay With Me)
Lauren Baratz-Logsted (Angel's Choice)
Kirby Larson (Hattie Big Sky)
Lesley M.M. Blume (Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters)
Bonnie Dobkin (Dream Spinner)
Pamela Lowell (Returnable Girl)
Lisa Yee (Millicent Min, Girl Genius)
Raina Telgemeier (BSC Graphix)
Marcy Dermansky (Twins)
Christine MacLean (How It's Done)
Alex McAulay (Bad Girls)
Kelly Parra (Graffiti Girl)
Janette Rallison (It's a Mall World After All)
Amy Saidens (Simon Pulse book cover artist)
Micol Ostow (30 Guys in 30 Days)
Erin Downing (Dancing Queen)
Aimee Friedman (A Novel Idea)
Kelly McClymer (Getting to Third Date)
Jennifer Echols (Major Crush)
Niki Burnham (Do-Over)
Sarah Bushweller and Emily S. Morris aka Libby Street (Accidental It Girl)
Gena Showalter (Oh My Goth)
Justina Chen Headley (Nothing But the Truth (and a few white lies))
Bev Katz Rosenbaum (I Was a Teenage Popsicle)
Christopher Golden (Straight on 'til Morning)
Laura Wiess (Such a Pretty Girl)
Cara Lockwood (Bard Academy: Wuthering High)
Caridad Ferrer (Adios to My Old Life, interview two)
Beth Killian (The 310: Life as a Poser)
Jenny O'Connell (Plan B)
Tara Altebrando (The Pursuit of Happiness, interview two)
Susan Taylor Brown (Hugging the Rock)
Jenny Han (Shug)
Justine Larbalestier and Scott Westerfeld (Magic or Madness, Uglies)
Jennifer Lynn Barnes (Golden)
Tom Sniegoski (Serial Interview, Part 4)
A. Lee Martinez (Gil's All Fright Diner)
Tom Sniegoski (Serial Interview, Part 3)
Jordan Roter (Girl in Development)
Tom Sniegoski (Serial Interview, Part 2)
Lorie Ann Grover (On Pointe, Hold Me Tight)
Caridad Ferrer (Adios to My Old Life)
Chris Abouzeid (Anatopsis)
Tom Sniegoski (Serial Interview, Part 1)
Ally Carter (I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You)
Markus Zusak (The Book Thief)
Rachel Cohn and David Levithan (Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist)
Tanya Lee Stone (A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl)
Serena Robar (braced2bite)
Mari Mancusi (Boys That Bite)
Cynthia Lord (Rules)
Sarah Dessen (Just Listen)
Tara Altebrando (The Pursuit of Happiness)
Polly Shulman (Enthusiasm)
Jeanne Birdsall (The Penderwicks)
Amber Benson and Christopher Golden (Ghosts of Albion: Accursed)
Christopher Golden (Last Breath)

This archive is mirrored at the Bildungsroman website.