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• books Holly Black Talks The Prisoner’s Throne, Prince Oak’s Journey, and Writing a More Mature Jude and Cardan By Lacy Baugher Milas March 5, 2024 | 10:15am
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• books Devils of New York: The Bishop and The Butterfly Author Michael Wolraich on the Everyday Monsters of History By Michael Wolraich February 7, 2024 | 11:00am
• books Only If You’re Lucky Author Stacy Willingham Talks Female Friendship, Unreliable Narrators, and More By Lacy Baugher Milas February 5, 2024 | 5:25pm
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• books The First Chapter of This Wretched Valley Promises Chilling Wilderness Horror By Lacy Baugher Milas October 10, 2023 | 1:00pm
• books The First Chapter of S.T. Gibson’s Evocation Introduces an Overachieving Occultist By Lacy Baugher Milas October 4, 2023 | 10:00am
• books An Unplanned Pregnancy Changes the Course of a Girl’s Future In This Excerpt From Plan A By Lacy Baugher Milas September 27, 2023 | 1:00pm
• books On the Anniversary of Lizzie Borden’s Crimes, a New Murder Takes Place In This Excerpt From Hatchet Girls By Lacy Baugher Milas September 25, 2023 | 1:00pm
• books Cassandra Clare Tells What to Expect From Her New Adult Fantasy, Sword Catcher By Gillian Bennett September 22, 2023 | 11:40am
• books The Rise of the Phenomenon That Is Red, White & Royal Blue By Kayleigh Donaldson August 21, 2023 | 11:15am
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• books Magic In Iron and Bone In Nicki Pau Preto's Bonesmith By Alana Joli Abbott July 27, 2023 | 12:30pm
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• books A Missing Student Isn’t the Same When She Returns In This Excerpt From The Changing Man By Lacy Baugher Milas July 12, 2023 | 11:10am
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• books Margaret Owen Breaks Down Painted Devils, Vanja’s Journey, and What to Expect From Her Trilogy’s Final Chapter By Lacy Baugher Milas July 5, 2023 | 2:00pm
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• books The First Bright Thing: J.R. Dawson Lights a Sapphic Spark In the Darkness By Lacy Baugher Milas June 22, 2023 | 10:40am
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• books A Group of Misfits Face the Consequences of Stealing a Spaceship In This Excerpt From Star Bringer By Lacy Baugher Milas June 9, 2023 | 11:15am
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• books Out of the Shadows: Catching up with Melissa Blair About A Shadow Crown By Alana Joli Abbott May 24, 2023 | 2:42pm
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• books Exclusive Cover Reveal + Q&A: Rachel Hawkins Introduces The Heiress By Lacy Baugher Milas May 12, 2023 | 10:30am
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• books Exclusive Excerpt + Q&A: Ali Hazelwood’s Next STEMinist Romance, Love, Theoretically By Lacy Baugher Milas April 17, 2023 | 1:01pm
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• books A Dark Presence Stalks Three Students In This Excerpt From Stranger Danger By Lacy Baugher Milas April 10, 2023 | 10:30am
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• books Dana Schwartz Initially Didn’t Mean to Write Sequel Immortality: A Love Story By Lacy Baugher Milas March 21, 2023 | 10:30am
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• books Samantha Shannon On the Unexpectedly Timely Themes of A Day of Fallen Night and How History Often Alters Women’s Stories By Lacy Baugher Milas March 10, 2023 | 10:35am
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• books Exclusive Cover Reveal + Q&A: Thieves' Gambit Promises Thrilling Life or Death Stakes By Lacy Baugher Milas March 1, 2023 | 9:00am
• books Exclusive Cover Reveal + Q&A: Emmett Puts a Queer, Genderbent Spin on Jane Austen By Lacy Baugher Milas February 13, 2023 | 9:00am
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• books A Legendary Pirate Seeks Out An Old Friend In This Excerpt From The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi By Lacy Baugher Milas February 9, 2023 | 10:30am
• books Stephen Graham Jones Talks Final Girls, Middle Books, and Don't Fear the Reaper By Lacy Baugher Milas February 6, 2023 | 12:10pm
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• books Freya Marske and Alexandra Rowland on the Power Dynamics and Revealing Magic of Fantasy Romance By Natalie Zutter November 2, 2022 | 10:45am
• books A Queer Teen Wants to Make His Imaginary Love Real In This Excerpt from The 99 Boyfriends of Micah Summers By Lacy Baugher Milas June 20, 2022 | 1:01pm
• books Read the First Chapter of N​amina Forna’s Fantasy Sequel The Merciless Ones By Lacy Baugher Milas May 25, 2022 | 12:02pm
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• movies Bad Movie Diaries: Justice League of America (1997) By Jim Vorel and Kenneth Lowe March 23, 2020 | 12:26pm
• books Spoiler Alert! Illustrates the Formula for Every Fantasy and Zombie Movie By Frannie Jackson March 16, 2020 | 3:37pm
• books Exclusive Cover Reveal + Excerpt: A Teen Processes Her Dad's Abuse in Quiet No More By Eric Smith March 11, 2020 | 1:24pm
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• books Exclusive Cover Reveal + Excerpt: Teens Uncover Dark Secrets in The Cousins By Eric Smith March 4, 2020 | 12:56pm
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• books Two Men Begin a Secret Romance in This Exclusive Excerpt from This Town Sleeps By Frannie Jackson February 25, 2020 | 3:48pm
• books Everything We Know About Star Wars: The High Republic's Books and Comics So Far By Frannie Jackson February 25, 2020 | 11:14am
• books For the Love of Jane: Why We Can't Stop Filming Jane Austen By Natalie Jenner February 21, 2020 | 11:28am
• books Exclusive Cover Reveal + Excerpt: A Teen Survives an Assault in Something Happened to Ali Greenleaf By Frannie Jackson February 21, 2020 | 10:23am
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• books Exclusive Cover Reveal + Excerpt: A Deadly Crash Upends a Teen's Life in All This Time By Frannie Jackson February 12, 2020 | 9:10am
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