“Teen problem novels? I can go through them like a box of chocolates. And there are fantasy books out now that need a lot more editing. Fantasy got to be so popular that people began to think 'We don't need to be as diligent with the razor blade,' but they do.” PeopleThinkingNeedsI CanBookProblemFantasyNovelBoxesChocolateEditingBladesRazorsDiligentFantasy BooksBox Of Chocolates Author:Tamora Pierce
“Jonathan Coe's genial, likeable novel can only be described as a kind of lit-prog-rock concept album... Coe recreates the period with such loving accuracy that I frankly suspect him of having planted a secret microphone in the tin Oxford Mathematical Instruments box I carried around in my school days... As always with Jonathan Coe, the sheer intelligent good nature that suffuses his work makes it a pleasure to read.” KindSchoolPleasureSecretNovelRocksPeriodsConceptsIntelligentInstrumentsAlbumsBoxesMathematicalSuspectsSheerLitAccuracyOxfordMicrophonesTinGood NatureLikeableSchool Days Author:Peter Bradshaw
“I remember [in teenage years] thinking there were a lot of check boxes out there to sort teens into appropriate molds, and they didn't seem to make check boxes for whatever it was that I had grown up into. I definitely explore that a lot in my novels.” ThinkingYearsSeemsRememberNovelBoxesChecksAppropriateTeensTeenageMoldTeenage Years Author:Maggie Stiefvater
“I included receipts, faxes, newspaper clippings, all sorts of things. I've read novels composed entirely of emails or letters, but not assembled across this kind of mix of materials. I wanted to create the feeling of a detective going through a box of clues.” KindFeelingsWantedNovelMaterialsLettersBoxesNewspapersClueEmailDetectivesReceiptsFax Author:Brian Pinkerton