WiRL: “A Towering Figure of High Culture”
The latest episode of Writing in Real Life is up! Episode 81: The One where Morgan’s Still Pregnant A shout-out for Barry??? Moms being attached to newborns and the dads who have nothing to do. The...
View ArticleA Star for BANG!
I’m thrilled to announce that School Library Journal has given Bang a starred review in its February 17 issue, saying, in part: Lyga (I Hunt Killers) tackles a number of relevant issues in this...
View ArticleKirkus + Bang = Star
I’m thrilled to announce that Bang has received its second starred review, this time from the folks at Kirkus! (The first star was from School Library Journal.) Here’s a snippet: Rich characterization...
View ArticleAmazon Picks Bang!
Hey, some more good news for Bang has come my way: the book has been included in the “Spring’s Best YA Fiction” list on Amazon’s Spring Reading Preview! Bang joins nineteen other titles, including The...
View ArticleBang in the New York Times!
The New York Times Book Review has posted its review of Bang. Needless to say, I’m stoked: Lyga captures the heartbreak of Sebastian’s situation with sensitivity and compassion, exploring how a life...
View ArticleInterview: Huffington Post
Over on the Huffington Post, the Book Doctors interviewed me about Bang, pizza, and writing books that teens read. TBD: How did you learn to become a writer? BL: I sort of figured it out on my own,...
View ArticleJune ACLU Fundraiser: Her Decade
Here is June’s fundraiser short story for the ACLU: ALL PROCEEDS FROM THIS STORY GO TO THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION! A young man celebrates his eighteenth birthday with some drinking. Who could...
View ArticleThe I Hunt Killers Movie is Coming! (Maybe. In Korean.)
After literally years of hard work by my agents in the States and some folks on the Korean Peninsula, I’m happy to announce that Korean film rights have been optioned by Page One Productions based on...
View ArticleAnnouncing TIME WILL TELL
Courtesy of the fine folks over at PublishersMarketplace, here is the announcement for a new YA from yours truly: And no that’s not a typo — this book comes out in 2021. See you then!
View ArticlePublishers Weekly Stars Time Will Tell!
I’ve published a couple dozen books at this point, but the anxiety of waiting for reviews never really goes away. It may become milder as the years and the pages fly by, but it’s always there. So I was...
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