Young Adult Fiction

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Lauren Mechling and Laura Moser, authors of The Rise and Fall of a 10th Grade Social Climber, join Wesley Adams, executive editor of young adult fiction at Farrar, Straus & Giroux, for a panel discussion on young adult fiction. They’ll discuss the evolution of the genre, and tell us what it’s like to create and market literature aimed at teenagers.

» Read an excerpt of The Rise and Fall of a 10th Grade Social Climber in the Reading Room

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