![]() ![]() Also, when I next visit Surry Hills I’ll feel doubly haunted: by the Surry Hills of my past, and the Sorrow Hills of a more turbulent past-thanks to her novel RAZORHURST (recently reviewed by the NY Times-whoop!). She has done more to further my cheese education than any other person. ![]() ![]() It is also due to Justine that whenever I eat Laughing Cow cheese (which is often) I am aware of there being other options, and I feel guilty. So, in introducing Justine today, I want to start by acknowledging that: the YA community is lucky to have someone who opens and facilitates discussion in the way that she does. When I started to consider things like gender bias, the perception that realist novels are somehow better than fantasy novels, diversity, or the role of YA as viewed from the perspective of readers who are actually young adults, sooner or later I’d find that Justine Larbalestier had written an intelligent and balanced post (or several) about that very thing, giving voice to many of my feelings, but with a well-argued logic. What I’ve found about writing YA is that at some point you realise you’re part of an ongoing dialogue about YA. ![]()
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