Today marks the launch of The Contemps, a group of 21 young adult authors (including me!) dedicated to putting contemporary, realistic YA fiction in the spotlight!
*applause applause applause*
From our online home at www.thecontemps.com, we’ll host regular blog features Tuesdays through Thursdays (including but not limited to embarrassing stories and photos from our own frightening teen years), contests and giveaways (check out the Contemps Challenge!), author interviews, and spotlights on new contemporary young adult fiction. We’ll also be doing library and bookstore outreach and in-person events early next year.
Participating authors include: Brent Crawford, Hannah Harrington, April Henry, Kirsten Hubbard, Denise Jaden, Kody Keplinger, Jo Knowles, Lindsey Leavitt, Sarah Darer Littman, Michael Northrop, Sarah Ockler (hi!), Micol Ostow, Lisa Schroeder, Elizabeth Scott, Mindi Scott, Emily Wing Smith, Courtney Summers, Kristen Tracy, Melissa Walker, Sara Bennett Wealer, and Daisy Whitney.
If you love contemp YA and want to see more of it, visit The Contemps for a welcome message from Lisa Schroeder, author of CHASING BROOKLYN, FAR FROM YOU, and I HEART YOU, YOU HAUNT ME, and find out how you can get involved in sharing the contemp love.
Posted by Sarah Ockler 
