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What first inspired you to write for YA readers?
I wasn't inspired to write for YA readers because I didn't know the genre existed. About five years ago, at a dinner party here in New York, I met Rachel Cohn and Patty McCormick, two big time YA authors, who explained to me just what YA was.
At first I thought: Oh no, Sweet Valley High.
But Rachel convinced me that YA was infinitely more sophisticated and edgy than that.
When I told her I had written an...
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