Browse author guest posts alphabetically by author’s first name below, or look through our most recent posts here:
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- Adam Gidwitz: “5 Most Memorable Moments Writing The Inquisitor’s Tale”
- Aimee Friedman: “Top 5 Favorite Scenes in Two Summers” + Blog Tour Contest
- Alexander Gordon Smith: “Writing with my Nine-Year-Old Brother”
- Alexandra Monir: “On Writing Secrets of the TIme Society”
- Alexandra Sirowy: First We Were IV Playlist + Contest
- Ally Condie: “Artwork in Matched – Crossed Blog Tour
- Amy Rose Capetta: “Why A Spaceship is My Favorite Character” – Entangled Blog Tour Guest Post + Contest
- April Henry: “Crazy Bad, Crazy Good” – Guest Blog for Poison by Bridget Zinn
- April Henry: “What The Girl I Used to Be Means to Me” – Exclusive Cover Reveal + Contest
- April Henry: “Why I Write Thrillers”
- April Henry: "My Real-Life Inspiration for The Body in the Woods" – Blog Tour Guest Post + Contest
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- Barry Wolverton: Top 10 Things I Learned While Writing The Chronicles of the Black Tulip
- Bethany Griffin: “Mixing the Classics with YA Lit”
- Brian Rathbone: “A New Age Benjamin Franklin” – Godsland Series Blog Tour + Contest
- Bruce Hale: “How to make a dead drop like real spies do”
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- C.J. Hill: “A Book That Influenced My Life”
- C.J. Redwine: “The Inspiration Behind The Wish Granter” + Blog Tour Contest
- Cat Winters: “Judging a Book by Its Cover”
- Catherine Egan: “A Day in the Life of a Fantasy Author” + Julia Defiant Blog Tour Contest
- Chandler Baker: “A REAL High School Horror Story” – Teen Frankenstein Blog Tour Guest Post + Giveaway
- Chris Howard: “The Science of Rootless”
- Christopher Healy: “The Best Teacher I Ever Had”
- Cinda Williams Chima: “Love Amid Chaos” – Guest Post + Contest
- Claudia Gray: “Pen Names & Why I Love Them”
- Claudia Gray: “The Playlist for A Thousand Pieces of You”
- Cynthia Hand: “Unique Angel Mythology”
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- Dads Who Diaper: "The Moment Reading Mattered to Me"
- Dawn Ius: “Seeing My Cover for the First Time”
- Dawn Ius: “Where I Write”
- Derek Kent: “The Importance of Middle Grade Fiction”
- Dorothy Hearst: “Writing the Wolf’s Eye (Nose) View” – The Wolf Chronicles Blog Tour Guest Post + Contest
E
- Eileen Cook: “A Library Shelf to Fill” – With Malice Blog Tour Guest Post + Contest
- Elana Johnson: “Using Possession & Surrender in the Classroom”
- Elise Allen: “In My First Year As A Published Novelist”
- Elizabeth Eulberg: “Why Pride & Prejudice Still Resonates”
- Elizabeth Loupas: “It’s a Long Story…” – The Red Lily Crown Blog Tour + Contest
- Elle Katharine White: “Where I Write” + Heartstone Blog Tour Contest
- Elly Blake: “THE English Teacher” Guest Post + Blog Tour Contest
- Emily Whitman: “The World of Wildwing”
- Erin Bowman: “The Legend That Inspired Vengeance Road” – Blog Tour Guest Post & Contest
- Estelle Laure: Writing Must-Haves + Blog Tour Contest
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G
- Gary Ghislain: “The Book That Did it For Me” – How I Stole Johnny Depp’s Alien Girlfriend Blog Tour + Contest
- Gina Damico: “My Favorite Writing Spot” – Hellhole Blog Tour Guest Post + Contest
H
- Heather Demetrios: “A Survival Guide to Reality TV”
- Heather Demetrios: “PTSD in My Life & in My Book”
- Hollie Overton: The Inspiration for Baby Doll
- Hunger Games: Tributes for Books, The
I
- Inara Scott: “A Few of My Favorite Things”
- Inara Scott: “It’s In the Book” – Guest Blog for Poison by Bridget Zinn
- Ira Bloom: The Book That Changed My Life + Blog Tour Contest
J
- Jackson Pearce: “Why Education is Good” (Video Guest Blog)
- Jeff Szpirglas: Sheldon Unger & the Delight of Fright
- Jennifer Caloyeras: “Creative Inspiration”
- Jennifer E. Smith: “Movie Set Research” – This is What Happy Looks Like Valentine’s Day Blog Tour
- Jenny Martin: “An Educator Who Made an Impact” – Tracked Blog Tour Guest Post + Contest
- John Corey Whaley: “A Debut YA Author’s Perspective on Banning Books”
- John Corey Whaley: “I Know YA Saves”
- John Corey Whaley: “The Things I Need When I’m Writing – A Terrible, Terrible Guide to Being A Successful Author”
- Jonathan Auxier: “After the Book Deal – Do I Really Need a Headshot?”
- Julie Reece: “My Favorite Writing Spot” – The Artisans Blog Tour Guest Post + Contest
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- Kami Garcia: "My Top 5 Fandoms"
- Karen Kincy: “Meet the Characters from Shadows of Asphodel”
- Karen McManus: The Teacher Who Made Me a Writer + Blog Tour Contest
- Kate Elliot: “Where I Write” + Buried Heart Blog Tour Contest
- Katherine Longshore: "Learning to Write"
- Katherine Marsh: “Art in Jepp, Who Defied the Stars”
- Katie Kacvinsky: "Welcome to the World of Awaken"
- Kelly Keaton: “Notes on a Revision”
- Kendall Kulper: "Where I Write"
- Kenneth Oppel: “What’s Really Frightening”
- Kimberly Derting: “My YA Book Recommendations”
- Kimberly Derting: “The Good Old Days”
- Kimberly Derting: “The Idea for The Pledge” (Video Guest Blog)
- Kris Dinnison: “The Book that Most Impacted Your Life” – You & Me & Him Blog Tour Guest Post + Contest
- Kristen Orlando: “Writing Must Haves” + Blog Tour Contest
L
- Lauren DeStefano: "The Stories You Won't See"
- Leila Sales: Writing Must-Haves + Blog Tour Contest
- Lisa & Laura Roecker: "The Best & Worst Parts of Being a Writer"
- Lisa Burstein: “On Banning Books”
- Lisa Graff: “Writing a Novel (Or, My Ode to the Internet)”
- Lisa Maxwell: “Seeing My Cover for the First Time” + The Last Magician Blog Tour Contest
- Lisa Schroeder Guest Blogs: Thoughts on Covers
- Lisa Schroeder: “Middle Grade Musings”
- Lisa Schroeder: “When I Go to Paris”
- Lisa Schroeder: "Why Setting is Important to Me"
- Lish McBride: "Why Write Paranormal" – Firebug Blog Tour Guest Post + Contest
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- Margaret Stohl: “My Writing Must-Haves”
- Marissa Meyer: “My Query Letter”
- Martha Brockenbrough: “Where I Write”
- Megan Shepherd: “Writing Must-Haves”
- Michael Buckley: “Birth of a Book Cover” – Undertow Blog Tour Guest Post + Contest
- Michaela MacColl: “Romance?!”
- Michelle Falkoff: “On Patience, and Work” – Playlist for the Dead Blog Tour Guest Post + Contest
- Myra McEntire: “Thank You, Mrs. Hillman!”
N
O
- One Year Anniversary Guest Blog: Amanda Bell, Twilight Examiner
- One Year Anniversary Guest Blog: Cari’s Book Blog
- One Year Anniversary Guest Blog: Fallen Archangel
- One Year Anniversary Guest Blog: Lost in Believing
- One Year Anniversary Guest Blog: Mundie Moms
- One Year Anniversary Guest Blog: YA Urban
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R
- Rebecca Lim: "On Writing Mercy"
- Richard Newsome: “Writing & Travel”
- Robert Beatty’s Top 5 Writing Tips + Serafina Blog Tour
- Roseanne Cheng: “Teachers Make the Best Writers”
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- S.R. Johannes: “The Challenge in Writing for Tweens”
- S.R. Johannes: “Tough Girls in YA”
- Sara B. Larson: “My Experience Seeing My Book Cover for the First Time” – Endure Blog Tour Guest Post + Contest
- Sara B. Larson: Seeing the Cover for Dark Breaks the Dawn + Blog Tour Contest
- Sara Grant: “One Writer’s Cautionary Tale (The Stupid Things Writers Do in the Name of Research)” – Half Lives Blog Tour Guest Post
- Sarah Tomp: “Seeing My Book Cover” – My Best Everything Blog Tour Guest Post + Contest
- Sean Beaudoin: “Life on the ‘You Are Next’ Tour”
- Shandy Lawson: “The Book That Most Impacted My Life” – The Loop Official Blog Tour
- Shannon Messenger: Writing Advice Guest Blog + Contest
- Sharon Cameron: “Where I Write” Guest Post + Blog Tour Contest
- Sonia Gensler: “Why Ghosts?”
- Stasia Ward Kehoe: "A Writing Tip & Tumblr Trip" – The Sound of Letting Go Summer Blog Tour
- Stasia Ward Kehoe: "Five YA Novels to Applaud" – The Sound of Letting Go Summer Blog Tour
- Stasia Ward Kehoe: "My Pinterest Problem" – The Sound of Letting Go Summer Blog Tour
- Stasia Ward Kehoe: "YA with Great Shape" – The Sound of Letting Go Summer Blog Tour
- Stephanie Lawton: “What the heck is ‘New Adult?!'”
- Suzanne Lazear: “Reimagining Fairy Tales
- Suzanne Lazear: “Writing Steampunk”
- Suzanne Young: “Smile” – Guest Blog for Poison by Bridget Zinn
- Suzanne Young: “The Hardest Part About Writing”
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- Teresa Flavin: "Spooky Reads"
- Tiffany Truitt: “Literary Influences in Naturals”
- Tom McCarthy: “A Pirate’s Life for Me!” // Mystery & Mayhem Series
- Traci Chee: “The Written Word & Actual Magic” Guest Post + Contest
- Tracy Barrett: "My Favorite Writing Spot"
- Tricia Levenseller: Top 3 Fictional Pirates