YALC – the UK’s Young Adult Literature Convention

Hi Benjamin, – Thank you for joining us here at YALC. We would love you to introduce yourself? Hey! I’m Benjamin Dean, but you can call me Ben. I’m a bestselling, full-time author with a background in celebrity journalism/interviewing which basically just means I don’t know how to mind my own business, and I live…

– Thank you for joining us here at YALC. We would love you to introduce yourself. Thank you for having me! I’m Leon Egan, author of Lover Birds and Listen Closely, and creator of the audio drama Tell No Tales. – Can you give our readers an overview of your YA novel ‘Listen Closely’ Tom,…

Hi Lauren, Thank you for joining us here at YALC. We would love you to introduce yourself? Hi! My name’s Lauren Wilson, and I’m the author of The Goldens! Can you give our readers an overview of your YA debut novel ‘The Goldens’ The Goldens is a sapphic thriller with dark academia vibes, which follows…

Hi Jacqueline, Thank you for joining us here at YALC. We would love you to introduce yourself? Hi YALC, my name is Jacqueline Silvester. I write Romantic YA with a dose of trauma, spicy paranormal books with my best friend, and dark adult literary. Can you give our readers an overview of your new novel…

– We’re delighted to welcome you to the YALC socials, would you like to introduce yourself? Thank you! I’m Emily, and I’ve been a professional writer for my whole working life, starting as a journalist at the Guardian and going on to write 22 novels for adults and young adults. I live in Cornwall and…

– We’re delighted to welcome you to the YALC socials, would you like to introduce yourself? Thank you so much for having me, I am Annaliese Avery author of The Wycherleys. I love writing fantasy fiction it is my happy place; I feel like most things can be improved with the addition of a dragon…