The author discusses their emotional connection to the movie Love, Simon, a teenage romantic comedy featuring a gay main character.

Amélie Wen Zhao, an immigrant female author with a successful publishing deal for her debut young adult fiction trilogy, faced backlash from YA Twitter before the release of her book "Blood Heir."

Judy Blume, renowned author and influential figure in young adult literature, recently received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.