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The Dangers And Values Of Dark Teen Lit

npr.org | Jessica Ferri | Posted 08.15.2011

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A recent Wall Street Journal article argues that young adult fiction has grown too gruesome, especially as they're dominated by horror, vampires and v...

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A Few Good Questions With Justin Cronin

Ben Evans | Posted 07.17.2011

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A few years ago it was announced that Justin Cronin's next project would be a vampire novel. Many readers found it difficult to believe. In honor of its paperback release, I spoke with Justin last week.

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This Is Your Brain On 'Twilight'

LiveScience | Posted 05.25.2011

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"If you look very, very clearly at what kind of values the 'Twilight' books propagate, these are very conservative values that do not in any way endor...

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Why We Love Vampires: The Psychology Behind the Obsession

Dr. Belisa Vranich | Posted 05.25.2011

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Charming, elegant, and downright sexy, Vampires have been the monster-of-choice for... well, ever. In looking at the psychology of vampires, these are the top ten reasons they are so fascinating.

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Author Posts Vampire Novel Online, Gets Awesome Book Deal

io9 | Charlie Jane Anders | Posted 05.25.2011

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Can posting your unpublished novels online for free still lead to a nice book deal, now that the web is saturated with free fiction? It worked for aut...

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Justin Cronin's 'The Passage' May Be The Biggest Book Of The Summer

The New York Times | JULIE BOSMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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Justin Cronin is the author of an epic, multimillion-dollar, 766-page novel that stars bloodthirsty creatures that run in packs and savagely kill peop...

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Unpopular Vampires and Me

Heather Brewer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Once I realized that I wanted to write about a vampire, I knew it would have to be a boy and I knew that he would be just as horribly, woefully unpopular as I was in school.

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Christopher Pike's New Old Horror

Sarah McCarry | Posted 05.25.2011

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In comparison with the flat and uninspired protagonists of most contemporary paranormal young adult fiction, Christopher Pike's sturdy heroines read like cutting-edge feminist paragons.

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The Future of Publishing: 10 Predictions Plus 2

Laurence Hughes | Posted 05.25.2011

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I had hoped to be out in front of the pack with some pithy prophecies of my own, but the holidays got in the way. Turns out the only thing I'm better at than prognostication is procrastination.

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Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" Series "On Hold Indefinitely"

Wall Street Journal | Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg and Emily Steel | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a decision that may cost her millions of dollars, Stephenie Meyer, author of a popular series of vampire romance novels known as "The Twilight Saga...

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