Stephanie Stein

It will surprise none of you that I read a ton of fanfic. Bring me those tropes in a YA romance! Soulmate AUs, time travel, pining... #MSWL

I talk a lot about wanting LGBTQ YA—but lately I'm really dying for an LGBTQ middle grade! Self-discovery, first crushes, family! #MSWL

Wry, smart, disruptive historical YA (+/- fantasy)! Think GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE and MY LADY JANE. #MSWL

Evergreen: underrepresented #ownvoices across all genres, MG or YA. Identity informs story but doesn't need to BE the story. #MSWL

👇👇👇 #MSWL

Do this for Moe so she can send them to me! #mswl

Seriously craving some historical MG & YA. Bonus points if it's a less commonly depicted time/place! (i.e. outside WWII Europe) #mswl

Literally always! #mswl

#MSWL: YA with the wistfulness and delicate, complex ensemble friendships of Ichigo Takano's ORANGE, which I am finally reading and ~loving~

Which reminds me... bring me ALL your f/f YA romance and bi MCs! (And tween girls discovering first crushes on girls, too!) #MSWL

YA BFFs are always on my #MSWL. Friendships forged between teen girls are so powerful, complex, and fun.

Yes! Activist kids. <3 #MSWL

Would love more contemporary/realistic novels set outside North America. YA and MG! #MSWL

Been seeing more #ownvoices YA--which is great!--but not as much MG. Definitely looking for more! #MSWL

YA ensemble casts! Give me coworkers at the after-school job, sports teams, high school clubs. #MSWL

Read @LaAnnaMarie's THE WEIGHT OF FEATHERS last week & still daydreaming about it. Dying for more beautiful, slightly magical YA. #MSWL

Ooooh. *grabby hands* #MSWL

YA/MG fantasy where the magic is essential to the story. Can be beautiful, arcane, messy, inconvenient, whatever, but feels integral. #MSWL

Would love a book, YA or MG, that's just a bucket of sass--loud, voicey, snarky humor, with an MC I can root for. #MSWL

Really loving Mallory Ortberg's turn as Dear Prudence. Which reminds me: would love to see a YA with a similar sense of humor. #MSWL