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The murder mystery sub-genre has been trending with young adult readers for several years now. With their fast-paced action, coming-of-age drama, romantic tension, and surprising plot twists, YA murder mysteries like Holly Jackson’s A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder and Karen M. McManus’s One Of Us is Lying have blown up on social media and spawned a fanbase of readers who are always looking for their next great read.
But writing crime for a young audience has its challenges, like ensuring the dark content remains age-appropriate (without sacrificing the fun!) and captivates reluctant readers.
If you want to learn the art of the unputdownable YA murder mystery, join us for this session with Amy Doak, the author of Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer and Eleanor Jones Can’t Keep a Secret. Amy will share the key lessons she’s learned from writing and publishing YA murder mysteries and engaging with her readers.
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There will be time for questions.
No problem! Everyone booked in to this event will be emailed a link and passcode to access the recording afterwards. This recording will be available to view for 10 days after the live session. This also means that if you wish to revisit the session after attending it live to take further notes, you can do so!
After 10 days, the link will expire and the recording will no longer be available to view.
