.Tomi_Adeyemi, getnicced, angiecthomas, AcevedoWrites, and azemezi are rewriting the rules of young adult fiction.
“Here was an opportunity to give this child a book, something she could carry in her book bag,” says Acevedo, 31. ”Something she could refer back to even if I wasn’t in the room.” Acevedo quickly got to work—not just plugging away at the novel in verse that would become, but scouring the internet to learn about the nuts and bolts of the publishing world. “I started going to conferences and just paying attention—following other authors, and being like, ‘Okay, let me demystify this for myself.
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