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Why You Should Read Any Book You Want Without Being Embarrassed

Why You Should Read Any Book You Want Without Being Embarrassed

by Diana Urban | Jun 9, 2014

A few days ago, someone published an article on Slate called Against YA: Yes, Adults Should Be Embarrassed to Read Young Adult Books. This ridiculousness reminded me of when someone else published an article declaring that J.K. Rowling should stop writing to give...
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I write dark, twisty thrillers for teens, including All Your Twisted Secrets (HarperTeen) and These Deadly Games (Wednesday Books, 2/1/22). When I'm not torturing fictional characters, I’m a marketing manager at BookBub.
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Happy #fanartfriday, my friends! 💖 Thank you so much to everyone who’s posted such lovely pictures and reviews of my books over the past couple of weeks.
Want a closer look at the ARCs of These Deadly Games, including a sneak peek of the first page? 👀 Swipe to see! 👉
Hi hi! I recently got a bunch of new followers, so I thought I’d do another intro post. 🤓
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You guys… I’M SO EXCITED! Print ARCs of THESE DEADLY GAMES will be arriving ANY DAY NOW!!! And then I’ll be able to take pretty pics of the actual book instead of these postcards! 😂 YAY!!!!! I can’t wait to hold this book in bookish form. I wrote the whole thing during the panini, and it’s going to be surreal seeing it transformed into a book with a pretty cover and everything. Eeeeeee. Stay tuned for giveaways happening here soon as well!
So, here’s the thing. I took these pics a couple months ago and literally can’t remember why. Is it because they’re comp titles for All Your Twisted Secrets (but then why is AYTS in the stack)? Are they comp titles for These Deadly Games? Did I just want to hug a few books by my friends? Why did I smirk so smirkily in pic 5? It’s all very mysterious… just like these books. 🧐

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