Perhaps fittingly, young adult fiction is constantly changing and often misunderstood. Sophie Hickman, venue manager at the YA Shot festival, corrects the misconceptions and explains how to get started
Young adult (YA) literature has grown fast: so fast that many people still don’t really know what it is. What is YA fiction? Come to that, what is a young adult? Why are so many YA books being read by adults? Aren’t they all about beautiful young people in clichéd romantic relationships? If some YA novels really are excellent and complex, surely they are wasted on the young?