Dangerous Play by Emma Kress5/26/2023 ![]() ![]() As a result, giving space on the page to teens and children is a radical act of resistance. I think it was the same thing that drew me to teaching children and teens: our society underestimates kids, trivializes their concerns, and romanticizes their experience, all while exerting a lot of control over their existence. ![]() But it was more than proximity, I think, that drew me to write for children and young adults. At the start of my teaching career, I taught 5th grade and started a few middle-grade books.īy the time I was writing seriously, I was teaching teens and reading a lot of YA fiction. Writing for children and young adults was a natural choice as I was a teacher, surrounded by both children and children’s literature. I’ve wanted to be a writer since I was ten but it took me until 2010 to take my writing seriously and commit to a daily practice. ![]() Tell us about yourself and how you came to write for teens. ![]()
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