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Courtney Summers

Courtney Summers is the author of young adult novels including Fall for Anything, Some Girls Are, and Cracked Up to Be. She lives and writes in Canada, where she divides her time between a piano, a camera, and a word-processing program when she’s not planning for the impending zombie apocalypse. Her latest novel is Sadie, now out from Wednesday Books.

Why Writing About Cults—and People Who Join Them—Is Never Easy

40 years after Jonestown, an author reflects on the empathy gap between those who joined, and those who think they never would.

7 YA Thrillers With Strong Female Leads

"There’s something fantastic about the immediacy of a YA novel married to the urgency of a thriller."

September 5, 2018 By Courtney Summers

Courtney Summers

Why Writing About Cults—and People Who Join Them—Is Never Easy

40 years after Jonestown, an author reflects on the empathy gap between those who joined, and those who think they never would.

7 YA Thrillers With Strong Female Leads

"There’s something fantastic about the immediacy of a YA novel married to the urgency of a thriller."

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