A Boy Like Me Revisited
I wrote and revised A Boy Like Me during the first year of Grub Street’s Novel Incubator program. Two years later, on September 4, 2014, the book was published by 215 Ink. During the summer of 2024, Mike Perkins approached…
Category: YA
In her debut novel, MK Pagano turns up the heat on mystery and teen romance
Two murders, one year apart leaves 18-year old Addie Blackwood out of suspects for who is responsible for ending her prodigy sister’s life. GIRLS WHO BURN launches today and is a summertime scorcher full of young love and teen anger….
Des Hall on the Darker Side of Jamaica, Story Structure, and his Second YA Novel, Better Must Come
Desmond Hall’s second novel, Better Must Come, is a gritty, action-packed, YA thriller that reveals the darker side of sunny Jamaica and how a tragedy and missing drug money entangle the lives of two teens who desperately want to change…
Meet Kasey LeBlanc, Author of Flyboy
“No one knows where the Midnight Circus comes from—when it began or how…It comes for those who need it.” So opens Kasey LeBlanc’s debut novel, Flyboy, beckoning those who need a magical refuge as much as does the novel’s fierce…
Meet Crissa-Jean Chappell, Author of Sun Don’t Shine
Crissa-Jean Chappell‘s new YA novel, Sun Don’t Shine, is at once a lyrical coming of age story and mesmerizing thriller that will leave you breathless as it follows Reece, a resilient sixteen-year-old girl who’s been on the run with her…
Novel Incubator’s Very Good Year
2023 was a very good year for Novel Incubator. Eleven alums were published and more are waiting in the wings for 2024. Looking for a good read to welcome the new year? Here are the Novel Incubator books that came…