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In September 2023, federal trial courts in Wisconsin and Kentucky issued decisions dismissing plaintiffs’ claims related to employers’ COVID-19 vaccination and testing requirements.
YA novelist Laurie Devore sells her adult debut to Avon, Del Rey buys a new novel and two backlist titles from Karen Lord, and more.
By Laurie DevoreMar 16th, 2021, 1:00 pm By the time I published my first book How to Break a Boy, in 2017, I’d been part of the young adult industry in some capacity for nearly five years, and gatekeepers and readers alike had long been proclaiming their love of unlikeable female characters. My main characters slotted neatly into the category—they were brash, told damaging lies, hurt people, and sometimes, were just plain nasty—and not even in that fun ‘nasty woman’ kind of way. I thought my book about a mean girl in the small-town South might generate some excitement. It soon bec...