![]() This is what I always tell my students: the best thing you can do when you’re waiting and on submission-in fact, what you have to do-is write the next book, or short story, or work on the next project, because that’s the only way to stay grounded in what matters, which is the work. ![]() And then Salsa Nocturna was how I developed the world of Bone Street Rhumba, and that became a trilogy. And that’s mostly where Salsa Nocturna came from-the short stories. And there were some edits to do, so it took a while. That’s how they found it-I submitted it in the slush pile. I actually submitted it to Scholastic, way back when I wrote it. Shadowshaper was the first book I wrote, but it was before I had an agent. What inspired you to start writing YA?Īctually, I started with YA, it just took longer to get published. You published a short-story collection and an urban fantasy novel before Shadowshaper was released. PW spoke recently with Older regarding counter-narratives, writing for teenagers, and the We Need Diverse Books movement. ![]() The second book in the series, Shadowhouse Fall, releases this month. His first YA novel, Shadowshaper (Scholastic/Levine), was named a PW Best Book of the Year in 2015. ![]() Daniel José Older is the bestselling author of the Shadowshaper Cypher, a YA fantasy series featuring Brooklyn teenager Sierra Santiago, as well as the Bone Street Rumba urban fantasy trilogy. ![]()
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