

Let’s start with this question: How did you come up with the ideas for your books? WOW: Ladies, thank you so much for taking the time to participate in this interview! I can’t wait to hear your thoughts on writing psychological thrillers for young readers.


Her work has been published in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Marie Claire, the Christian Science Monitor, the Daily Beast, Salon, and others.

Jennifer Miller is the author of Inheriting the Holy Land: An American’s Search for Hope in the Middle East and the novel, The Year of the Gadfly. She trained as an actor in Chicago and has walked across the entire country of Spain. Kate Ellison is the author of The Butterfly Clues and Notes from Ghost Town. She is the author of Fracture and Hysteria. Megan Miranda graduated with a degree in biology from MIT and spent her post-college years working in biotech and later, teaching high school science. Here is a little about our guest authors: Their stories include tales of complicated relationships, murder, intrigue, and ghostly apparitions-guaranteed to keep readers turning the pages until all the characters’ secrets are revealed. We reached out to three authors who have successfully tackled writing suspense for a young adult (YA) audience, and we picked up some very valuable writing tips along the way. You have to carefully develop your villain and protagonist, throw in a couple of unpredictable plot twists, and keep the pacing just right. But while reading suspense is fun, it can be tough for an author to pull off, particularly if you are writing for a younger audience. You’ve ever stayed up late reading a book because you had to find out whom the stalker was or how a theatre production became a blueprint for murder, you love a good psychological thriller.
