Daily Archives: July 22, 2008

There's another brohaha brewing on the interwebs about Margo Rabb's essay in The New York Times about her book being labeled as YA, and the assumed stigma that comes along with it, quoting a number of writers of both adult and children's books. Justine Larbalestier wrote about the "stigma", disagreeing with many of the points Rabb raised. I think it's telling that she picked authors like James Patterson to quote, which seems an easy agreement to her point, especially since the Times has written before about Patterson's horror at the sales of his books when they were shelved only in the teen section.