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For readers with an interest in children's & YA literature, both current and vintage, as well as general fiction, here's writing and publishing advice from an award-winning author and editor who has worked in and around the industry for 25 years.

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About Emily Gale

Author of fiction for children and teenagers. Editor, ex-bookseller, former reader for a literary agent. Voracious is a space where children's, YA and adult literature are held up as equal.

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