{"id":629,"date":"2025-10-29T05:00:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T05:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scbf.techzu.site\/?page_id=629"},"modified":"2025-10-30T04:23:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T04:23:20","slug":"plot-twists-and-page-turners-appealing-to-young-adult-readers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scbf.techzu.site\/index.php\/plot-twists-and-page-turners-appealing-to-young-adult-readers\/","title":{"rendered":"Plot Twists and Page Turners: Appealing to Young Adult\u00a0Readers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Young adults are a challenging to write for. How do authors cater to and attract the eyeballs of these highly distractable and fickle readers? Join young adult authors as they explore the secrets behind crafting stories that resonate with YA readers. From creating relatable characters to tackling modern-day issues, the panel will share the strategies that keep young readers hooked and coming back for more.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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    Joyce is the author of the Chinese fantasy trilogy, Children of the Desert, as well as contemporary YA standalones, Until Morning and No Room in Neverland (all published by Penguin Random House SEA). The Children of the Desert trilogy has been translated into Albanian. She was a writer-in-residence at the National Centre for Writing, and her articles have been published in Harper\u2019s Bazaar Singapore, Cosmopolitan Singapore, The Straits Times, and more. She can be found on Instagram, TikTok, and Threads at @joycechuawrites, and at her website joycechua.com.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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    Elodie Kyra is a multidisciplinary artist currently based in Toronto. She is a Contemporary dancer and author of bestselling series, The Rage Trilogy.<\/p>

    After her publishing her last book in 2021, she moved abroad to Canada to further her dance studies. She graduated from Dance Arts Institute (formerly The School of Toronto Dance Theatre) in 2024 and is also a postgraduate in Arts Management.<\/p>

    Now, Elodie is working in Artistic Production with Anandam Dancetheatre while developing her own artistic practice by intertwining creative writing, long-form writing and movement.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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    Jojo Chia is a writer who has a penchant for the weird and wonderful. An aggressive list maker who enjoys cup noodles and waxing lyrical about video games, she can sometimes be found writing stories. Other times, she is adventuring in another realm.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Young adults are a challenging to write for. How do authors cater to and attract the eyeballs of these highly distractable and fickle readers? Join young adult authors as they explore the secrets behind crafting stories that resonate with YA readers. From creating relatable characters to tackling modern-day issues, the panel will share the strategies […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-629","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scbf.techzu.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scbf.techzu.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scbf.techzu.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scbf.techzu.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scbf.techzu.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/scbf.techzu.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1013,"href":"https:\/\/scbf.techzu.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/629\/revisions\/1013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scbf.techzu.site\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}