Not for teenagers only: Austin’s Delacorte Dames and Dude explain why writing young adult novels is a very grown-up endeavor by Jeff Salamon from The American-Statesman Staff. Peek: “Having a group of friends who are going through the same thing as you—trying to reach the same audience, dealing with the same copy editors, working with the same marketing department—is a rare blessing.” See more from Jeff about the DDDs latest novels.

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