Interview with YA author and Children‘s Editorial Assistant Suzanne Sutherland

Authors

  • Mark Black Dalhousie University

Keywords:

youth, Canada, young adult authors, straight-edge culture, Toronto

Abstract

An interview with Young Adult author Suzanne Sutherland. The interview focuses on Toronto, the straight edge scene, music and subculture, Sutherland's first book, When We Were Good and the importance of queer representation in YA books. Sutherland also recommends a number of YA novels.

Author Biography

Mark Black, Dalhousie University

Mark Black (MLIS Candidate, 2014) has a BA in English from Dalhousie. He has worked for the Coast, Street Cents, and the Smithsonian Channel and has been a contributor to Skyscraper Magazine and Culture.ca. He has recently published his first book, NoMeansNo - Going Nowhere (Invisible Publishing). He serves as DJIM's Editorial Co-Chair and SIMSA's VP Non-Academic.

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Published

2014-10-17

Issue

No. 99 (2014): Everybody wants something: Canadian YA librarianship

Section

Articles