![]() Having diverse world views represented in the pages of YA books means having authors from all backgrounds pushing pen to paper and writing their stories. Everybody wants to the hero of their own story." And, everybody wants to feel like their story is worth being told. ![]() They show you who they think is worth telling a story about. "I think one way or another, all writers do that: they show you the world through their eyes. "I write the world the way I see it, through this specific lens," she tells Bustle. Stork, Anna-Marie McLemore, Sherman Alexie, and Leigh Bardugo.įor Han, writing diversity into her own novels is a matter of writing the world as it exists. Later this week, she will participate in We Need Diverse Book's BookCon panel, "Love & Loss In Children's Literature," alongside Gene Luen Yang, Francisco X. Jenny Han is one of a growing number of authors who speak openly and loudly about the need for greater inclusivity in YA and children's literature. In a world where Asian and Asian-American actors, writers, and filmmakers have to fight for access to projects about their own cultures, these covers are incredible significant. ![]() After all, the matching covers of Jenny Han's young adult duology feature an Asian-American girl, a model intended to look like the novel's main character, Korean-American teenager Lara Jean. I Still Love Youmay surprise you - in a good way, hopefully. ![]() ![]() The covers to To All The Boys I've Loved Before and P.S. ![]()
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