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The romantasy market

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By: Siobhan O'Brien Holmes

Continuing my ‘Book Business’ series that I’ve been posting weekly on The Wolf Pack Facebook page, this week I wanted to take a quick look at the thriving YA romantasy…

The middle grade market in the US

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By: Siobhan O'Brien Holmes

Over in The Wolf Pack Facebook group (join us!), I’ve been posting weekly about a different topic in publishing, to give hopeful authors some insight into the current landscape and…

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I'm Siobhán, a developmental editor working with authors of middle grade and YA fiction. I'm also a mum, a volunteer school librarian and a Children's Literature MA grad, so my interest in kidlit is personal and academic as well as professional!

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