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With 2009 drawing to a close, we thought we'd wrap up the year by sharing some of the most memorable author guest posts contributed to the Teenreads.com blog in the past year (or, 7 months, rather). But, try as we might, we just couldn't narrow down our list of faves to a mere ten or twenty or even thirty, since each and every one of them brought something refreshing, poignant, funny and thought provoking to the feature. So, in the list below, we've compiled all the author guest blogs we've spotlighted since our launch in May. Be sure to catch up on any you might've missed throughout the year, or revisit a few favorites. See you next year!


May
Tim Wynne-Jones on THE UNINVITED
Deb Caletti: Bookless in Seattle

June
Michael Spradlin: Me and J. K. Rowling
Cynthia Leititch Smith on Summer Reading
Hilari Bell: Titles --- Or What the Heck Do I Call This?
Lee Bantle on DAVID INSIDE OUT: What Enables David to Come Out While Sean Stays in the Closet?
Jennifer E. Smith on Family Summer Roadtrips
Lauren Strasnick on the Big Debut
Deborah Lytton: Creative Challenge
Denise Vega: Sequel Anxiety -- Can We Ever Give Readers What They Really Want?
Jenny Han on Summer Must-Reads
Susane Colasanti on Living in the Now

July
Deborah Noyes: Are You Odd? Step Up!
Carol Lynch Williams: Creative Ways of Avoiding a Hard Part (or the Icky Middles) in Our Novels
Patrick Jones on Edgy Teen Fiction
Sarah Burningham: TEENAGER AT HEART: The Story Behind Getting Published
Alexander Alexandrov's New Twist On A Familiar Genre

August
Jo Knowles: Did It Happen To You?
Barbara Hall on Finding Inspiration in Unlikely Places
Michelle Zink: Outlines, Magic and Not Knowing
Beth Ann Bauman on Current Favorites
Susan McBride: Tiaras and Texas and Debs... Oh, My!
Frank Portman's Unique Approach to the Dreaded Book Launch

September
Q & A with David Levithan
Max Turner on Writing the "Perfect Bad Guy"
Jennifer Brown: Being Remembered, Personally
Michelle Moran: Why Cleopatra's Daughter?
Malinda Lo on Making Space for Diversity
Kathryn Williams on Summer Camp Crushes
Libba Bray: Why I Love Disney World
C. K. Kelly Martin: The Deep End of the Ocean
Shannon Hale on the Give-and-Take of Storytelling

October
Sara Zarr: Being Funny, Writing Serious
Melissa de la Cruz: A Writer is A Reader, Also, Decisiveness
Tonya Hurley: A Homecoming for HOMECOMING
Robin Brande: Why Robin Brande Is A Little Shy About FAT CAT
Justine Larbalestier: How I Wrote LIAR
Amber Kizer on the "Real Life Bits and Pieces" in MERIDIAN
Linda W. Braun: YALSA Teen Read Week --- Reading Beyond Reality
Erik Raschke: Clothe The Naked
J. Adams Oaks: Talking To a Stranger on a Bus
Carrie Jones: Random Facts About Me

November
Marlene Wallach: A Girls Guide to Feeling Great Inside & Out
Christa Holder Ocker: Opening the Floodgates
Rachel Caine on Life Lessons and Unlikely Motivations
Wendy Corsi Staub On Writing For Teens, Then and Now
Vincent Lowry: The Publishing Revolution

December
Maryrose Wood: The Adventure Continues!
Sharing Bookish Holiday Memories: Heather Gudenkauf on RAMONA AND HER FATHER
Sharing Bookish Holiday Memories: Kristin Hannah on The Lord of the Rings
Sharing Bookish Memories: Mahbod Seraji -- My First Christmas in the US, My First Book
Q&A With Carolyn Mackler