On August 24, I will be participating in #YAlitchat on Twitter with amazing authors Ellen Hopkins @EllenHopkinsYA and Laurie Halse Anderson @asklaurie, talking about "controversial" YA books–what it's like to write books that are seen as "not good for teens" or are often banned. I hope you'll join us in the conversation!

To join in a Twitter chat, one of the easiest ways is to go to TweetChat.com, log in with Twitter, and then type the hashtag "YAlitchat" into the search box at the top (and then click on "go"). From there, you'll be able to see the entire conversation and join in any time. Your tweets will automatically have the hashtag added at the end of them, so others following the chat see what you say.

Hope to see you there.