Adam Silvera

History Is All You Left Me' is about the loss of your first love and how you move on beyond that and if you can. ”

It wasn't until I hit 20 that I became an obsessive reader, I think, which feels a little funny considering I was a bookseller for five years and have been reviewing YA novels for four years. ”

There will be opportunities for hope and happiness, and happiness will return to your life, but you will always feel that loss if that person really meant that great a deal to you. ”

I had definitely missed the literary development game with Paper Lantern Lit, and writing exclusively wasn't giving me complete fulfillment. ”

My first book was on the grittier side of life. A week before being published, I realized all of my main characters come from single households. That was something that, when I lived in South Bronx, that's what it was like. ”

The book industry is all about community, and it never really feels like anyone is competing against anyone, thankfully. ”

Whereas Books of Wonder excels with children's literature, McNally Jackson is where I go for my adult new releases, and no, it has nothing to do with the fact that Taylor Swift shops there, too. ”

I'm definitely of the 'Harry Potter'-transfigured-me-into-a-reader-and-writer generation. And that's really all I read throughout my teen years, because I really devoted all my time to writing and reading friends' fan-fiction. ”

My favorite uncle died when I was eleven, and that was two months after 9/11, so that was a particularly difficult time with my family. ”

Especially with grief and heartbreak, you can go through these things and think, 'I will never be whole again.' ”