This YA thriller panel brings together Busayo Matuluko, Wren James and Ravena Guron – all icons of the YA thriller genre, to discuss the ins and outs of creating thrillers for a youth audience.
Wren (Lauren) James (they/them) is the twice Carnegie-nominated author of Green Rising; The Reckless Afterlife of Harriet Stoker; The Quiet at the End of the World; The Loneliest Girl in the Universe; and The Next Together series. They have been shortlisted for the YA Book Prize and the STEAM Children’s Book Award.
Ravena Guron is the bestselling author of YA thrillers This Book Kills, Catch Your Death and Mondays Are Murder. Ravena’s bestselling YA thrillers have been shortlisted for the YA Book Prize, the British Book Awards’ Children’s Fiction Book of the Year and many more.
Busayo Matuluko is a Black British Nigerian nurse and YA/Crossover writer. She is also an extremely opinionated award-nominated BookToker who loves talking about her favourite diverse books. ‘Til Death is her debut novel.
