The Ultimate YA Reading Group

Ultimate YA is an organization that promotes young adult (YA) literature and reading. We feature one young adult author every month. Each feature includes a short biography of the author, as well as fun facts and an interview.  If you would like to be featured, please send an email inquiry to ultiamteyareadinggroup@gmail.com.  We also post anything we find interesting regarding reading and writing.  If you like this, you can also 'like' us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter.

ChinLin
(Remy Starr)
The fabulous creator of the *ultimate* group.

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Liz
(Suzannah 'Suze' Simon)
Co-administrator and creator of this tumble-log

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Brittney
(Taylor Markham)
Co-administrator

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Katy
(Alice McKinley)
Co-administrator

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  1. I know how to inflate a pair of pants and make it into a life preserver, which could come in handy if I ever ended up in a capsized boat situation.
  2. I’m a Libra and have always been obsessed with fairness.
  3. In high school, I worked at Dairy Queen.  To this day, I can make a perfect DQ curl, which never ceases to amaze my friends and family.
  4. During family vacations and other travel, my family is on a quest for the best burger (and burger place).  This means we end up eating at all kinds of crazy places.  While we all have our favorites, mine is the Burger Joint at Le Meridian in NYC.  The whole step behind the curtain into another dimension is THE BEST and makes me feel like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz.
  5. I’ve lived in a few places — Ithaca, NY; Racine (actually Sturtevant), WI; Broken Arrow, OK; Columbia, MO; Peoria, IL with South Florida as home. From all the travel and places I’ve lived, I’ve learned that good and fascinating people can be found everywhere.
  6. My first car, a pea-green Renault, had a push-button transmission.
  7. My favorite things in order are:  family, writing, reading, travel, baking Christmas cookies.