![]() Many of Nelson’s critics seem to be pretending not to understand that a novel about teenagers is not the same thing as a novel for teenagers. I was hurt because my friend was hurt and now I’ve hurt someone else. Clayton did not reply to a request for comment, but Vivian expressed regret by email: “I tweeted something I should have DMed. A request for comment sent through a website associated with Dessen did not receive a reply. (Dessen, Vivian, and Clayton have since deleted their tweets. Roxane Gay tweeted that Dessen now has a “ nemesis” and suggested that Nelson had an “inflated idea” of her own “taste level.” (Gay has since apologized for these tweets.) In a since-deleted tweet, YA author Siobhan Vivian replied, “Fuck that fucking bitch.” (“I love you,” Dessen replied.) Fellow YA writer Dhonielle Clayton chimed in: “Can I add a few more choice words for Siobhan’s brilliance … fuck that RAGGEDY ASS fucking bitch.” Vivian replied with the clapping, cigarette, and nail-painting emoji. ![]() I hope it made you feel good.” ĭessen scratched out Nelson’s name in her screenshot, but the story was easy to find, and Dessen’s many influential fans and followers quickly piled on their sympathy-and rage. “I’m having a really hard time right now and this is just mean and cruel. The fracas this week began when Dessen herself somehow found the South Dakota story and mournfully tweeted a screenshot to her 268,000 followers. ![]() 2 on the New York Times’ YA bestseller list this summer, soon after Netflix announced that it had optioned three other novels for adaptation. Her teen romance The Rest of the Story debuted at No. The saga that ensued would be worthy of a dystopian YA novel if it weren’t for the fact that 100 percent of the characters are technically adults.ĭessen is an extremely popular YA author who has written more than a dozen novels. ![]() But the backlash it inspired online was exponentially more so. The Game of Thrones Prequel Suggests HBO Didn’t Learn a Thing From How It EndedĪ Former Nickelodeon Star’s Memoir Has Become the Summer’s Big Hit Book. The Worst Person in the New Game of Thrones I’ve Read Nearly All the Books by Former Trump Officials.
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