My hair was never the right shade of blonde or brown. I’ve struggled with self-image issues my entire life. In today’s culture, social media is flooded with the filtered and the photoshopped. What inspired you to write a character like Eliyana, and why do you think it’s important to tell her story? I write about those experiences because I think they’re still relevant to all ages, which is probably why the YA audience isn’t comprised of teens alone.
All the emotions and struggles and questions from those years are still clear in my heart and mind. Trying to fit in and figure out who I was and who I wanted to become.įor me, getting into the YA mindset is sometimes easier than fitting into the adult mindset. Stories about teens are highly relatable. All my favorite books are about young adults. How do you get into the mindset to write for the YA audience? Here, Sara shares her thoughts on the power of storytelling, why her heroine’s story needed to be told, and what readers can expect next… Book two, Unraveling, was published in July 2017, and book three, Unbreakable, comes out in May 2018. evil, and the power of the marginalized to change the world. Nominated for a 2017 Christy Award, Unblemished is a suspenseful urban fantasy that explores themes of self-image, good vs. Author Sara Ella burst onto the YA scene in October 2016 with her debut novel Unblemished (Thomas Nelson), the first book in The Unblemished Trilogy.
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