Christen Young*

Christen Randall Young is a queer, fat, neurodiverse author from the American South. Her YA contemporary novel PLAYING SECRETS AND SORCERY WITH GIRLS was selected for the inaugural cohort of the Write Team Mentorship Program. When she's not writing about geek girls living their best lives, she’s living hers at the table playing D&D, in the car singing along to old indie rock, or catching up on her forever TBR with her cat, Spaghetti. Christen is represented by Becca Langton at DA Children's Agency.

Age Category: Young Adult

Expertise: I’m open to any questions, but feel I can best serve folks looking for information on:

• Drafting

• Revision

• The Beta Reading Process/Organizing Beta Reading Rounds

• Putting Together a Query Package

• The Query Process

• Fielding Offers of Representation (Including Multiple Offers)

I am especially passionate about being there for other fat, queer, or neurodiverse writers. If you have questions specific author life as a person who is fat, queer, mentally ill, learning disabled, or neurodiverse, please do reach out.

Also a Submission Package Reviewer!