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Bea Fitzgerald on her YA Book Prize shortlisted novel, Girl, Goddess, Queen

“A friend of mine recently described my writing as 'aggressively hopeful' and that’s what I needed as a teenager, so I hope the young adults who need that today can find it in my books”
Bea Fitzgerald © Desiree Adams
Bea Fitzgerald © Desiree Adams
Bea Fitzgerald answers our questions about her fierce and romantic novel Girl, Goddess, Queen (Penguin Children’s), which has been shortlisted for the YA Book Prize 2024.

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