
She’s bright, but not at the top of her class. She isn’t popular, but she neither is she a pariah. On one hand, she’s a normal high school junior.

Kaylee was inspired by the girl I was in high school, and by the girl I could never have been, even if I’d had her abilities. So what was my inspiration for creating Kaylee herself? That one’s not such a simple answer. Who Kaylee is and what she can do-those are the things that inspired and shaped her story. You want to know what inspired my YA debut, My Soul to Take? That’s easy enough. Hey Book Smugglers! Thanks for having me! We invited the author to be part of our YA Appreciation Month by writing a piece on her Inspiration to write the series.

Her first book in her new Young Adult Soul Screamer series has just hit the shelves and Ana reviewed it here.

Rachel Vincent is a popular UF novelist, author of the Shifter series.
