![]() ![]() J.Elle:I tend to like books that have real-world issues front and center, but I realize fantasy can be a more palatable place for some readers to do that. ![]() ![]() On that note, why did you choose YA fantasy as the genre for portraying a powerful Black teen girl? Is it easier in fantasy to explore tougher themes? Your main character, Rue, certainly understands this it’s what makes her fight. I think we as creatives are charged with answering the challenge, and you certainly did that with Wings of Ebony, a story that not only insists Black Lives Matter, but shines a light on how we been knowing this. It’s definitely a moment we won’t soon forget, and it’s got to be documented. Millner: The protesting, the acknowledgement that Black lives do, indeed, matter, and the changes that have come this time around in response to the international uproar have definitely surprised a lot of us, but we’ve still got a long way to go. Is it my inner eternal optimist or are more listening now? And Wings of Ebony is quite relevant to the times. J.Elle:Can you believe this is where we are? Not only with the book but in the world? The year 2020 has been a decade in and of itself. I’m super proud it’s the first YA novel on my imprint. It read like something that I’d never experienced before, and I knew it needed to have its place in our world. ![]() Denene Millner: When I read the first pages and your star, Rue, grabbed me by the throat, I knew Wings of Ebony was going to be a special book. ![]()
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