Louise O'Neill: 'I think this book will infuriate a lot of people because it’s going to push those buttons'

Louise O’Neill’s first book Only Ever Yours took the YA world by storm and now she’s back with a second, Asking for It, about rape culture. Teen site member Patrick Sproull caught up with her during Yalc 2015 to ask about her reasons for writing the book, how she went about researching it, if a film adaptation of Only Ever Yours is on the cards, and what we can expect next…

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No hyperbole here but Louise O’Neill is the best YA fiction writer alive today. Patrick Ness, Malorie Blackman and John Green are all exceptional authors, producers of the finest YA books in recent years, but none of them match up to Louise O’Neill.

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