Today we’d like you to meet our judge, Dr Rachel Nightingale who kindly answered some questions about her approach to young adult fiction and judging the contest.

There is no hard and fast definition of young adult (YA) fiction but for the purposes of the contest, the novel is aimed at a readership age group between the ages of 12 and 18.

Historical Novel Society Australasia (HNSA), in partnership with Australia’s leading essential building…