Easy reading is damn hard writing - Nathaniel Hawthorne

Cover for "Pull" ~ B.A. Binns's debut Young Adult NovelWELCOME TO THE
B.A. BINNS WEBSITE!

Welcome. I’m so glad you found my page. I write fiction for young adults. My debut novel, PULL, will be out October 25, 2010, from WestSide Books, and is avaialbe for pre-order now from Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble.

Check out the new features on my site

Take a look at pictures from the 2010 RWA National Conference from my Facebook page

If you're going to be in the Chicagoland area in September or October, you have two chances to check me out:

On Sept. 21, I will be at the EMEOC (Executive Meetings and Events of Chicago) Summer Writer's Workshop and Book Fair at Loyola University's Water Tower Campus at 820 North Michigan Avenue.

On Oct. 2, I will be participating at the Author/Illustrator Showcase sponsored by SCBWI-IL and the Center for Teaching Through Children's Books at National Lewis University in Skokie, Illinois. Check out the EVENTS page for details on these and other chances to meet me.

I have been asked by a number of people about books for young men written from their point of view. I'm now printing reviews of those books. Check out my new feature, Reviews of male-oriented YA books)

NEWS

Registration for WriteOnCon a free online writer's conference for kidlit writers has begun. Classes takes place August 10-12.

About PULL

Seventeen-year-old David can’t escape from a past that includes his mother’s murder at the hands of his father.  When he departs the elite Grogan Hills Academy and enters a new school on Chicago’s south side, he’s prepared to give up sports, friends, and his desire for independence to care for his orphaned sisters.

His quest for anonymity is shattered when he’s obliged to rescue one sister from an attack by members of the school’s elite pack led by Yolanda, “The Dare,” the acknowledged school slut. David is prepared for the school psychologist’s attempt to force him out of the shell he’s drawn around himself. But he’s not prepared for the way guilt makes him lash out at the people he loves, forcing him to confront the fear that he’ll follow in his father’s destructive footsteps. Nor is he prepared for his growing attraction to Yolanda, a girl hiding a secret shame more destructive than his own.

Go to the Books page for more about PULL and other stories under development.

About ME

I love to read, and my taste runs all over the place. My current favorite books include Hero, by Perry Moore Favorite scene: Thom and his father, as Thom realizes how wrong he’s been about the man, how alike they really are, and that he has always been loved just before his father sets out to save the world.

The Demon’s Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan

Favorite scene: The hero realizes that home is a concept that, once understood, can never really be abandoned.

Liar, by Justine Larbalestier

Favorite Scene: This one defies description. I’ll just say that whichever version of the heroine’s story is the truth, if any of them are, the ending left me seeing the real price one pays when you make lying so much a part of your everyday life that even you don’t know the true truth.

Reversible Errors, by Scott Turow

Favorite Scene: I sometimes pick up Reversible Errors just to re-read the last three pages and experience again the realization that the unlikely hero is uniquely positioned to be the only person on earth to give the heroine exactly what she needs to help her hang on.
I am represented by
Andrea Somberg
from the Harvey Klinger Agency