About the Author:  Lydia Kang is an author of YA fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction. She is a part-time internist and has a blog where writers can learn the most accurate way to maim their characters. She believes in science and knocking on wood, is an unapologetic salt addict and thinks Star Wars should have been Ewokless.

About Control: After the violent death of her father, 17 year-old Zelia loses her younger sister, Dylia, during an abduction at the foster home. It turns out her sister Dylia isn’t just pretty and sweet – she’s illegal.

In the year 2150, DNA must be pure by law, and anyone with enhanced genes face death. Zelia’s only allies are the freak-show inhabitants of her new, underground foster home. Along with the unexpected love of a very strange boy, she will need her flaws and their illicit traits to save the only family she has left.

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Pitch your book in 140 characters: 

A 17 y/o girl aligns herself with a foster home full of genetic freaks to save a sister with a secret trait.

Who will this book appeal to: 

People who love adventure, a little sci-fi, lots of romance, a medical mystery, and some fun, new world building.

Favorite moment or character in your book: 

The club scene! It’s the first time you see the foster kids really come together.

What’s your writing routine: 

Check way too many social media outlets, turn on some music, and write. Oh, and drink something caffeinated.

What’s your best piece of writing advice: 

Never stop trying to be better at your craft. Read like crazy and write whenever you can.

What’s been the most surprising part of the publishing journey:
Destroying my preconceived notion that I could never write a novel.

What did you do when you learned your book would be published: 

I think I bit my fist and jumped up and down.

What’s the best piece of writing advice you’ve received: 

Show, don’t tell.

What are your top three favorite books: 

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Persuasion by Jane Austen, and LIttle Town on the Prairie, by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

What’s next for you: 

The sequel to Control!

Find out more about Lydia Kang’s Control on Goodreads.