The central character, 16-year-old Emmeline, lives in an isolated, bleak settlement where Waywardness (rule-breaking) can lead to a death sentence. On its website, Faber & Faber describes the book as “the first title in a stunning new YA series,” comparing it to The Hunger Games, among others.Īnd there are similarities. Characters at that age have passion and desire for all of these things, and they’re right on the cusp of being able to do it, but they don’t have complete agency to be able to do it.”īut “you write what you write and it ends up being marketed to a particular age,” she says. “I find that age group really fascinating and exciting. I write ABOUT adolescents, but I’m not sure I write FOR adolescents,” she explains. “To be honest I’m not sure that I chose to write a young adult novel. Boorman wrote Winterkill as a stand-alone novel she wasn’t thinking trilogy, nor was she thinking YA, but her agent and her UK publisher, Faber & Faber, had bigger ideas.
It’s the first instalment of a trilogy the second book, Darkthaw, comes out this fall. Winterkill (2014, Amulet/Abrams) is Boorman’s first book, but won’t be her last. She grew up in Rimbey, Alta., but moved to the city to study English and drama at the University of Alberta, and has been here ever since. I like that,” says Boorman, who has lived in Edmonton since her university days. Among the five books in the running, it’s the lone young-adult book, and its creator, Kate Boorman, is the lone debut author (and lone woman) vying for the $10,000 prize. Manage Print Subscription / Tax ReceiptĮDMONTON – To my mind, Winterkill is the proverbial dark horse of this year’s Alberta Readers’ Choice Award finalists.
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