YA Outside the Lines

Welcome to YA Outside the Lines, Ama! Please tell us a bit about Goldenborn . Thank you for having me!  Set in a near-future San Francisco, Goldenborn , is a fun coming-of-age story that blends fantasy, mystery, sci-fi, and slow-burn romance with elements of Ghanaian culture and mythology. The story follows seventeen-year-old Akoma Addo, who investigates supernatural crimes and is pulled into a magical world of Ghanaian gods and goddesses—one with shocking ties to both her family and her agency’s latest serial killer case. At the center of it all is Anansi, the spider god of stories and trickery, who makes Akoma an offer that upends her life.    I’m always fascinated by the points at which authors choose to start their stories. You chose to show Akoma putting on a pair of her father’s gloves while noticing a scar. It’s such a lovely and also very sensorily real passage. What drew you to this moment? Thank you! The imagery of Akoma’s hands and her father’s gloves carries a...