Sarah Dessen is sorry that she and a slew of other bestselling authors spent the last two days riling up their followers to harass a recent college graduate who does not care for Dessen’s young adult novels.
, and Slate, to name a few, and in wake of the media attention, Dessen has issued a Twitter apology that reads, in part, “I want to apologize to the person who was quoted—I’m sorry. Like most authors, I hear all the time from people who don’t like my work. It’s part of the job.
In response to Dessen’s tweet, fellow YA author Siobhan Vivian wrote “Fuck that fucking bitch” to which another YA author, Dhonielle Clayton, added “Can I add a few more choice words for Siobhan’s brilliance … fuck that RAGGEDY ASS fucking bitch.” By way of apology, Vivian sent an to Vulture that read, “I tweeted something I should have DMed. I was hurt because my friend was hurt and now I’ve hurt someone else. I’m truly sorry for my part.” Thousands of Dessen’s 268,000 TNelson, who is now a graduate student in linguistics studying online harassment,
several outlets in an email that her quote was taken out of context. Rather than joining the committee specifically to keep Dessen’s book off the booklist, she joined to advocate for
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