Maddie Rodriguez

Maddie Rodriguez is a freelance writer and communications specialist who earned her MA in English Literature from the University of Victoria by writing about The Age of Innocence and Gossip Girl (yes, really). When not writing, Maddie can be found reading or watching television; she has Too Many Feelings about both activities, and expresses them via expansive hand gestures or ALL CAPS (depending on how far away the conversation's other party is). Maddie and her fellow reader/writer partner live in Ottawa. They share their apartment with an ever-encroaching tower of books and two calamity-prone cats. Life is never dull. Twitter: @MaddieMuses

Phrases That Trigger My “Shut Up And Take My Money” Response

For this month’s Riot Roundup, I wore about A Darker Shade of Magic. Short story shorter, I thoroughly enjoyed it. I ...

Genre Kryptonite: Near-Death Experience Fiction

Questions like What happens when you die? and What happens to you if you come back? aren’t new; in the Western tradition, you ...

Reading Pathways: Edith Wharton

I was eighteen years old when I first fell in love with Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence. And when ...

3 On a YA Theme: Awesome Heroines Whose Names Start with ‘K’

Theory: there is something about YA and the letter K. Call it koincidence or konspiracy (I know, I know. I’ll ...