Alison Doherty
Alison lives in Brooklyn. She recently graduated from The New School with an MFA in writing for children, where her classmates regularly debated if she belonged in Ravenclaw or Slytherin. Raised on both coasts, in California and Maryland, Alison grew up wishing she could have Ella Enchanted as a bff and that Gilbert Blythe lived next door. Now, she is an Alice Munro fangirl, a big supporter of libraries and local bookstores, and loves having an e-reader so people don’t give her funny looks when she reads romance novels on the subway. When she gets sad or stressed she 100% never never ever watches the clip of Mr. Darcy diving into the lake on YouTube. She blogs about young adult books at Hardcovers and Heroines and is working on her first novel.
Twitter: @alisoncdoherty
3 Picture Books About Hillary Clinton to Show #WereStillWithHer
Alison Doherty
November 30, 2016
Three picture book biographies of presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
There Is So Much to Learn from Historical Romance Novels
Alison Doherty
November 1, 2016
On the often subversive history to be learned in romance novels.
100 Must-Read Books About Sisters
Alison Doherty
October 28, 2016
A list of 100 books that feature sister relationships.
Reading Pathways: Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Alison Doherty
October 4, 2016
Where to start with the novels of romantic comedy queen Susan Elizabeth Phillips.
Reading My Way Through Brooklyn
Alison Doherty
September 30, 2016
One reader finds comfort in reading books about Brooklyn after moving to New York City.
9 Judy Blume Quotes That Still Totally Apply In My Twenties
Alison Doherty
September 12, 2016
Nine quotes from Judy Blume books that still resonate in your twenties (and beyond).
21 Books Called The Next Harry Potter
Alison Doherty
August 9, 2016
A list of books that have been described as "the next Harry Potter"
3 Great YA Book Podcasts
Alison Doherty
July 26, 2016
Put these great podcast about YA books and writing in your ears.
What Is Up With Election Erotica?
Alison Doherty
June 27, 2016
A look at the existence of Trump, Bernie, and HRC erotica.
Does a Book Need Feminist Characters to be a Feminist Book?
Alison Doherty
June 15, 2016
Exploring feminist books without feminist characters.
Fat Girls in Romance Novels
Alison Doherty
May 17, 2016
How the fat heroines in romance novels helped one reader accept her own body.
Boy Books, Girl Books, and Missing Out on Anne Frank
Alison Doherty
May 9, 2016
How centering the stories of boys over girls harms both.