Since this is the 17 & Gone release week, I wanted to do something to mark the moment. To celebrate. So I’m launching a new series on my blog distraction99.com this week and I’ve invited some fellow YA authors to take part.

17 & Gone is the story of Lauren, a girl haunted by a host of missing girls. All she knows is the girls are all 17—like she is—and they’re all gone without a trace. It’s this haunting that consumes Lauren and propels the story, as she races to find out why these lost girls are contacting her, and if this means she could be next.

In keeping with the idea of hauntings, I’ve asked some YA authors I know to share posts answering this question:

What haunted YOU when you were 17?

Starting today, I’ll be featuring some of these posts here on my blog—and some of the authors will be responding to this question on their own blogs. I’ll be sure to share those links here, too! And of course I’ll reveal my own disturbed psyche when I was 17, because how could I ask other authors to if I won’t?

To follow the Haunted at 17 blog series, visit my blog distraction99.com and keep reading all week!

p.s. And be sure to enter to win a signed copy of the book!