Young Adult Fantasy Author
Welcome to my website. My name is Lena Coakley and my first novel, a YA high fantasy called Witchlanders is now out From Atheneum Books for Young Readers....
Welcome to my website. My name is Lena Coakley and my first novel, a YA high fantasy called Witchlanders is now out From Atheneum Books for Young Readers. 
My first interview as Canadian corruspondant for Cynthia Leitich... read more
A number of people have been asking me how I got my literary agent, and it... read more
When I was a child, people told me so often that I read fantasy for escape that... read more
Out of This World: Science Fiction But Not As You Know It An Exhibition at the... read more
Last week I posted some of my favourite book trailers in hopes that they would... read more
I adore book trailers. I was speaking to a writer yesterday who audibly moaned... read more
In London, every time a train door opens, an automated female voice tells you... read more
I started such a brilliant novel a few years ago. Oh it would have been... read more
My first novel is coming out in three months and I’ve gone tharn. I’m a... read more
Back before I started my first novel, I asked my full-time writer friends how... read more
Last month a number of other children’s authors and I attended the... read more
Check out my guest post over at the Adventures in Children’s Publishing... read more
Is there anyone whose books you loved? Anyone whose diary prompted you to pick... read more
Isn’t here! But wait. It’s just a click away over at THE... read more
Last week I wrote about backstory, worldbuilding as an element of character,... read more
If you are working on a fantasy novel, these are a few questions you might ask... read more
I don’t remember why I started it. Plenty of authors do it—or they did... read more
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