I was recently asked by book blogger Ivy Reads who I would want to co-write a book IF I could co-write a book with anyone. I liked this question. It's an interesting hypothetical and one that most writers at some point entertain. Because, most writers, at some point, entertain most ideas. We rarely execute on them of course! But by nature, we like to use our imaginations and noodle on ideas that don't go anywhere but into the slow-cooked idea vat.

In any case, there are a handful of co-authored books in the young adult genre, such as Will Grayson, Will Grayson by David Levithan and John Green, Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, and the many books co-written by David Levithan and Rachel Cohn. So would I co-write a book? Could I? Would it make me absolutely batty to work with someone else who probably has a different temperament, writing style, attitude, writing process, etc. than I do? Probably. Just because I KNOW my temperament, style, attitude and process and I'm just fine thank you very much working with myself. (Whoa. Am I like co-authoring a book with myself or what?) Anyway, putting aside the prospect of logistical challenges and head-banging-against-brick-wall possibilities for the sake of this purely hypothetical exercise, IF I were to co-write a novel who would I want to co-write with?

Chris Lynch. (If you follow me on Twitter, you know I've been bingeing on many of his books recently.) Here's why, as I told Ivy.

So who would you want to co-write with? And if you could read a co-written novel who would be the pair of authors?