Hannah Dear asked Elizabeth Eulberg:

Why did you make most of your books cussing-free for the most part (thank you for that, by the way) when most YA books are saturated with fowl language?

Elizabeth Eulberg Hi Hannah! Thanks for your question. I don't have a lot of swearing in my books for a few reasons: 1) I want my books to be available to as wide of an audience as possible, 2) my parents wouldn't be happy with me, and 3) I think young people are exposed enough to cussing and other adult topics that I don't want any young reader to think there's something wrong with them because they don't swear or drink or have sex (I didn't do any of that in high school, well sometimes I would curse!). All that being said, the sequel to The Lonely Hearts Club, We Can Work it Out (coming January 27, 2015) has my first real swear word. I couldn't help it, the scene won't have read as real if I would've tamed it down.

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