Authors sharing their experiences and advice with students… This is what YA by the Bay is all about. We want to inspire young writers to share their unique, authentic, important, beautiful stories and be the author of their own lives. We want to welcome them to our community built on creativity, inclusion and support. It’s been one month since our first YA by the Bay reading and leadership festival. We’re still in awe of the authors who joined our mission, the students eager to learn, and everyo