Dr Phillips

About Dr Phillips

Dr Leah Phillips has research connections with University College London and the University of Warwick. She has an international reputation as a leading figure in the field of YA literature studies where her work focuses on representations of adolescent girls in speculative fiction. She is currently revising her first monograph: Female Heroes in Young Adult Fantasy Fiction: Reframing Myths of Adolescent Girlhood, which is due out with Bloomsbury in 2021. Leah is also on the Children’s Literature Association’s Phoenix Committee and a member of The International Journal of Young Adult Literature’s Editorial Board.

YASA is recruiting!

By Dr Phillips 17/06/2020Announcements

Applications will be accepted until 30 June 2020. We are looking for members of our Association to serve on the Executive Board. The Executive Board comprises five roles: President, Vice…

Launching the YA Studies Association

By Dr Phillips 16/06/2020Announcements

Dear All, The Young Adult Literature, Media and Culture network is taking the exciting step to formalise as the YA Studies Association. As an Association, we will have more scope…