Isobel McCreavy

Isobel McCreavy graduated maxima cum laude from La Salle University with degrees in English and Marketing in 2019. While studying at La Salle, she researched and wrote about how narrative roles in Young Adult literature affected the works’ use of tropes and their overall message to their impressionable audience. She did this by examining the existence of characters in a particular work and how they interact with their perception and the intentions of other characters or societal figures throughout the work. Oftentimes, she found a disparity between a character’s agency in a work and the agency allotted them in the narrative by the choice of narrative style. Admittedly, it was an excuse to talk about such works as the Harry Potter series, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Mortal Instruments series and Paper Towns in an academic setting, but she maintains that YA Genre’s unique target audience makes its various messages and character portrayals particularly important in the formation of the young adult’s formation of their identity.

Since graduating, she has been working in business by day and working on finishing her novel by night, using the results of her research to inform her writing. A year removed from studying English in an academic setting has left her very excited to resume her research and look into other areas of study.

Outside of her daily 9 to 5 routine, Isobel loves reading about serial killers, watching rom-coms and pretending she’s a member of Taylor Swift’s girl gang.