That Way Madness Lies

Fifteen acclaimed YA writers put their modern spin on William Shakespeare’s celebrated classics!

West Side Story. 10 Things I Hate About You. Kiss Me, Kate. Contemporary audiences have always craved reimaginings of Shakespeare’s most beloved works. Now, some of today’s best writers for teens take on the Bard in these 15 whip-smart and original retellings!

Contributors include Dahlia Adler (reimagining The Merchant of Venice ), Kayla Ancrum ( The Taming of the Shrew ), Lily Anderson ( All’s Well That Ends Well ), Melissa Bashardoust ( A Winter’s Tale ), Patrice Caldwell ( Hamlet ), Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy ( Much Ado About Nothing ), Brittany Cavallaro ( Sonnet 147 ), Joy McCullough ( King Lear ), Anna-Marie McLemore ( Midsummer Night’s Dream ), Samantha Mabry ( Macbeth ), Tochi Onyebuchi ( Coriolanus ), Mark Oshiro ( Twelfth Night ), Lindsay Smith ( Julius Caesar ), Kiersten White ( Romeo and Juliet ), and Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka ( The Tempest ).