This collection examines young adult Gothic fiction to demonstrate how the contemporary resurgence of the Gothic in texts for young people signals anxieties about, and hopes for, young people in the twenty-first century.

Michelle J. Smith is a senior lecturer in the School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics at Monash University in Australia. Kristine Moruzi is a senior lecturer in the School of Communication and Creative Arts at Deakin University in Australia.