Author Leslie Koren Excerpts From Leslie Koren’s Stories RELATED ARTICLE“Writing Stories to Reach Young Adults”– Leslie KorenMy editors told me I’d need to lose the formal newspaper tone and spice up my stories when I took on this… December 15, 2003 Writing Stories to Reach Young Adults ‘I put more of myself in stories by integrating my experiences and my thoughts and preferences in what I write.’ December 15, 2003