Young readers have always been the heart of my audience. It is where I started my publishing journey twenty years ago, and I continue to write for them in my Draconim and MacIver Kids series. My stories are written for them—their grief, their fire, their fierce sense of justice. But I’ve also known I couldn’t, in good conscience, invite them into the same digital spaces that constantly exploit their attention, data, and trust. From the beginning, I chose not to collect data through my author website. No mailing lists, no subscriber pop-ups, no personalized ads. Not because I didn’t want to grow—I did, and still do—but because I could never guarantee that data, once gathered, would be fully secure. And I wasn’t willing to risk the safety of the very readers I hoped to reach. Recent headlines—like “ Hackers are targeting a surprising group ofpeople: young public school students ” (OPB), “ Thousands including childrenexposed in major data breach ” (Tom's Guide), and “ Children's...