Fans of House of Night and The Escaped can meet the creators, P.C. and Kristin Cast, when they join the Ocean County Library’s “Dive into YA: It’s Not Just for Teens” virtual author dialog series on Thursday, June 26 at 6 p.m.

The program aims to show how real issues, imaginative concepts, diverse characters and vivid writing propel young adult literature beyond traditional age categories.

Their new collaboration, Spells Trouble, initiates a new fantasy series about a mom and daughter, descended from a…