Gabrielle Bondi

Co-Founder

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Gabrielle founded The Young Folks in 2010 with Luciana Villalba. Since then, she has served as editor-in-chief and oversees the staff and editorial content on The Young Folks. She recently graduated from Northwestern University and is now working on her master's degree at the Medill School of Journalism.

TV Review: Jane the Virgin Season 2 Premiere

Welcome to The Young Folks’ Jane the Virgin Season 2 coverage! Click here to read our previous coverage of the series. Jane is one fierce mama. Last season’s Jane the Virgin finale left us in complete shock; Sin Rostro kidnapping Mateo…

‘Truly Madly Famously’ Q&A with Author Rebecca Serle

Today, the sequel to Rebecca Serle’s starry, romantic young adult novel, Famous in Love, is released! Truly, Madly, Famously continues the story with Paige dealing with her new Hollywood “It” Girl status, while trying to navigate love life with her…

TV News: Watch the ‘Shadowhunters’ Trailer & Opening Scene

Today’s Shadowhunters panel at New York Comic Con has been eagerly anticipated by fans of Cassandra Clare’s The Mortal Instruments series. Rebooting the TMI series for television is a good move as the story is much better suited for TV…

TV News: Watch a New ‘Jessica Jones’ Teaser & Fan Reactions to NYCC Pilot Screening

There are regrets, and then there are regrets. I’m feeling the latter as I watch my Twitter feed explode with reactions to Marvel’s Jessica Jones pilot, which just debuted for fans at New York Comic Con. Oh man, I really…

Chicago & Milwaukee Screening Giveaway: Get Free ‘Goosebumps’ Passes!

As someone who grew up on R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books and TV show, I’m totally stoked for the new movie, starring Jack Black as the horror mastermind himself. I’m equally excited to give away free tickets to advance screenings of…

DVD Review: Jane the Virgin The Complete First Season

I love that every morning as I drive to work I see a big billboard advertising the new season of Jane the Virgin. If you’ve followed my coverage of the show, you know I’m a huge fan of The CW’s…

Interview: ‘Nightfall’ Authors Discuss Their Fears & Writing about Young Characters

This past weekend, I had the opportunity to interview Nightfall authors Peter Kujawinski and Jake Halpern. After 14 years of day, comes 14 years of night in the new young adult thriller, Nightfall. When the sun starts to set, twins…