“Trust Me”: Volatile Markets in Twilight and The Hunger Games

Meghanne Flynn is a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge studying gothic monsters in young adult supernatural romance novels. Her background and research interests include theories of popular literature, romance genre novels, and portrayals of dead bodies.

Sarah Hardstaff is a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge under the supervision of Maria Nikolajeva. Her research focuses on the novels of Mildred Taylor and Cynthia Voigt, applying ideas from economic criticism and functional linguistics. Sarah has also published on The Hunger Games.