Authors of "Blackout" share message for young Black adults: "You can be the center of the love story"

Six bestselling Young Adult authors have teamed up to write "Blackout," a new novel celebrating Black love.  The book, on sale now, weaves together six stories of love and friendship set against a massive power outage in New York City.

"Blackout" was written by six people. They are Dhonielle Clayton, author of "The Belles," Tiffany D. Jackson, author of "Monday's Not Coming," Nic Stone, author of "Dear Martin," Angie Thomas, author of "The Hate U Give," Ashley Woodfolk, who wrote the "Flyy Girls" series and Nicola Yoon, who wrote "Instructions for Dancing." The six writers joined "CBS This Morning" Wednesday. They gathered in Harlem to discuss collaborating during the pandemic, and the importance of representing young people of color in joyful love stories.