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Young adult fiction (YA) is fiction written for readers from 12 to 18 years of age. The term YA was first used regularly in the 1960s in the United States. The YA category includes most of the genres found in adult fiction, with themes that include friendship, sexuality, drugs and alcohol, and sexual and gender identity. Stories that focus on the challenges of youth may be categorized as problem novels or coming-of-age novels. The boundary between children's and adult literature is flexible, subject to moral and political ideology, and in some cases meaningless.
Cynthia Leitich Smith is a New York Times best-selling author of fiction for children and young adults.
Sonya Sones is an American poet and author. She has written seven young adult novels in verse and one novel in verse for adults. The American Library Association (ALA) has named her one of the most frequently challenged authors of the 21st century.
The King of Attolia is a young adult fantasy novel by Megan Whalen Turner, published by the Greenwillow Books imprint of HarperCollins in 2006. It is the third novel in the Queen's Thief series that Turner inaugurated with The Thief in 1996.
Marilyn Singer is an author of children's books in a wide variety of genres, including fiction and non-fiction picture books, juvenile novels and mysteries, young adult fantasies, and poetry.
Anna Benjamin David is an American publisher, author, speaker, podcast host, and television personality.
Brent Hartinger is an American author, playwright, and screenwriter, best known for his novels about gay teenagers.
The Gollywhopper Games is a children's novel for readers aged 10 to 14. It was written by Jody Feldman and illustrated by Victoria Jamieson. It has been praised for its interactive games and puzzles. This is Feldman's first novel. It was published in March 2008 by Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Wicked Lovely is a young adult/urban fantasy novel by author Melissa Marr. The story follows protagonist Aislinn, who has the Sight, and whose life begins to unravel when it seems the fey-folk develop a sudden interest in her. The novel intertwines the old rules of fairytales and folklore with the modern expectations of adolescent 21st-century life. It was published by HarperTeen, a division of HarperCollins, in June 2007 in the US. Wicked Lovely was originally written as a short story,, before the author decided to expand on her work in order to further develop the characters. She completed the novel over a period of four months, and submitted it to an agent in January, 2006. By early March of that year, it had been accepted for publication.
A Conspiracy of Kings is a young adult fantasy novel by Megan Whalen Turner, published by the Greenwillow Books imprint of HarperCollins in 2010. It is the fourth novel in the Queen's Thief series that Turner inaugurated with The Thief in 1996.
Kim Falconer is an Australian author of YA and adult Speculative Fiction, living in New South Wales. She grew up on the once family-owned Wilder Ranch, and emigrated to Australia in 1981. Active as a professional writer of fantasy since 2009, her two series with Harpercollins Australia are Quantum Enchantment and Quantum Encryption. Her latest urban fantasy was published by Harlequin Books Australia. Falconer has written a new, three book YA series under the pen name of A. K. Wilder - coming out 5 January 2021 with Entangled Teen in the USA.
Veronica Anne Roth is an American novelist and short story writer, known for her bestselling Divergent trilogy which has sold more than 35 million copies worldwide.
T. Michael Martin is best known for his work as an American author of Young Adult fiction and as a YouTube creator and host. His debut novel, a YA thriller called The End Games, was released in May 2013. The End Games received critical praise from, among others, Voice of Youth Advocates magazine, who called it "a tale of terror worthy of the early, great Stephen King." It was also chosen by John Green as the best YA novel of Summer 2013, was named Booklist’s Top Youth Horror Novel of 2013, and earned Martin the top spot on Booklist’s "Insanely Talented First Novelists" list.
Anna-Marie McLemore is a Mexican-American author of young adult fiction magical realism, best known for their Stonewall Honor-winning novel When the Moon Was Ours, Wild Beauty, and The Weight of Feathers.
Lamar Giles is an American author of young adult novels and short stories. He best known for his award-winning novels with his most popular being Fake ID, SPIN, Not So Pure and Simple, and The Legendary Alston Boys middle grade fantasy series. He is also one of the founding members of the American non-profit We Need Diverse Books.
Sona Charaipotra is an American entertainment and lifestyle journalist, and author of young adult fiction. She is best known for her YA lit column on Parade.com and her YA series Tiny Pretty Things.
Shelby Mahurin is an American young adult fiction author, best known for writing the Serpent & Dove trilogy.
Josephine Angelini is an American author who is best known for her young adult novel trilogy Starcrossed.
Stefan Bachmann is a Swiss–American author of children's literature, non-fiction, and short stories, as well as a composer and artist. He is best known for his children's novels, including his debut, The Peculiar, a gothic alternate history novel published by HarperCollins.
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