Young Adult Literature
Here is a list of Young Adult authors and authors with novels and books that appeal to teenagers. This is NOT a recommended reading list.
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Here is a list of Young Adult authors and authors with novels and books that appeal to teenagers.
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- Elizabeth Acevedo
- Renee Ahdieh
- Atia Alawi
- Melissa Albert
- Mitch Albom
- Kwame Alexander
- Sherman Alexie
- David Almond
- Julia Alvarez
- An Na
- Laurie Halse Anderson
- M. T. Anderson
- Natalie C. Anderson
- Josephine Angelini
- Maya Angelou
- Katherine Arden
- Mindee Arnett
- Marc Aronson
- Jay Asher
- Margaret Atwood
- Victoria Aveyard
- Heidi Ayarbe
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- Wind Up Stories: Fiction by Paolo Bacigalupi
- Fredrik Backman
- David Baldacci
- Kathleen Baldwin
- Cyn Balog
- Leigh Bardugo
- Hannah Barnaby
- Jennifer Lynn Barnes
- Lauren Barnholdt
- Nevada Barr
- Christopher Barzak
- Joan Bauer
- Frank Beddor
- Marie Benedict
- Holly Bennett
- Robin Benway
- Josh Berk
- Julie Berry
- Steve Berry
- Deborah Biancotti
- Ilsa J. Bick
- Carol Birch
- Holly Black
- Kendare Blake
- Jodee Blanco
- Francesca Lia Block
- Judy Blume on the Web
- Karen Blumenthal
- Judy Blundell
- S. A. Bodeen
- Angeline Boulley
- Erin Bowman
- John Boyne
- Ray Bradbury
- Marion Zimmer Bradley Literary Trust
- Liz Braswell
- Libba Bray
- Larry Dane Brimner
- Demetra Brodsky
- Jessica Brody
- Dan Brown
- Jennifer Brown
- Joseph Bruchac
- Jen Bryant
- Bill Bryson
- Elizabeth C. Bunce
- Cylin Busby
- Octavia Butler
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- Meg Cabot
- Thomas Cahill
- Rachel Caine
- Don Calame
- Deb Caletti
- Sophie Cameron
- Jillian Cantor
- Hatrack River: The Official Site of Orson Scott Card
- Rae Carson
- Ally Carter
- Kristin Cashore
- Kiera Cass
- H. M. Castor
- Brittany Cavallaro
- Joelle Charbonneau
- Stephen Chbosky
- Traci Chee
- Tracy Chevalier
- Jennifer Chiaverini
- Tera Lynn Childs
- Mary H. K. Choi
- Roshani Chokshi
- Lesley Choyce
- Agatha Christie
- Lucy Christopher
- Sandra Cisneros
- Tom Clancy
- Cassandra Clare
- Mary Higgins Clark
- Ernest Cline
- Harlan Coban
- Rachel Cohn
- Susane Colasanti
- Brandy Colbert
- Max Allan Collins
- Suzanne Collins
- Ally Condie
- Eileen Cook
- Caroline B. Cooney
- Michelle Cooper
- The Lost Land of Susan Cooper
- Robert Cormier
- Bernard Cornwell
- Patricia Cornwell
- Brent Crawford
- Gia Cribbs
- Michael Crichton
- S. D. Crockett
- Blake Crouch
- Julie Cross
- Chris Crowe
- Chris Crutcher
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- James Dashner
- Kenneth C. Davis: Don't Know Much About
- Melissa De la Cruz
- Heather Demetrios
- Nelson DeMille
- Tracy Deonn
- Anat Deracine
- Kimberly Derting
- Sarah Dessen
- Lauren DeStefano
- Carl Deuker
- Anita Diamant
- Jared Diamond
- J. H. Diehl
- Cory Doctorow's Craphound
- Ian Doescher
- Trish Doller
- Jennifer Donnelly
- Emma Donoghue
- The Siobhan Dowd Trust
- Sharon Draper
- Lois Duncan
- Pintip Dunn
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- Amy Efaw
- Dave Eggers
- Barbara Ehrenreich
- Simone Elkeles
- Deborah Ellis
- Margarita Engle
- Janet Evanovich
- Richard Paul Evans
- Heather Ezell
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- Hafsah Faizal
- Nancy Farmer
- Heather Fawcett
- Jasper Fforde
- Catherine Fisher
- Liz Flanagan
- Paul Fleischman
- Candace Fleming
- Alex Flinn
- Tim Floreen
- Gillian Flynn
- Ken Follett
- Gayle Forman
- E. R. Frank
- Gillian French
- Helen Frost
- Clare Furniss
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- Michelle Gagnon
- Neil Gaiman
- Eric Gansworth
- Stephanie Garber
- Cristina Garcia
- Sally Gardner
- A. C. Gaughen
- Adele Geras
- Lauren Gibaldi
- Kelly Loy Gilbert
- Gail Giles
- Lamar Giles
- Kathleen Glasgow
- Morris Gleitzman
- Mel Glenn
- K. L. Going
- Chloe Gong
- Allegra Goodman
- Doris Kearns Goodwin
- Jon Gordon
- Sue Grafton
- Michael Grant
- Alan Gratz
- John Green
- Adele Griffin
- Nikki Grimes
- John Grisham
- Sara Gruen
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- Margaret Peterson Haddix
- Mark Haddon
- Jenny Han
- Cynthia Hand
- Frances Hardinge
- Robert Harris
- Rachel Hartman
- Pete Hautman
- Paula Hawkins
- Maria Dahvana Headley
- Deborah Heiligman
- Stephanie Hemphill
- April Henry
- Geoff Herbach
- David Hernandez
- Monica Hesse
- Laura Hillenbrand
- Anne Hillerman
- e-Hillerman: The Tony Hillerman Portal
- Gareth Hinds
- S. E. Hinton
- Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
- Peter "Pedro" Brown Hoffmeister
- Kathryn Holmes
- Ellen Hopkins
- Khaled Hosseini
- Shaun David Hutchinson
- Catherine Ryan Hyde
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- Walter Isaacson
- Justina Ireland
- Shirley Jackson
- Tiffany D. Jackson
- A. J. Jacobs
- Stacey Jay
- Emiko Jean
- A. M. Jenkins
- Melissa Jensen
- Alaya Dawn Johnson
- Angela Johnson
- Maureen Johnson
- E. K. Johnston
- Brian Jay Jones
- Susan Juby
- Sebastian Junger
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- Katie Ray Kacvinsky
- Stacey Kade
- Ariel Kaplan
- Brian Katcher
- Lauren Kate
- Garrison Keillor
- Brigid Kemmerer
- Miranda Kenneally
- Beth Kephart
- Official M. E. Kerr and Mary James Site
- Adib Khorram
- Jessica Khoury
- Raymond Khoury
- Elizabeth Kiem
- A. S. King
- Laurie R. King
- Stephen King
- Barbara Kingsolver
- David Klass
- Lisa Klein
- Christina Baker Kline
- Jo Knowles
- Ron Koertge
- Janel Kolby
- Alethea Kontis
- Dean Koontz
- Gordon Korman
- Will Kostakis
- Jon Krakauer
- Jarrett J. Krosoczka
- Stephanie Kuehn
- Susan Kuklin
- Jean Kwok
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- Mercedes Lackey
- Nina LaCour
- Robin LaFevers
- Nick Lake
- Margo Lanagan
- Andrew Lane
- Justine Larbalestier
- Erik Larson
- Kathryn Lasky
- Emmy Laybourne
- Ursula Le Guin's Web Site
- Lindsey Leavitt
- John Le Carre
- Mackenzie Lee
- Stacey H. Lee
- David Levithan
- Robert Lipsyte
- Darcie Little Badger
- Katherine Locke
- E. Lockhart
- Lois Lowry
- Marie Lu
- David Lubar
- Makiia Lucier
- Robert Ludlum
- Barry Lyga
- Chris Lynch
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- Sarah J. Maas
- Tahereh Mafi
- Kekla Magoon
- Gregory Maguire
- Kerri Maniscalco
- Melina Marchetta
- Melissa Marr
- Albert Marrin
- George R. R. Martin
- Bobbie Ann Mason
- Jennifer Mathieu
- Lynne Matson
- Anne and Todd McCaffrey - Pern Home
- Patricia McCormick
- David McCullough
- Abby McDonald
- Mindy McGinnis
- Kate McGovern
- Robin McKinley
- Lisa McMann
- Karen M. McManus
- Larry McMurtry
- Meg Medina
- Carolyn Meyer
- Marissa Meyer
- Stephanie Meyer
- Madeline Miller
- Kass Morgan
- Erin Morgenstern
- Brittany Morris
- The Toni Morrison Society
- Mike Mullin
- Catherine Gilbert Murdock
- Jim Murphy
- E. C. Myers
- Walter Dean Myers
- Lauren Myracle
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- Donna Jo Napoli
- Jandy Nelson
- Marilyn Nelson
- Patrick Ness
- Susin Nielsen
- Marieke Nijkamp
- Jennifer Niven
- Garth Nix
- Alyson Noel
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- Celestial Timepiece: A Joyce Carol Oates Patchwork
- Sarah Ockler
- Ellen Oh
- Lauren Oliver
- Kenneth Oppel
- Susan Orlean
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- Danielle Paige
- World of Wonder by Author R. J. Palacio
- Sara Paretsky
- Elizabeth Partridge
- Christopher Paolini
- James Patterson
- Mary E. Pearson
- Mal Peet
- Dave Pelzer
- Matt de la Pena
- Ashley Hope Perez
- Stephanie Perkins
- Susan Beth Pfeffer
- Nathaniel Philbrick
- Ben Philippe
- Jodi Picoult
- Tamora Pierce
- Sarah Prineas
- Gae Polisner
- Michael Pollan
- Frank Portman
- Terry Pratchett
- Margi Preus
- Cherie Priest
- Philip Pullman
- Alice Pung
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- Jared Reck
- Trent Reedy
- Catherine Reef
- Amy Carol Reeves
- Brendan Reichs
- Kathy Reichs
- Dana Reinhardt
- Laura Resau
- Beth Revis
- Jason Reynolds
- Justin A. Reynolds
- Randy Ribay
- Ann Rice
- Ransom Riggs
- Mary Roach
- Robin Roe
- Elizabeth Ross
- Veronica Roth
- Rainbow Rowell
- J. K. Rowling
- Lance Rubin
- Laura Ruby
- Carlos Ruiz Zafon
- Karen Russell
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- Aisha Saeed
- Benjamin Alire Saenz
- Leila Sales
- Robyn Schneider
- Ruta Sepetys
- Diane Setterfield
- Jeff Shaara
- Megan Shepherd
- Vicky Alvear Shecter
- Steve Sheinkin
- Neal Shusterman
- Samantha Silva
- Shel Silverstein
- Rebecca Skloot
- Andrew Smith
- Jennifer E. Smith
- Sherri L. Smith
- Sonya Sones
- Gary Soto
- Nicholas Sparks
- Vesper Stamper
- Nic Stone
- Francisco X. Stork
- Maggie Stiefvater
- Todd Strasser
- Tara Sullivan
- Nova Ren Suma
- Courtney Summers
- Suzanne Supplee
- Natalia Sylvester
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- Sabaa Tahir
- Mariko Tamaki
- Amy Tan
- Janet Tashjian
- Laini Taylor's Blog
- Angie Thomas
- Terry Trueman
- Lynne Truss
- Anne Tyler
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- Mark Wakely
- Sally Walker
- Jeannette Walls
- Renee Watson
- Will Weaver
- Elizabeth Wein
- Andy Weir
- Robison Wells
- Nancy Werlin
- Kasie West
- Scott Westerfeld
- John Corey Whaley
- Kiersten White
- Colson Whitehead
- The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity
- Deborah Wiles
- Carol Lynch Williams
- Allan Wolf
- Jacqueline Woodson
- Bob Woodward
- Tim Wynne-Jones
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- Rick Yancey
- Gene Luen Yang
- Jane Yolen
- Nicolo Yoon
- Suzanne Young
- Allen Zadoff
- Francesca Zappia
- Sara Zarr
- Gabrielle Zevin
- Paul Zindel
- Ibi Aanu Zoboi
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