Ann Brashares

Ann Brashares

female
Barnard College alumni, youngadultfiction, Washington D.C., from New York City, Children's literature, Sidwell Friends School
Ann Brashares is an American writer of young adult fiction. She is best known as the author of "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" series of...
Margo Lanagan

Margo Lanagan

female, 49 years old
writer, Black Juice, August, 2006, World Fantasy Awards, youngadultfiction, Allen & Unwin
Margo Lanagan (born 1960) is an Australian writer of short stories and young adult fiction. Many of her books, including YA fiction, were only...
M. E. Kerr

M. E. Kerr

female, 82 years old
novelist, Marijane Meaker, lesbian pulp fiction, youngadultfiction, LGBT writer, pen name…Pulp Fiction, Young adult literature
M. E. Kerr (pen name of Marijane Meaker, born May 27, 1927), is an American author, primarily of young adult fiction. Meaker also published 20...
James Howe

James Howe

male, 63 years old
young adult, children's writer, American, author, juvenile, oneida…youngadultfiction, juvenile fiction
James Howe (born August 2, 1946, Oneida, New York) is the American author of several juvenile and young adult books, including the Bunnicula...
Louise Fitzhugh

Louise Fitzhugh

female, deceased (1974)
From Memphis, Tennessee, novelist, from the United States, LGBT writer, Nobody's Family is Going to Change, youngadultfiction…children's fiction, Young adult literature
Louise Fitzhugh (October 5, 1928 - November 19, 1974) was an American author and illustrator of children's fiction and young adult fiction. Her...
Eric Walters

Eric Walters

male, 52 years old
social worker, Stand Your Ground, Silver Birch Award, youngadultfiction, children's writer, Canadian
Eric Walters is one of Canada's leading authors of young adult fiction, and the only three-time winner of the Silver Birch Award (a children's book...
Elizabeth Haydon

Elizabeth Haydon

female
madrigal, East Coast of the United States, Herbalist, folklore, romance novel, madrigal singer…youngadultfiction, young adult, fantasy fiction
Elizabeth Haydon is a fantasy author, whose 1999 debut, "Rhapsody: Child of Blood", garnered comparisons with Goodkind, Jordan, and even Tolkien....
Theresa Breslin

Theresa Breslin

female
librarian, The Medici Seal, Medici families, Whispers in the Graveyard, youngadultfiction, Carnegie Medal
Theresa Breslin is a Scottish author, primarily of young adult fiction. She began writing when working as a librarian, and has published 25 books,...

M. Nourbese Philip

female, 62 years old
Trinidad and Tobago immigrants to Canada, Canadian women writer, University of the West Indies alumni, University of Western Ontario, CXC, Trinidad and Tobago poet…youngadultfiction, Young adult literature
Marlene Nourbese Philip (born 3 February 1947), usually credited as M. NourbeSe Philip, is a Canadian poet, novelist, playwright, essayist and...