Young Adult Authors
Becky Allen Becky Allen’s first young adult fantasy novel, BOUND BY BLOOD AND SAND (Delacorte), addresses issues of power and justice as it follows a slave leading her people to revolution. (HB)
Annie Barrows Annie Barrows’ young adult novel following the story of two ordinary teenage girls, NOTHING (Greenwillow), was published in 2017. (LD)
Kat Beyer Author of THE DEMON CATCHERS OF MILAN, which is about a girl who must travel to Italy to learn the secret of her dangerous family business of exorcism (Egmont). (CB)
Jennifer Chen Jennifer Chen is a journalist. Her debut novel, ARTIFACTS OF AN EX, comes out from Wednesday Books in November 2023. Her short story, “Pearls of Wisdom,” is featured in the YA anthology, FIRST-YEAR ORIENTATION (Candlewick Press, April 2023). (CF)
Jerri Chisholm Jerri Chisholm is a distance runner, chocolate addict, and author of the dystopian YA Eleven trilogy (Entangled Teen) and the Pretty Little Robots trilogy (Wise Wolf Books). (RB)
Nia Davenport Nia Davenport writes YA novels across genres. Her two upcoming novels are her witchy rom-com LOVE SPELLS TROUBLE (Bloomsbury Children’s) and the YA thriller OUT OF BODY (Balzer & Bray). She also writes adult fantasy under N.E. Davenport. (CF)
Ronnie Davis Ronni Davis’ debut novel WHEN THE STARS LEAD TO YOU (Little, Brown Children’s) is a contemporary YA about an intense first-love romance complicated by marginalization, mental illness, and prejudice. (CF)
Bethany Frenette Bethany Frenette is the author if the fantastic YA dark fantasy trilogy DARK STAR, which includes the titles DARK STAR, BURN BRIGHT, and FIRE FALL (Hyperion). (CB)
Rosamund Hodge Rosamund Hodge writes young adult fantasy novels and fairytale retellings, including CRUEL BEAUTY and CRIMSON BOUND (Balzer & Bray/HarperCollins), and a two-book reimagining of Romeo and Juliet in a fantasy world, which is introduced with BRIGHT SMOKE, COLD FIRE (Balzer & Bray). (HB)
Ariel Kaplan Ariel Kaplan’s debut novel from Knopf, GRENDEL’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND WAR (Knopf Books for Young Readers), is a funny and poignant reimagining of the epic of Beowulf as a prank war between teen neighbors. (HB)
Rachel Neumeier YA fantasy author of KEEPER OF THE MIST and THE FLOATING ISLANDS, which was selected as one of ALA’s 2012 Best Fiction for Young Adults, a Junior Library Guild Selection, and a Kirkus Best of 2011 Selection (Knopf Children’s). (CB)
Farah Naz Rishi Farah Naz Rishi is a Pakistani-American Muslim writer and voice actor. She is the author of the YA novels I HOPE YOU GET THIS MESSAGE and IT ALL COMES BACK TO YOU (HarperTeen). (HB)
AdriAnne Strickland AdriAnne Strickland writes YA dark fantasy and space opera. Her newest book is IN THE RAVENOUS DARK (Feiwel & Friends). (HB)