- Courtney Alameda
- Sarah Aronson
- Kate Bassett
- Romily Bernard
- Julie Bertagna
- Allan Boroughs
- Tami Lewis Brown
- Caroline Carlson
- Sarwat Chadda
- Lil Chase
- Amanda Cockrell
- Winifred Conkling
- Anne-Marie Conway
- Donna Cooner
- Elle Cosimano
- Sue Cowing
- SD Crockett
- Sarah Crossan
- Stephen Davies
- Alexandra Diaz
- Helen Douglas
- Ashley Elston
- Michael Ford
- Harriet Goodwin
- Teresa Harris
- Jill Hathaway
- Amy Holder
- Elissa Hoole
- Jessie Humphries
- Kathryn James
- Pip Jones
- Kate Kelly
- Sarah Lean
- Lindsey Leavitt
- Catherine Linka
- Jon Mayhew
- Cori McCarthy
- Wendy Mills
- Megan Miranda
- Hannah Moskowitz
- Annemarie O'Brien
- CJ Omololu
- Natalie C. Parker
- Valerie Patterson
- Leila Rasheed
- Jeyn Roberts
- Erica Lorraine Scheidt
- Michelle Schusterman
- Tess Sharpe
- Nikki Sheehan
- Rebecca Westcott Smith
- Amy Sparkes
- Tricia Springstubb
- Shawn Stout
- Talia Vance
- Blythe Woolston
- Kat Yeh
- Brenna Yovanoff
Our authors
Courtney Alameda
Courtney Alameda is a veteran bookseller and librarian. SHUTTER is her YA debut.
Sarah Aronson
Sarah Aronson, author of HEAD CASE (Yalsa Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers, 2008) and now BEYOND LUCKY, lives in Illinois
Kate Bassett
Kate Bassett is the editor of her small town’s paper, Harbor Light News. WORDS AND THEIR MEANINGS is her YA debut.
Romily Bernard
Romily Bernard lives in Atlanta and works in corporate law. FIND ME is her YA debut. www.romilybernard.com
Julie Bertagna
Julie Bertagna is the acclaimed author of several novels for children and young adults, but best known for her dystopian EXODUS trilogy. Described as ‘a miracle of a novel . . . a book you will remember for the rest of your life’ (Guardian), EXODUS was shortlisted for the UK’s Whitbread Children’s Book of the Year. Julie lives in Glasgow, Scotland.
Allan Boroughs
Allan is a qualified karate instructor and a founder member of the FuturePerfect Writers group. IRONHEART is his first novel for young readers. Allan lives in London.
Tami Lewis Brown
Tami Lewis Brown, author of THE MAP OF ME, left a career as a trial lawyer to earn an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College.
Caroline Carlson
Caroline Carlson has an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts and is Assistant Children’s & YA Literature Editor at Hunger Mountain, the VCFA journal of the arts. She is also a published poet (for adults) and has won several awards for her work. She lives with her husband in Pittsburgh, PA.
Sarwat Chadda
Sarwat Chadda is author of block-busting DEVIL’S KISS, a B&N Top 20 YA novel of 2009, DARK GODDESS, and the ASH MISTRY series set in India. A Londoner, he looks at the world from both East and West.
Lil Chase
Lil Chase is an editor living in London. She started writing her first novel BOYS FOR BEGINNERS when she was 11.
Amanda Cockrell
Amanda Cockrell is founding director of the graduate program in children’s literature at Hollins University, Virginia, where she also teaches creative writing and literature. WHAT WE KEEP IS NOT ALWAYS WHAT WILL STAY is her first novel for young adults.
Winifred Conkling
Winifred Conkling is the author of many non-fiction titles for adults, but SYLVIA AND AKI is her debut for young readers. She lives in Northern Virginia and is currently studying for an MFA in children’s/YA writing.
Anne-Marie Conway
Anne-Marie Conway is a teacher who specializes in drama. She runs her own children’s theatre company, which inspired STARMAKERS. She lives in London with her family.
Donna Cooner
Donna Cooner is Director of the School of Teacher Education and Principal Preparation at Colorado State University. SKINNY is her debut novel.
Elle Cosimano
Elle Cosimano set aside a successful real-estate career to write. NEARLY GONE is her debut novel and she lives with her family in the Washington DC area.
Sue Cowing
Sue Cowing grew up in Galesburg, Illinois, but moved to Hawaii to study Chinese history and still lives in Honolulu. YOU WILL CALL ME DROG is her debut novel.
SD Crockett
SD Crockett lives in the beech forests of Southern France. Her first book, AFTER THE SNOW, is the story of a young boy’s survival in a winter that never ends. She was a Finalist in the William C Morris Debut YA Award.
Sarah Crossan
Sarah Crossan is Irish and lives in the US, where she teaches English Literature. She writes for both 10+ and young adults.
Stephen Davies
Stephen Davies lives in Burkina Faso and writes pacy, action packed adventure thrillers for boys.
Alexandra Diaz
Alexandra Diaz currently lives in New Mexico, but has also lived in the UK and other parts of the USA. OF ALL THE STUPID THINGS is her first novel; her one-act plays have been performed in Britain and the US.
Helen Douglas
Helen lives in Cornwall with her family. Her first book, AFTER EDEN, will be published in 2013.
Ashley Elston
Ashley Elston, the daughter of an attorney, grew up surrounded by talk of court cases and the law, and this inspired her debut novel, THE RULES FOR DISAPPEARING. She lives in Shreveport, Louisiana with her family. http://ashleyelston.com
Michael Ford
Michael Ford has written several novels and non-fiction books for children and works as a fiction editor in London.
Harriet Goodwin
Harriet Goodwin is a professional singer, has four children, and lives in a remote English village. THE BOY WHO FELL DOWN EXIT 43, her debut novel, was shortlisted for the UK’s 2010 Blue Peter Book Awards as well as many of regional awards.
Teresa Harris
Teresa lives in New Jersey. Her debut picturebook, SUMMER JACKSON: GROWN UP,was published in 2011, and her debut middle-grade novel publishes in 2013.
Jill Hathaway
Jill Hathaway grew up in Iowa and lives in the Des Moines area with her family. She is a high-school English teacher and SLIDE is her debut YA novel.
Amy Holder
Amy Holder’s sizzling and hilarious debut novel, THE LIPSTICK LAWS (Houghton Mifflin, April 2011), marks the arrival of a bright new talent in contemporary YA fiction. She lives in Pennsylvania.
Elissa Hoole
Elissa Hoole lives with her family in Minnesota and her YA debut, KISS THE MORNING STAR (chosen for the Rainbow Booklist at ALA 2013), grew from a road trip she made out West.
Jessie Humphries
Jessie Humphries’ debut novel KILLING RUBY ROSE will be published by Amazon in Summer 2013. Jessie lives with her family in Las Vegas.
Kathryn James
Kathryn James lives in Leicester with her family. She’s a filmmaker who documents the lives of Gypsies living in the UK.
Pip Jones
Pip is a writer and editor living in London.
She is winner of the 2012 Greenhouse Funny Prize.
Kate Kelly
Kate lives in Dorset with her family. Her debut novel, RED ROCK, will publish in 2013.
Sarah Lean
Sarah Lean lives in Dorset with her family. A DOG CALLED HOMELESS was one of the UK bestselling children’s debuts of 2012 and winner of the prestigious Schneider Middle Award in the US.
Lindsey Leavitt
Lindsey Leavitt is the author of the middle-grade series PRINCESS FOR HIRE and YA novel SEAN GRISWOLD’S HEAD. She lives in Las Vegas.
Catherine Linka
Catherine Linka is a highly experienced children’s bookseller based in La Canada, California. In 2009 she was awarded the Glenn Goldman scholarship for booksellers from SCIBA.
Jon Mayhew
Jon Mayhew lives in an ancient part of northern England, which helped to inspire his debut novel, MORTLOCK. A teacher for 20 years, he also loves music and running.
Cori McCarthy
Cori McCarthy has an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from VCFA. THE COLOR OF RAIN is her debut novel and she lives in Michigan with her family.
Wendy Mills
Wendy Mills lives with her family on the tropical island of Bokeelia, off the south-west coast of Florida where she spends her time writing and dodging hurricanes. POSITIVELY BEAUTIFUL is her debut YA novel.
Megan Miranda
Megan Miranda studied at M.I.T. and won awards for research in bioengineering before becoming a high-school science teacher. She lives in North Carolina with her young family, volunteering as an M.I.T. Educational Counselor. FRACTURE is her first novel.
Hannah Moskowitz
Hannah Moskowitz is a veteran YA and Middle-Grade author. She studies at the University of Maryland.
Annemarie O'Brien
Annemarie O’Brien has an MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She teaches writing courses at UC Berkeley and Stanford and edits children’s books for Room to Read. Having lived and worked in Russia for many years, she is now an adviser for Eurasia Strategy & Communications.
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CJ Omololu
CJ Omololu majored in English at U.C. Santa Barbara. Her latest YA novel TRANSCENDENCE was released in June of 2012.
Natalie C. Parker
Natalie C. Parker works in Higher Education and lives in Lawrence, Kansas. BEWARE THE WILD is her debut novel.
Valerie Patterson
Valerie Patterson lives in Leesburg, Virginia. Han Nolan, National Book Award winner, says of Val’s debut novel THE OTHER SIDE OF BLUE: ‘So beautifully written each word seems to shimmer.’
Leila Rasheed
Leila is author of the BATHSHEBA CLARICE DE TROP series for Usborne. She also workshops on writing for children. Leila lives in Birmingham.
Jeyn Roberts
Jeyn Roberts grew up in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. She is a former singer, songwriter, actress, bicycle courier and tree planter. DARK INSIDE is her thrilling debut novel.
Erica Lorraine Scheidt
Erica Scheidt lives in San Francisco and works for a non-profit, also serving on the board of directors of ISIS, a non-profit focusing on sex education. She has an MA in Creative Writing and volunteers at 826 Valencia. USES FOR BOYS is her debut novel.
Michelle Schusterman
Michelle Schusterman is a musician and freelance writer. She lives in New York City and the I HEART BAND series is her debut work for children.
Tess Sharpe
Tess Sharpe is a professional baker. FAR FROM YOU is her debut novel, and she lives, writes and bakes in California, near the Oregon border.
Nikki Sheehan
WHO FRAMED KLARIS CLIFF? is Nikki’s first book. It will publish in 2014. Nikki is a journalist and blogger and she lives in Brighton with her family.
Rebecca Westcott Smith
Rebecca is a writer and teacher from Dorset. DANDELION CLOCKS is her first novel.
Amy Sparkes
Amy writes picture books and fiction for younger readers. DO NOT ENTER THE MONSTER ZOO will publish in 2013.
Tricia Springstubb
Tricia Springstubb’s WHAT HAPPENED ON FOX STREET achieved three starred reviews (Horn Book, ALA Booklist, Kirkus Reviews) by publication. Tricia is an experienced writer in residence in schools and lives in Cleveland, Ohio.
Shawn Stout
Shawn Stout lives in Maryland and writes wonderfully quirky, funny and charming young fiction. PENELOPE CRUMB launched with Philomel in 2012, while her FIONA FINKELSTEIN mini-series is published by Aladdin/Simon & Schuster.
Talia Vance
Talia Vance is a practicing litigation attorney who lives in Northern California with her family. Before law school, she worked as a freelance writer, drafting scripts for corporate training films, and also as a horse trainer.
Blythe Woolston
Blythe Woolston’s THE FREAK OBSERVER won YALSA’s 2011 William C. Morris Award for a debut YA novel. Her second book, CATCH AND RELEASE, publishes in February 2012. She lives in Montana with her family.
Kat Yeh
Kate Yeh lives in Long Island, NY. THE TRUTH ABOUT TWINKIE PIE is her first middle grade novel, which will publish with Little, Brown in 2014.
Brenna Yovanoff
Brenna Yovanoff is the author of THE REPLACEMENT (a New York Times bestseller) and THE SPACE BETWEEN, both critically acclaimed. She lives in Denver, Colorado.