- Sarah Aronson
- Julie Bertagna
- 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
- Kathryn James
- Sarah Lean
- Lindsey Leavitt
- Jon Mayhew
- Megan Miranda
- Annemarie O'Brien
- Valerie Patterson
- Leila Rasheed
- Jeyn Roberts
- Erica Lorraine Scheidt
- Amy Sparkes
- Tricia Springstubb
- Shawn Stout
- Talia Vance
- Blythe Woolston
- Brenna Yovanoff
Our authors
Sarah Aronson
Sarah Aronson, author of HEAD CASE (Yalsa Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers, 2008) and now BEYOND LUCKY, lives in New Hampshire.
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.
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. 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. www.yamuses.blogspot.com
Elle Cosimano
Elle Cosimano set aside a successful real-estate career to write. DEAD BLUE is her debut novel and she lives with her family in Virginia. www.ellecosimano.
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 genre-busting novel about a young boy’s survival in winter that never ends. It will be published in 2012.
Sarah Crossan
Sarah Crossan is Irish and lives in the US, where she teaches English Literature. THE WEIGHT OF WATER, her first novel, will be published in 2012.
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, 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.
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, grew from a road trip she made out West.
Kathryn James
Kathryn James lives in Leicester with her family. She’s a filmmaker who documents the lives of Gypsies living in the UK.
Sarah Lean
Sarah Lean lives in Dorset with her family. She’s a fabulous new talent in 8+ girl’s fiction.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Amy Sparkes
Amy writes picture books and fiction for younger readers. WELCOME TO THE STRANGEST ZOO will publish in 2013.
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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 writes wonderfully quirky, funny and charming young fiction. PENELOPE CRUMB publishes with Philomel/Penguin 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.
Brenna Yovanoff
Brenna Yovanoff’s extraordinary debut YA novel, THE REPLACEMENT, is a New York Times bestseller and has been described as ‘Edward Scissorhands meets Catcher in the Rye’
