Writers of young adult literature

The list Writers of young adult literature includes John Barrowman, J.K. Rowling, Stephenie Meyer, John Green and Judy Blume. The list consists of 255 members and 8 sublists.

Coretta Scott King Award winners
69T
expand_more
Lambda Literary Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature winners
23T
expand_more
Margaret A. Edwards Award winners
58T
expand_more
Michael L. Printz Award winners
33T
expand_more
Women writers of young adult literature
4L, 401T
expand_more
Writers of young adult science fiction
50T
expand_more
Writers of young adult literature by nationality
17L
expand_more
Young adult novelists
2L, 3T
expand_more
- Nabila Jamshed

1.

Mae Martin

Canadian comedian and actor

Overview: Mae Martin (born 2 May 1987) is a Canadian-born comedian, actor, and screenwriter based in England. They wrote and starred in the Netflix comedy series Feel Good and won two Canadian Comedy Awards as part ...

Date of birth: 2 May 1987

Age: 38

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

Partner: Parvati Shallow (Dating)

0 0

Canadian bisexual actors 11T

Canadian bisexual writers 32T

Canadian LGBT comedians 34T
2.

John Barrowman

Scottish-American actor, author, and singer (born 1967)

Overview: John Barrowman MBE (born 11 March 1967) is a Scottish-American actor, singer, presenter, author, and comic book writer. Born in Glasgow, Barrowman moved to the U.S. with his family in 1975. Encouraged ...

Date of birth: 11 March 1967

Age: 58

Nationality: Scottish

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

Partner: Scott Gill (Married)

0 0

Scottish gay actors 7T

British gay musicians 15T

LGBT actors from Scotland 9T
3.

J.K. Rowling

British, Writer

Overview: Joanne Rowling CH, OBE, HonFRSE, FRCPE, FRSL ( ROH-ling; born 31 July 1965), better known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author, screenwriter, producer, and philanthropist ...

Date of birth: 31 July 1965

Age: 59

Nationality: British

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

Partner: Neil Murray (Married)

0 0

British women writers of young adult literature 57T

British women science fiction and fantasy writers 138T

British women philanthropists 48T
4.

Stephenie Meyer

American author

Overview: Stephenie Meyer (née Morgan; born December 24, 1973) is an American novelist. She is best known for her vampire romance series Twilight, which has sold over 100 million copies, with translations into 37 ...

Date of birth: 24 December 1973

Age: 51

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

Partner: Christian (aka Pancho) Meyer (Married)

0 0

Latter Day Saints from Connecticut 23T

Latter Day Saints from Arizona 115T

People from Cave Creek, Arizona 11T
5.

John Green

American author and YouTuber (born 1977)

Overview: John Michael Green (born August 24, 1977) is an American author and YouTube content creator. He won the 2006 Printz Award for his debut novel, Looking for Alaska, and his fourth solo novel, The Fault in ...

Date of birth: 24 August 1977

Age: 47

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

Partner: Sarah Urist (Married)

0 0

Educational and science YouTubers 27T

YouTube vloggers 137T

American men podcasters 368T
6.

Judy Blume

American writer of children, young adult and adult works (born 1938)

Overview: Judith Blume (née Sussman; February 12, 1938) is an American writer of children's, young adult (YA) and adult fiction. Some of her best known works are Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (1970), Tales ...

Date of birth: 12 February 1938

Age: 87

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

Partner: George Cooper (writer) (Married)

0 0

Novelists from New Jersey 239T

Writers from Plainfield, New Jersey 28T

Writers from Elizabeth, New Jersey 26T
7.

Sarah Dessen

American novelist

Overview: Sarah Dessen (born June 6, 1970) is an American novelist who lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Date of birth: 6 June 1970

Age: 55

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

Partner: Jay Earl Marks (Married)

0 0

Shorty Award winners 210T

Greensboro College alumni 7T

Novelists from North Carolina 109T
8.

Christopher Paolini

American writer

Overview: Christopher James Paolini (born November 17, 1983) is an American author. He is best known for The Inheritance Cycle, which consists of the books Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance, and most recently ...

Date of birth: 17 November 1983

Age: 41

Nationality: American

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Male

0 0

21st-century American male writers 3,233T

American writers of young adult literature 192T

American male novelists 4,833T
9.

Stephen Chbosky

American writer and director (born 1970)

Overview: Stephen Chbosky (born January 25, 1970) is an American novelist, screenwriter, and film director best-known for writing The New York Times bestselling coming-of-age novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower ...

Date of birth: 22 January 1970

Age: 55

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

0 0

21st-century American male writers 3,233T

20th-century American male writers 6,911T

Screenwriters from Pennsylvania 194T
10.

S.E. Hinton

American, Writer

Overview: Susan Eloise Hinton (born July 22, 1948) is an American writer best known for her young-adult novels (YA) set in Oklahoma, especially The Outsiders (1967), which she wrote during high school. Hinton is ...

Date of birth: 11 July 1948

Age: 76

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

Partner: David Inhofe (Married)

0 0

American women writers of young adult literature 255T

Will Rogers High School alumni 30T

Novelists from Oklahoma 66T
11.

Meg Cabot

Novelist

Overview: Meggin Patricia Cabot (born February 1, 1967) is an American author of romantic and paranormal fiction for teenagers and adults. She has written and published over fifty books and is best known for Princess ...

Date of birth: 1 February 1967

Age: 58

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Benjamin D. Egnatz (Married)

0 0

Novelists from Indiana 102T

21st-century American women writers 4,233T

20th-century American women writers 5,363T
12.

Sara Shepard

Author

Overview: Sara Shepard (born April 8, 1977) is an American author. She is known for the bestselling Pretty Little Liars and The Lying Game book series, both of which have been turned into television shows on Freeform ...

Date of birth: 8 April 1977

Age: 48

Nationality: American

Occupation: Author

Gender: Female

Partner: Joel Wilkens (Married)

0 0

Novelists from Pennsylvania 345T

Novelists from Arizona 69T

21st-century American women writers 4,233T
13.

Mary Downing Hahn

American children's writer

Overview: Mary Downing Hahn (born December 9, 1937) is an American writer of young adult novels and a former school librarian. She is known for books such as Stepping On The Cracks and Wait Till Helen Comes. She ...

Date of birth: 9 December 1937

Age: 87

Nationality: American

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Female

0 0

American women librarians 446T

Novelists from Maryland 113T

Women librarians 627T
14.

Maggie Stiefvater

American writer

Overview: Margaret Stiefvater ( STEE-vah-tər; born November 18, 1981) is an American writer of Young Adult fiction, known mainly for her series of fantasy novels The Wolves of Mercy Falls and The Raven Cycle. She ...

Date of birth: 18 November 1981

Age: 43

Nationality: American

Occupation: Author

Gender: Female

Partner: Edward Stiefvater (Married)

0 0

Novelists from Virginia 163T

21st-century American women writers 4,233T

Women writers of young adult literature 293T
15.

Marijane Meaker

American writer

Overview: Marijane Agnes Meaker (May 27, 1927 – November 21, 2022) was an American writer who, along with Tereska Torres, was credited with launching the lesbian pulp fiction genre, the only accessible novels on ...

Date of birth: 27 May 1927

Date of death: 21 November 2022

Age: 95 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Female

0 0

Pseudonymous women writers 644T

American women children's writers 582T

21st-century American women writers 4,233T
16.

Avi

American children's writer

Overview: Edward Irving Wortis (born 23 December 1937), better known by the pen name Avi, is an American author of young adult and children's literature. He is a winner of the Newbery Medal and twice one of the ...

Date of birth: 23 December 1937

Age: 87

Nationality: American

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Male

0 0

21st-century American male writers 3,233T

20th-century American male writers 6,911T

Novelists from New York (state) 1,277T
17.

Gary Soto

American writer

Overview: Gary Anthony Soto (born April 12, 1952) is an American poet, novelist, and memoirist.

Date of birth: 12 April 1952

Age: 73

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

0 0

American Book Award winners 440T

American male poets 2,150T

American writers of young adult literature 192T
18.

Ann M. Martin

American writer of children's literature

Overview: Ann Matthews Martin (born August 12, 1955) is an American children's fiction writer, known best for The Baby-Sitters Club series.

Date of birth: 12 August 1955

Age: 69

Nationality: American

Occupation: Novelist

Gender: Female

0 0

Princeton High School (New Jersey) alumni 34T

Novelists from New Jersey 239T

American women children's writers 582T
19.

Madeleine L'Engle

American writer (1918–2007)

Overview: Madeleine L'Engle Camp (November 29, 1918 – September 6, 2007) was an American writer of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and young adult fiction, including A Wrinkle in Time and its sequels: A Wind in the ...

Date of birth: 29 November 1918

Date of death: 6 September 2007

Age: 88 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

0 0

20th-century American memoirists 455T

20th-century memoirists 836T

American women memoirists 693T
20.

Caroline B. Cooney

American author

Overview: Caroline B. Cooney (born May 10, 1947) is an American author of suspense, romance, horror, and mystery books for adults.

Date of birth: 10 May 1947

Age: 78

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

0 0

Novelists from New York (state) 1,325T

Novelists from Connecticut 176T

People from Old Greenwich, Connecticut 20T