young adult literature: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	YA fiction • young adult fiction • YA literature • YA lit

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Key People

Judy Blume

Judy Blume

American author

Walter Dean Myers

Walter Dean Myers

American children’s author

Isabel Allende, 2008

Isabel Allende

Chilean American writer

John Green

John Green

American author

Jacqueline Woodson

Jacqueline Woodson

American author

Jason Reynolds

Jason Reynolds

American author

Kwame Alexander

Kwame Alexander

American poet and children’s author

George Takei as Hikaru Sulu in Star Trek, wearing a gold Starfleet uniform and looking intently ahead, with a blurred red and gray background.

George Takei

American actor, writer, and activist

Nnedi Okorafor

Nnedi Okorafor

Nigerian American author

Laurence Yep

Laurence Yep

American author

Angie Thomas, 2018

Angie Thomas

American author

Naomi Shihab Nye

Naomi Shihab Nye

American poet and children’s author

Matt de la Peña

Matt de la Peña

American writer

Derrick Barnes

Derrick Barnes

American author

Veronica Roth

Veronica Roth

American author

Neal Shusterman

Neal Shusterman

American author

Dan Santat

Dan Santat

American illustrator and author

Nikki Grimes

Nikki Grimes

American author and poet

Raina Telgemeier

Raina Telgemeier

American author and illustrator

S.E. Hinton

S.E. Hinton

American author