Teens

Becky Albertalli is the award-winning author of Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda, now a major motion picture: Love, Simon. Her other works include: The Upside of Unrequited, Leah on the Offbeat, and What if It's Us (in collaboration with Adam Silvera).

Leigh Bardugo is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of fantasy novels and the creator of the Grishaverse (now a Netflix original series) which spans the Shadow and Bone Trilogy, the Six of Crows Duology, The Language of Thorns, and King of Scars—with more to come.

Maureen Johnson is the #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of several YA novels, including 13 Little Blue Envelopes, Suite Scarlett, The Name of the Star, and Truly Devious. She has also done collaborative works, such as Let It Snow with John Green and Lauren Myracle (now on Netflix), and several works in the Shadowhunter universe with Cassandra Clare.

Marie Lu is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Legend trilogy and The Young Elites trilogy.

Patrick Ness wrote nine books: two novels for adults (The Crash of Hennington and The Crane Wife), one short story collection for adults (Topics About Which I Know Nothing) and six novels for young adults (The Knife of Never Letting Go, The Ask and the Answer, Monsters of Men, A Monster Calls, More Than This and The Rest of Us Just Live Here).

Rainbow Rowell writes all kinds of stuff. Sometimes she writes about adults (Attachments, Landline). Sometimes she writes about teenagers (Eleanor & Park, Fangirl). Sometimes — actually, a lot of the time — she writes about lovesick vampires and guys with dragon wings. (The Simon Snow Trilogy). Recently, she’s been writing comics, including her first graphic novel, Pumpkinheads, and the monthly Runaways comic for Marvel.

J. K. Rowling conceived the idea of Harry Potter in 1990 while sitting on a delayed train from Manchester to London King’s Cross. Over the next five years, she began to map out all seven books of the series. Having completed the full manuscript, she sent the first three chapters to several literary agents, one of whom wrote back asking to see the rest of it. She says it was “the best letter I had ever received in my life.”

Nicola Yoon is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Instructions for Dancing, Everything, Everything and The Sun Is Also a Star. She is a National Book Award finalist, a Michael L. Printz Honor Book recipient, and a Coretta Scott King New Talent Award winner. Two of her novels have been made into major motion pictures.

Markus Zusak is the award-winning, #1 bestselling author of The Book Thief, I Am the Messenger, Fighting Ruben Wolf, and Getting the Girl.