Authors Young Adult
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Scarlett Dunmore
How to Survive a Horror Movie, Scarlett Dunmore's debut novel for YA readers, was inspired by her own love of scary films and halloween. Scarlett studied English and Creative Writing, eventually finding a love for YA literature. When she's not writing, she can often be found watching sc...
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Chris Vick
Chris Vick tells us how his latest novel, Shadow Creatures, was inspired by his family's experiences in Norway during World War II. Chris is a graduate of the Bath Spa MA in Writing for Young People. In between writing and teaching, Chris works for a whale and dolphin c...
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Logan-Ashley Kisner
Old Wounds takes us to a sleepy backwater town to explore identity and questions around transness. It is Logan Ashley-Kisner's debut YA horror novel. Logan-Ashley is a trans and queer author, born, raised and still living in Las Vegas, Nevada. He studied Creative Writ...
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Jenny Valentine
Jenny Valentine introduces her new YA book, Us in the Before and After, a powerful and absorbing novel about friendship, first love, and letting go. Jenny Valentine is an award-winning writer for Young Adults. Her first novel Finding Violet Park won the Guardian prize in 2007 and since...
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Laura Jane Williams
Queen of the cute-meet Laura Jane Williams introduces her debut novel for teenagers, Taylor Blake is a Legend. Laura is Grazia's former dating columnist; she wrote a weekly column for Red magazine online, and was Marie Claire's Break Free from Fe...
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Helen Comerford
Helen Comerford is a Black mixed-race British debut author and is passionate about Black British and mixed heritage representation. She centres her diverse cast of characters in narratives they have historically been excluded from and celebrates their joys, strengths and every...
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Efua Traoré
Efua Traoré's latest novel Sister Spirit draws on her years growing up in Nigeria, as well as the mythology and supernatural beliefs of the region. Efua grew up in a small town in Nigeria and, for as long as she can remember, her head was filled with little stories but...
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Shade Lapite
Shade Lapite is British-Nigerian and has drawn on her heritage to create the world of Goddess Crown. She spent a significant slice of her childhood nestled in the library, inhaling books by Diana Wynne Jones, Tamora Pierce, Lois Duncan and Mildred D Taylor. Her love for the arts led her to a d...
