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Our Favorite Authors

Authors are listed in alphabetical order by last name.

VC Andrews

Author of over 60 books including the YA Classic, Flowers in the Attic.

Jane Austen

She may have died nearly 200 years ago, but her books (Pride & Prejudice) are still popular with girls of all ages today.  This site includes information about Jane and her books along with links to other Austen sites.

Avi

Author of a variety of books for children & teens, including the 2003 Newbery Award Winner Crispin: The Cross of Lead.

TA Barron

Fantasy writer who has penned the series The Great Tree of Avalon and The Lost Years of Merlin.

Joan Bauer

Winner of the Newbery Honor, her books include Best Foot Forward and Hope Was Here.

Holly Black

Goth chick, coffee lover, and writer of the Modern Tale of Faerie books (Valiant) and co-author of the Spiderwick Chronicles with Toni DiTerlizzi.

Libba Bray

Author of the Gemma Doyle trilogy (A Great & Terrible Beauty).

Herbie Brennan

Herbie (a name I just love to say) is the author of the Faerie Wars series.

Meg Cabot

One of YA's most popular and prolific authors.  Some of her more popular works includes the Princess Diaries Series, the Mediator Series, and Avalon High.  This site is a must for fans who want to keep up all the new books she is putting out!

Rachel Caine

Read more about her Morganville Vampire series (and watch in fascination as Eve's eyes follow your cursor around the computer screen).

Patrick Carman

Author of the Land of Elyon series.

Eion Colfer

Sci-Fi and Fantasy fans can find out more about Artemis Fowl on this comprehensive site.

Susan Cooper

Susan has been writing books for more than 30 years.  Her Dark is Rising series has won her both a Newbery Honor and Award.

Melissa de la Cruz

Fashion advice, a blog of the author's thoughts on a variety of subjects, and information on her books (including the Blue Bloods series) can be found here.

Charles deLint

Homepage of one of Fantasy's gurus.  His YA titles include The Blue Girl and Little [grrrrl] Lost.

Sarah Dessen

YA Chick Lit author whose work includes the much loved Just Listen and The Truth About Forever.

Cornelia Funke

Check out the latest information on the new Inkheart movie and discover what else this German author has been up to.

John Green

Printz prize winner John Green's official site (which talks about his books Looking for Alaska and An Abundance of Katherines) is accessible through the above link.  You can also check out his Nerdfighter site here.

Shannon Hale

Author of Goosegirl and the Newbery Honor book The Princess Academy.

Carl Hiaasen

This website is a Hoot.  (Ha!  See what I did there?)

Anthony Horowtiz

Alex Rider's official web site.

Erin Hunter

Meow!  The Warrior Cats site has book info, news, and games.

Brian Jacques

Did you know that there are more than 18 Redwall books?  This site can help you keep them in order.

Maureen Johnson

This site includes not only information about Maureen & her books (which includes Devilish and 13 Little Blue Envelopes), but also travel tips, a podcast, and a blog.  Be sure and check it out.  This chick is completely made of awesome.

PB Kerr

This site has some of the creepiest creatures I've ever seen!  I mean, really creepy.  Like I might have nightmares.  Oh, and it also has some information about his Children of the Lamp series.

DJ MacHale

Join in on Bobby Pendragon's adventures on this site.

Stephenie Meyer

Author of the popular Twilight Saga (Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse).  Her site offers links to fan sites, deleted materials from the books, and information on the upcoming movie!

Garth Nix

Australian author of several fantasy series including the Abhorsen Trilogy and The Keys to the Kingdom.

Christopher Paolini

Did you know that Christopher was only 15 when he wrote Eragon?  Find out more about Christopher and his books on this site.

Philip Pullman

The guy behind the His Dark Materials books (which includes The Golden Compass).

Louise Rennison

The tres bonne site of everyone's favorite British school girl Georgia Nicolson (whose confessions started with Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging).

JK Rowling

Harry Potter.  That's all you need to know.

Angie Sage

Author of the Septimus Heap series for YAs and the Araminta Spookie series for Juniors.

Darren Shan

He looks too sweet to have written the Cirque du Freak books, no?

Robert Stanek

Enter the world of the Ruin Mist chronicles.

Jonathan Stroud

Author of the Bartimaeus trilogy.

Scott Westerfeld

YA's sci-fi god rules his kingdom from this website.

 

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