Ex-freelance journalist, John Connolly is now an Irish author who is known for writing supernatural crime thrillers, young adult fantasy, and science-fiction series. Connolly is mostly known for his series of novels starring the anti-hero private detective Charlie Parker, a former police officer hunting the killer of his wife and daughter. Since 2009, he has…
Does James Patterson need an introduction? His books have sold more than 400 million copies, and he was the first person to sell 1 million e-books. As he was working in advertising, he started to write books and published his first novel, “The Thomas Berryman Number”, in 1976. Since then, he wrote more than 200…
American writer and poet Ellen Louise Hopkins began her writing career in 1990, first writing nonfiction books for children (not listed below) before becoming a young adult fiction writer. She has written several books in verse, about teenage struggles such as drug addiction, mental illness, and prostitution. She exploded onto the New York Times’ bestseller…
David Baldacci is an American novelist born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. He practiced law in Washington, D.C. for a few years before publishing his first book, Absolute Power in 1996. Soon after, the book got a feature film adaptation followed, with Clint Eastwood as its director and star. Since then, David Baldacci has published…
The Shatter Me series is a young adult dystopian thriller series written by Iranian-American author Tahereh Mafi. In a crumbling world under the dictatorship of the Reestablishment, the young Juliette Ferrars is locked away in a cell. She is not an ordinary teenager. In fact, she is a lethal one as a touch from her…
Not to be confused with James Cameron’s movie of the same name, Avatar is an American multimedia franchise consisting of two animated television series, a live-action film, comics, books, video games, home media, and soundtracks. All began with the television series Avatar: The Last Airbender, an animated television series produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studios. Set…
Also known as Percy Jackson & the Olympians, the book series by Rick Riordan is a fantasy series about a young man called Percy Jackson. One day, after being attacked by a Minotaur, Percy discovers that he is a demigod, the son of Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea. His life changes completely as…
Written by Australian fantasy author Garth Nix, who specialized in children’s and young adult fantasy novels, The Keys to the Kingdom chronicles the adventures of Arthur Penhaligon, an asthmatic 12-year-old boy who is chosen to become the Rightful Heir of the House, the center of the universe. Arthur must now attempt to defeat the Morrow…
Markus Zusak is an award-winning international bestseller writer from Australia – with Austrian and German roots – who published his first book, The Underdog, in 1999. Since then, he found great success, notably with The Book Thief (which was adapted as a film of the same name with Geoffrey Rush and Emily Watson in 2013)…
The World of Mortal Engines is a series of epic young adult fantasy novels by the British novelist and illustrator Philip Reeve, consisting of two series, a short story collection and a guide. Set thousands of years in the future at a time known as the Traction Era, Mortal Engines tells the story of two…
Born in 1977 in Indianapolis, Indiana, John Green is an American author and YouTube content creator- he is half of the VlogBrothers with his brother Hank (also a published author), a channel where they post videos discussing various topics, including literature, science, and social issues… John Green became well known for his young adult books,…
Michael Vey is the main protagonist in the Richard Paul Evans young adult science-fiction series. He is a fourteen-year-old teenager who is diagnosed with Tourette’s syndrome and has the ability to pulse or surge electricity out of the palms of his hands. Obviously, he thinks he is the only one with that kind of power,…
