Written by American author Jennifer L. Armentrout, The Lux Universe is a young-adult paranormal fantasy franchise comprised of three series (Lux, Arum, and Origin) and three companion books. The story begins with Katy Swartz, a young woman who moves from Florida to West Virginia right before her senior year and discovers a new hot but…
Alice Oseman is an award-winning English author known for her work in the young adult fiction genre. Her debut novel Solitaire was published by HarperCollins in 2014, when she was only 17 years old. Since then, Oseman wrote multiple novels and novellas but also wrote and illustrated the webcomic Heartstopper (later collected as graphic novels)….
The Time Quintet is a fantasy/science fiction series written by Madeleine L’Engle. And, as the title suggests, the series contains five novels. The Time Quintet series follows the lives of Meg Murry, her youngest brother Charles Wallace Murry, and their friend Calvin O’Keefe. Together, they try to save the world from evil forces. Everything began…
Written by American author Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen is a popular young adult fantasy series set in a world divided by blood. In fact, published in February 2015, Red Queen is the writer’s first book. The story centers on 17-year-old Mare Barrow who steals for a living. Her blood is red, like the one of…
Born on 19 May 1981, Kiera Cass is an American writer of young adult fiction. A graduate of Radford University with a B.S. in History, her first book, The Selection, was published in 2012 by HarperTeen. The Selection became a very popular young adult series composed of five full-length novels and multiple short stories. Kiera…
Adam Silvera is an American author of young adult fiction novels who started writing at a young age and quickly found his place in the publishing industry. Before finding success with his books, he worked as a children’s bookseller, community manager at a content development company, and book reviewer of children’s and young adult novels….
Written by Sara Shepard, the Pretty Little Liars book series is, of course, the inspiration for the popular TV Show. Set in Rosewood, Pennsylvania, the story of Pretty Little Liars is about four girls with secrets (Spencer Hastings, Hanna Marin, Aria Montgomery, and Emily Fields), and the one person who knows them all. Three years…
Written by American author Stephenie Meyer, The Twilight Saga is a young adult vampire-romance series about the love story between a seventeen-year-old human girl, Bella Swan, and a 104-year-old vampire, Edward Cullen. Most of the story is told from Bella’s perspective. One of the biggest phenomena of the 2000s, with 160 million copies sold worldwide,…
The Caster Chronicles is a young adult Southern Gothic fantasy series written by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. The books are told from the viewpoint of the male protagonist. It comprises two series: Beautiful Creatures and its spin-off set in the same universe, Dangerous Creatures. Everything begins with Ethan Waite, a 16-year-old boy who wants…
Garth Richard Nix is an Australian and best-selling author writing in the fantasy genre, specializing in children and young adults. Though he has been a published author since the 1990s, he became a full-time writer in 2001. Now, his books have been sold around the world and have been translated into 42 languages. According to…
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…
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…
