The 100 Most Popular Young Adult Authors

by Drew, Bernard A.

• ISBN13: 9781563083198
• ISBN10: 1563083191
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-03-01
• Publisher: Libraries Unltd Inc

Summary

The book focuses on individuals writing in the '90s, but also includes 12 classic authors (e.g., Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott, J.R.R. Tolkien) who are still widely read by teens. It also covers some authors known primarily for adult literature (e.g., Stephen King) and some who write mainly for middle readers but are also popular among young adults (e.g., Betsy Byars). An affordable alternative to multivolume publications, this book makes a great collection development tool and resource for author studies. It will also help readers find other books by and about their favorite writers.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Joan Aiken	p. 1
Louisa May Alcott	p. 8
Lloyd Alexander	p. 12
V. C. Andrews	p. 17
Piers Anthony	p. 22
Avi	p. 30
Jay Bennett	p. 35
Cynthia Blair	p. 39
Francesca Lia Block	p. 42
Judy Blume	p. 45
Sue Ellen Bridgers	p. 50
Bruce Brooks	p. 53
Betsy Byars	p. 56
Alice Childress	p. 61
James L. Collier and Christopher Collier	p. 65
Caroline B. Cooney	p. 69
Susan Cooper	p. 73
Robert Cormier	p. 77
Chris Crutcher	p. 83
Richie Tankersley Cusick	p. 86
Paula Danziger	p. 89
Peter Dickinson	p. 93
Franklin W. Dixon	p. 98
Lois Duncan	p. 109
Paula Fox	p. 115
Jean Craighead George	p. 120
Eileen Goudge	p. 124
Bette Greene	p. 128
Rosa Guy	p. 131
Lynn Hall	p. 135
Virginia Hamilton	p. 139
Jamake Highwater	p. 143
S. E. Hinton	p. 147
Isabelle Holland	p. 151
H. M. Hoover	p. 156
Monica Hughes	p. 159
Hadley Irwin	p. 163
Brian Jacques	p. 167
Diana Wynne Jones	p. 170
Carolyn Keene	p. 174
M. E. Kerr	p. 191
Stephen King	p. 197
Norma Klein	p. 205
Ronald Koertge	p. 211
E. L. Konigsburg	p. 214
Gordon Korman	p. 217
Madeleine L'Engle	p. 220
C. S. Lewis	p. 225
Robert Lipsyte	p. 230
Jack London	p. 234
Lois Lowry	p. 240
Margaret Mahy	p. 244
Ann M. Martin	p. 249
Harry Mazer	p. 257
Norma Fox Mazer	p. 261
Anne McCaffrey	p. 266
Lurlene McDaniel	p. 273
Robin McKinley	p. 277
Nicholasa Mohr	p. 281
Lucy Maud Montgomery	p. 284
Walter Dean Myers	p. 289
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor	p. 295
Joan Lowery Nixon	p. 301
Andre Norton	p. 308
Scott O'Dell	p. 316
Janette Oke	p. 320
Francine Pascal	p. 324
Katherine Paterson	p. 337
Gary Paulsen	p. 341
Richard Peck	p. 347
Robert Newton Peck	p. 352
Susan Beth Pfeffer	p. 356
Christopher Pike	p. 360
Janet Quin-Harkin	p. 365
Ann Rinaldi	p. 369
Cynthia Rylant	p. 372
Marilyn Sachs	p. 375
J. D. Salinger	p. 378
Ouida Sebestyen	p. 382
William Sleator	p. 385
Gary Soto	p. 388
Jerry Spinelli	p. 391
R. L. Stine	p. 394
Todd Strasser	p. 402
Mildred D. Taylor	p. 406
Theodore Taylor	p. 409
Joyce Carol Thomas	p. 413
Julian E. Thompson	p. 416
J. R. R. Tolkien	p. 419
Mark Twain	p. 423
Cynthia Voigt	p. 429
Jill Paton Walsh	p. 433
Barbara Wersba	p. 436
Robert Westall	p. 439
Phyllis A. Whitney	p. 443
Patricia C. Wrede	p. 448
Patricia Wrightson	p. 451
Laurence Yep	p. 454
Jane Yolen	p. 459
Paul Zindel	p. 465
Author/Title/Series Index	p. 471
Genre Index	p. 527
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