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The Last Vampire is a series of YA horror novels by American author Christopher Pike. The series follows a 5,000 year-old vampire named Sita, who is the last of her kind. Despite her age, Sita appears to be a teenager and thus she blends in perfectly in high school. The series is also known as […]
Christopher Pike is the pen name of Kevin Christopher McFadden, an American author of young adult thrillers, horror, sci-fi and children’s novels. Pike started out writing adult mysteries until it was suggested by an editor that he try his hand at teen thrillers. Pike is a private person, rarely giving interviews, but he has acknowledged […]
MaryJanice Davidson is an American author of paranormal romance, fantasy, horror, erotica and romance, often writing for young adults. She has made both the New York Times and USA Today Bestseller lists. Her series include the Queen Betsy, Wyndham Werewolves, Jennifer Scales and others. She lives in Minnesota with her husband and children.
Wicked Lovely is a series of YA urban fantasy novels by American novelist Melissa Marr. The central character is Aislinn, who can see faeries… but these aren’t friendly faeries; they’re cruel, they stalk her and they threaten her freedom.
Melissa Marr is an American author of young adult urban fantasy novels as well as poetry. She says she grew up believing in faeries, ghosts and other supernatural creatures, which was the inspiration for her urban fantasy novels. Her favourite authors are William Faulkner, Christina Rossetti and Neil Gaiman.
Theodore Taylor (1921-2006) was an American author of young adult fiction. He started writing when he was 13, covering local high school sports events. He served as a merchant mariner during World War II and also served during the Korean War. Some of his best known work included The Cay, its sequel-prequel Timothy of the […]
Susan Eloise Hinton, better known as S.E. Hinton, is an American author of young adult fiction and children’s literature. She is best known for writing the famous novel The Outsiders when she was still a teenager. The novel was a story about two rival gangs, told from the point of view of the Greasers. The […]
Crow Girl is a series of young adult novels by English author Kate Cann. Lily Stanfield is an outsider who is bullied by the other girls and unnoticed by boys. But once she meets a murder of crows in the woods, her life changes. Cann got the idea for the series when she saw some […]
The Beach series is a series of young adult fiction by English novelist Kate Cann. Kate wrote these summer-themed books to sling in a beach bag and be read by the sea.
Kate Cann is an English author of young adult novels in addition to being a journalist. Kate decided to become an author when she was working as a copy editor, working on young adult fiction and thought she could do better. She got a lot of her material eavesdropping on her teenage children and their […]