Because Ch1Con is all about young writers supporting young writers, we’re pleased to be able to present to you this list of young published authors!
Our young author bookshelf comprises writers, published in 2010 and beyond, whose books were bought by traditional publishers while the authors were 25 years or younger. (Though entries are organized by publication year, the numbers in parentheses represent each author’s age at the time of their book deal, not at publication.)
Some of them have spoken at our conference: see if you can spot any familiar names below!
2018 RELEASE
Samantha Shannon (19)
[Untitled] (Bone Season #5) – upper YA fantasy
Kara Barbieri (20)
White Stag (Permafrost #1) – YA fantasy
Ava Jae (22)
The Rising Gold (Beyond the Red #3) – YA sci-fi
Jessica Long (24)
[Untitled] – teen memoir
Krista and Becca Ritchie (25)
The Fast Track – YA sci-fi
2017 RELEASE
Hilde Lysiak (9)
[Untitled] (Hilde Cracks the Case #1) – children’s contemporary
Emily Trunko (15)
The Last Message Received – nonfiction Tumblr compilation
Jennifer Yu (19)
Four Weeks, Five People – YA contemporary
Samantha Shannon (19)
The Song Rising (Bone Season #3) – upper YA fantasy
[Untitled] (Bone Season #4) – upper YA fantasy
Kiley Roache (19)
The F Word – YA contemporary
Malala Yousafzai (19)
Malala’s Magic Pencil – picture book
Whitney Taylor (20)
Definitions of Indefinable Things – YA contemporary
Jenny Fran Davis (20)
Love from the Funny Farm – YA contemporary
Abigail Gibbs (20s)
[Untitled] (Dark Heroine #3) – YA paranormal romance
Lucy Saxon (21)
The City Bleeds Gold (Tellus #3) – YA sci-fi adventure
Karuna Riazi (21)
The Gauntlet – MG fantasy adventure
Ava Jae (22)
Into the Black (Beyond the Red #2) – YA sci-fi
Francesca Zappia (22)
Eliza and Her Monsters – YA contemporary
Emily Skrutskie (22)
The Edge of the Abyss (Abyss Surrounds Us #2) – YA fantasy adventure
Sasha Alsberg (22) and Lindsay Cummings (24)
Zenith (Androma Saga #1)- YA sci-fi adventure
Laura Tims (23)
The Art of Feeling – YA contemporary
Kat Zhang (24)
The Emperor’s Riddle – MG adventure
Victoria Aveyard (24)
King’s Cage (Red Queen #3) – YA fantasy dystopian
Kyra Leigh (25)
Reaper – YA fantasy
2016 RELEASE
Jake Marcionette (13)
Camp Wild Survivor (Just Jake #3) – children’s contemporary
Jazz Jennings (14)
Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen – teen memoir
Eilis Barrett (15)
Oasis – YA dystopian
Emily Trunko (15)
Dear My (Blank) – nonfiction Tumblr compilation
Sean Fay Wolfe (17)
Herobrine’s Message (Elementia Chronicles #3) – MG video game fictionalization
Ashley Royer (17)
Remember to Forget – YA contemporary
Amy Zhang (18)
This is Where the World Ends – YA contemporary
Olivia Rivers (18)
Tone Deaf – YA contemporary
Danah Khalil (18)
My Demon’s Name is Ed – teen memoir
Stephanie Diaz (19)
Evolution (Extraction #3) – YA sci-fi dystopian
Karen Bao (19)
Dove Exiled (Dove Arising #2) – YA sci-fi dystopian
Laura Tims (20)
Please Don’t Tell – YA thriller
Ava Jae (21)
Beyond the Red (Beyond the Red #1)- YA sci-fi
Alice Oseman (21)
Radio Silence – YA contemporary
Emily Skrutskie (22)
The Abyss Surrounds Us (Abyss Surrounds Us #1)- YA fantasy adventure
Stefan Bachmann (22)
A Drop of Night – YA horror
Lindsay Cummings (23)
The Traitor of Belltroll (Balance Keepers #3) – MG fantasy
Kody Keplinger (24)
Run – YA contemporary
Hannah Moscowitz (24)
Gena/Finn – YA contemporary
Victoria Aveyard (24)
Glass Sword (Red Queen #2) – YA fantasy dystopian
Marni Bates (25)
Dial Em for Murder – YA thriller
2015 RELEASE
Jake Marcionette (13)
Dog Eat Dog (Just Jake #2) – children’s contemporary
Lucy Saxon (17)
The Almost King (Tellus #2)- YA sci-fi adventure
Sean Fay Wolfe (17)
Quest for Justice (Elementia Chronicles #1) – MG video game novelization
The New Order (Elementia Chronicles #2) – MG video game novelization
Samantha Shannon (19)
The Mime Order (Bone Season #2) – upper YA fantasy
Stephanie Diaz (19)
Rebellion (Extraction #2) – YA sci-fi dystopian
Karen Bao (19)
Dove Arising (Dove Arising #1) – YA sci-fi dystopian
Lindsay Cummings (20)
The Death Code (Murder Complex #2) – YA sci-fi dystopian
The Pillars of Ponderay (Balance Keepers #2) – MG fantasy
Francesca Zappia (20)
Made You Up – YA contemporary
Beth Reekles (20)
Cwtch Me if You Can – YA romance
Cayla Kluver (21)
The Empty Throne (Heirs of Chrior #2) – YA fantasy
Kody Keplinger (23)
LOL: Lying Out Loud – YA contemporary
Hannah Moscowitz (23)
Not Otherwise Specified – YA contemporary
A History of Glitter and Blood – YA fantasy
Victoria Aveyard (24)
Red Queen (Red Queen #1)- YA fantasy dystopian
Jessica Khoury (25)
Vitro (Corpus #2) – YA sci-fi
Kalahari (Corpus #3) – YA sci-fi
2014 RELEASE
Jake Marcionette (13)
Just Jake (Just Jake #1) – children’s contemporary
Maya Van Wagenen (15)
Popular: Vintage Wisdom for the Modern Geek – teen nonfiction
Beth Reekles (17)
Out of Tune – YA romance
Lucy Saxon (17)
Take Back the Skies (Tellus #1) – YA sci-fi adventure
Abigail Gibbs (17)
Autumn Rose (Dark Heroine #2) – YA paranormal romance
Katherine Ewell (17)
Dear Killer – YA thriller
Amy Zhang (17)
Falling Into Place – YA contemporary
Alice Oseman (18)
Solitaire – YA contemporary
Samantha Shannon (19)
The Bone Season (Bone Season #1)- upper YA fantasy
Stephanie Diaz (19)
Extraction (Extraction #1)- YA sci-fi dystopian
S.R. Savell (19)
Paper Hearts – YA contemporary
Lindsay Cummings (20)
The Murder Complex (Murder Complex #1)- YA sci-fi dystopian
The Fires of Calderon (Balance Keepers #1) – MG fantasy
Kat Zhang (20)
Echoes of Us (Hybrid Chronicles #3)- YA sci-fi dystopian
Cayla Kluver (21)
The Queen’s Choice (Heirs of Chrior #1) – YA fantasy
Alexandra Adornetto (21)
Ghost House – YA paranormal
Kody Keplinger (22)
The Swift Boys & Me – YA contemporary
Marni Bates (23)
Awkwardly Ever After (Smith High #4) – YA contemporary
2013 RELEASE
Malala Yousafzai (15)
I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban – autobiography
Beth Reekles (17)
Rolling Dice – YA romance
Stefan Bachmann (18)
The Whatnot (Peculiar #2) – MG steampunk
Kat Zhang (20)
Once We Were (Hybrid Chronicles #2) – YA sci-fi dystopian
Kody Keplinger (21)
Secrets and Lies – YA contemporary
Hannah Moscowitz (21)
Teeth – YA magical realism
Marco Impossible – MG contemporary
Marni Bates (22)
Invisible (Smith High #2) – YA contemporary
Notable (Smith High #3) – YA contemporary
Jessica Burkhart (24)
Jealousy (Canterwood Crest #17) – tween contemporary
Famous (Canterwood Crest #18) – tween contemporary
Home for Christmas (Canterwood Crest Special #2) – tween contemporary
2012 RELEASE
Nancy Yi Fan (16)
Sword Mountain (Swordbird #2) – YA fantasy adventure
Rachel Coker (16)
Interrupted: Life Beyond Words – YA Christian historical fiction
Chasing Jupiter – YA Christian historical fiction
Beth Reekles (17)
The Kissing Booth – YA romance
Cayla Kluver (17)
Allegiance (Legacy #2) – YA historical fantasy
Sacrifice (Legacy #3) – YA historical fantasy
Alexandra Adornetto (17)
Heaven (Halo #3) – YA paranormal romance
Abigail Gibbs (17)
Dinner with a Vampire (Dark Heroine #1) – YA paranormal romance
Vahini Naidoo (17)
Fall to Pieces – YA contemporary
Kody Keplinger (18)
A Midsummer’s Nightmare -YA contemporary
Stefan Bachmann (18)
The Peculiar (Peculiar #1) – MG steampunk
Hannah Moscowitz (20)
Gone, Gone, Gone – YA contemporary
Kat Zhang (20)
What’s Left of Me (Hybrid Chronicles #1)- YA sci-fi dystopian
Marni Bates (20)
Decked with Holly – YA contemporary
Jessica Khoury (22)
Origin (Corpus #1)- YA sci-fi
Jessica Burkhart (23)
Popular (Canterwood Crest #14) – tween contemporary
Comeback (Canterwood Crest #15) – tween contemporary
Masquerade (Canterwood Crest #16) – tween contemporary
2011 RELEASE
Cayla Kluver (17)
Legacy (Legacy #1) – YA historical fantasy
Alexandra Adornetto (17)
Hades (Halo #2) – YA paranormal romance
Kody Keplinger (19)
Shut Out – YA contemporary
Hannah Moscowitz (19)
Invincible Summer – YA contemporary
Zombie Tag – MG horror
Christopher Paolini (19)
Inheritance (Inheritance Cycle #4) – YA fantasy
Marni Bates (20)
Awkward (Smith High #1) – YA contemporary
Jessica Burkhart (22)
Chosen (Canterwood Crest Special #1) – tween contemporary
Initiation (Canterwood Crest #13) – tween contemporary
2010 RELEASE
Steph Bowe (15)
Girl Saves Boy – YA contemporary
Alexandra Adornetto (17)
Halo (Halo #1) – YA paranormal romance
Kody Keplinger (18)
The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend – YA contemporary
Alex and Brent Harris (20)
Start Here: Doing Hard Things Right Where You Are – teen Christian self-help
Jessica Burkhart (21)
Home Sweet Drama (Canterwood Crest #8) – tween contemporary
City Secrets (Canterwood Crest #9) – tween contemporary
Elite Ambition (Canterwood Crest #10) – tween contemporary
Scandals, Rumors, Lies (Canterwood Crest #11) – tween contemporary
Unfriendly Competition (Canterwood Crest #12) – tween contemporary
FUTURE RELEASE
Hilde Lysiak (9)
[Untitled] (Hilde Cracks the Case #2) – children’s contemporary
[Untitled] (Hilde Cracks the Case #3) – children’s contemporary
[Untitled] (Hilde Cracks the Case #4) – children’s contemporary
Amy Zhang (18)
Memento Mori – YA contemporary
Samantha Shannon (19)
[Untitled] (Bone Season #6) – upper YA fantasy
[Untitled] (Bone Season #7) – upper YA fantasy
We strive to maintain an accurate list of published teen and young authors. If you notice any errors, please comment below and let us know!
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