Young Adult Fiction Authors

Parental GuidanceThe search result below lists those authors who have written books specifically for young adults. It includes authors from all genres on this site.

Suitable books will be listed as "Written specifically for Young Adults: Yes". Many other books marked 'No' will often be suitable but they were not specifically written for young adults.

Total: 76 results found.

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1. Nazam Anhar
(Matching tags: Young Adult Fiction Author,Nazam Anhar,AOS Pirate Fiction Author)
Nazam Anhar has always been interested in the ancient world, especially in the history of the Phoenicians, as they came from the land of Lebanon, the country of his ancestors. He was able to pursue this ...
2. Charles Boardman Hawes
(Matching tags: Young Adult Fiction Author,AOS Nautical Fiction Author,AOS Pirate Fiction Author,Charles Boardman Hawes)
Charles Boardman Hawes (1889-1923) was an American author born in Clifton Springs, New York. He was posthumously awarded the 1924 Newbery Medal for The Dark Frigate and The Great Quest was a 1922 ...
3. L. A. Meyer
(Matching tags: Young Adult Fiction Author,Bloody Jack Adventures,L. A. Meyer)
Louis A. Meyer was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania in 1942. He grew up on U.S. Army bases in Germany and the American east coast, attended high school in Pennsylvania and Florida, college ...
4. Helen Hart
(Matching tags: Young Adult Fiction Author,AOS Pirate Fiction Author,Helen Hart)
Helen Hart is a writer of novels for 9 to 12 year olds and a publishing consultant   AOS Pirate Fiction Series: n/a Year  Book  Comment   The ...
5. Percy F. Westerman
(Matching tags: Historic Naval Fiction Author,Young Adult Fiction Author,AOS Nautical Fiction Author,ME Naval Fiction Author,ME Nautical Fiction Author,Percy F. Westerman,Alan Carr,Golden Line)
...    The Last of the Buccaneers Young Somerville sails with Anson in the famous Centurion as a midshipman.   'Gainst the Might of Spain A story of the days of the Great Armada ...
6. Mark Adlard
(Matching tags: Young Adult Fiction Author,AOS Nautical Fiction Author,Mark Adlard)
... the fulfilment of every young man's dream.    <script language="JavaScript" src="http://ilapi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?EKServer&ai=alkmp%7Bzqz&bdrcolor=cadceb&catid=377&cid=0&eksize=1&encode=UTF-8&endcolor=FF0000&endtime=y&fbgcolor=ecf3f7&fntcolor=000000&fs=0&hdrcolor=cadceb&hdrimage=1&hdrsrch=n&img=y&lnkcolor=0000FF&logo=2&num=3&numbid=y&paypal=y&popup=n&prvd=9&query=Mark+Adlard&r0=2&sacategoryin=377&shipcost=y&sid=Mark+Adlard&siteid=3&sort=MetaLowestPriceSort&sortby=price&sortdir=asc&srchdesc=y&tbgcolor=ecf3f7&tlecolor=cadceb&tlefs=0&tlfcolor=000000&toolid=10004&track=5336478202&width=570"></script> ...
7. George Forbes
(Matching tags: Young Adult Fiction Author,AOS Nautical Fiction Author,George Forbes)
George Forbes was a writer of sea stories and astronomy. He was respected for his knowledge of both subjects.   AOS Other Nautical Fiction Series: n/a Year  Book ...
8. Erick Berry
(Matching tags: Young Adult Fiction Author,AOS Nautical Fiction Author,Erick Berry)
... She grew up in Albany, New York and married Carroll Thayer Berry, and then (Oscar) Herbert Best. She was the author of more than 60 books, primarily for young people, some co-authored with Best. Berry ...
9. Andre Norton
(Matching tags: Young Adult Fiction Author,AOS Pirate Fiction Author,Andre Norton)
... SF novels were published in the 1940s, her adventure SF has enthralled readers young and old. With series such as Time Traders, Solar Queen, Forerunner, Beast Master, Crosstime, and Janus, as well as many ...
10. Avi
(Matching tags: Young Adult Fiction Author,AOS Nautical Fiction Author,AOS Pirate Fiction Author,Avi)
Edward Irving Wortis (1937- ), better known by the pen name Avi, is an American author of young adult and children's literature. He is a winner of both the Newbery Honor and Newbery Medal. Avi and ...
11. S. I. Martin
(Matching tags: Young Adult Fiction Author,HNF Related Fiction Author,S. I. Martin,Jupiter Series)
S. I. Martin was born in Bedford and has worked as a journalist for The Voice and Bulletin. He is the author of a novel, Incomparable World (1996), which tells the story of three black exiles ...
12. Michael Hagen
(Matching tags: Young Adult Fiction Author,HNF Related Fiction Author,Michael Hagen)
Michael Hagen is an author of children's books and young adult books.    Series: n/a Year  Book  Comment 1702 Sail to Caribee Jack Slate, the ...
13. Hester Burton
(Matching tags: Young Adult Fiction Author,HNF Related Fiction Author,Hester Burton)
... young men and women could be caught up in the much bigger picture of national crisis or national change.  Series: n/a Year  Book  Comment   Castors ...
14. James Otis
(Matching tags: Historic Naval Fiction Author,Young Adult Fiction Author,James Otis)
... and Cptn. Boyle aboard the armed Brig Chasseur   The Armed Ship America Two Salem boys who join the armed ship America for her first voyage   Series: Young Patriot ...
15. Bill Wall
(Matching tags: Historic Naval Fiction Author,Young Adult Fiction Author,Bill Wall,Donal Long)
William "Bill" Wall (born 1955) is an award winning Irish novelist, poet and short story writer. He was born in Cork City in 1955, but grew up in the coastal village of Whitegate. He is the author ...
16. Victor Mays
(Matching tags: Young Adult Fiction Author,Victor Mays,Historic Naval Fiction Author)
... Mays' other great interests as a young man were boats and the water. When he graduated he joined the U.S. Navy just before the end of World War II and he was sent to Ohio State University ...
17. Stephen W. Meader
(Matching tags: Historic Naval Fiction Author,Young Adult Fiction Author,AOS Nautical Fiction Author,AOS Pirate Fiction Author,Stephen W. Meader)
Stephen Warren Meader (1892-1977) was a Philadelphia-based advertising copywriter who wrote 44 books, all for young adults. Some are regarded as HNF   Series: n/a Year ...
18. Michael Molloy
(Matching tags: Historic Naval Fiction Author,Young Adult Fiction Author,Michael Molloy,Peter Raven)
Michael John Molloy (1940- ) is a writer of children's books and a regular contributor to the Guardian newspaper. He lives in London, England, with his wife and children. He is the author ...
19. Ronald Wanttaja
(Matching tags: Historic Naval Fiction Author,Young Adult Fiction Author,Ronald Wanttaja,Nate Lawtons War of 1812)
Ronald Wanttaja is an aerospace systems engineer and a freelance aviation journalist. He has also written an HNF series for young adults   Series: Nate Lawton's War of 1812 Year ...
20. Bruce Grant
(Matching tags: Historic Naval Fiction Author,Young Adult Fiction Author,AOS Naval Non Fiction Author,Bruce Grant)
Bruce Grant, as well as writing a factual work Isaac Hull, Captain of Old Ironsides: the life and fighting times of Isaac Hull and the U.S. frigate Constitution, has written one HNF novel for young ...
21. Edward Buell Hungerford
(Matching tags: Historic Naval Fiction Author,Young Adult Fiction Author,Edward Buell Hungerford,ME Naval Fiction Author)
Edward Buell Hungerford (1900- ) has written two historic naval fiction books for young adults   Series: n/a Year  Book  Comment   Fighting Frigate  ...
22. Arthur Anthony Gladd
(Matching tags: Historic Naval Fiction Author,Young Adult Fiction Author,Arthur Anthony Gladd)
... East! A young sponge fisherman fights at the Battle of Lepanto alongside Cervantes   The author’s official web site is Link to forum for this author   <script language="JavaScript" ...
23. Joseph B. Icenhower
(Matching tags: Historic Naval Fiction Author,Young Adult Fiction Author,Joseph B. Icenhower,Murdock)
... young adults.   Series: Murdock  Year Book Comment   Mr. Midshipman Murdock and the Barbary Pirates Little Jim Murdock joins the USS Liberty, 44   ...
24. W. H. G. Kingston
(Matching tags: Historic Naval Fiction Author,Young Adult Fiction Author,AOS Nautical Fiction Author,AOS Naval Non Fiction Author,AOS Pirate Fiction Author,Three Officers,W. H. G. Kingston)
William Henry Giles Kingston (1814-1880) was the son of a merchant in Oporto, where he spent much of his youth. His books are mainly written for young boys. One of his early ones, Peter the Whaler ...
25. Linda Collison
(Matching tags: Young Adult Fiction Author,Patricia MacPherson,Linda Collison,Historic Naval Fiction Author)
Linda Collison is writing this series of naval fiction novels about Patricia Kelley which are aimed at young female readers, however all will enjoy the rarity of a series that explores the ...
26. Showell Styles
(Matching tags: Historic Naval Fiction Author,Young Adult Fiction Author,Showell Styles,Michael Fitton,Septimus Quinn)
... written two series, one about Michael Fitton and one (for young adults) about Septimus Quinn. Many of his stand alone novels, which are listed below are fictionalised accounts of actual well known figures ...
27. John Paul Jones: Sailor, Hero, Father of the American Navy
(AOS Naval Non-Fiction - Biographical)
... American Navy Series: n/a First  Published by: Simon & Schuster Place: Format: HC Date: May 2003 ISBN-10: 0743205839 ISBN-13: 9780743205832 Written specifically for Young Adults: ...
28. The Men Who Spoke to Hornblower
(AOS Naval Non-Fiction - Biographical)
...  Format: PB Date: 8 March 2006 ISBN-10: 0595388078 ISBN-13: 9780595388073 Written specifically for Young Adults: No  ...
29. An Interview with M. Kei
(Astrodene's HNF Blog)
... the sort I loved when I was young, but for an adult audience. Strict historicity is not required in a swashbuckler--adventure and romance and gorgeous period dress are the hallmarks. All the same, I ...
30. Cut and Run
(C)
... Run Series: Fighting Sail First  Published by: Fireship Press Place: Format: PB Date: 1 July 2011 ISBN-10: 1611791693 ISBN-13: 9781611791693 Written specifically for Young Adults: ...
31. The Speedwell Voyage: A Tale of Piracy and Mutiny in the Eighteenth Century
(AOS Other Non-Fiction)
...  First  Published by: Naval Institute Press Place: Format: HC Date: June 1999 ISBN-10: 1557506930 ISBN-13: 9781557506931 Written specifically for Young Adults: No   ...
32. Leave the Gallows Hungry - First Fleet to Australia
(HNF Related Books)
... 2010 ISBN-10: 1445737353 ISBN-13: 9781445737355 Written specifically for Young Adults: No        ...
33. The Perfect Wreck - Old Ironsides and HMS Java: A Story of 1812
(T)
...  ISBN-13: 9781611791518 Written specifically for Young Adults: No    ...
34. An Interview with Linda Collison
(Astrodene's HNF Blog)
... Druett’s work gave me great insight into the female experience aboard ship in the age of sail. Your concept of a Naval Fiction series with younger female readers in mind is unique. How did you reach ...
35. Surgeon's Mate
(S)
... Using a dead man's identity, young Patricia Kelley MacPherson is making her way as Patrick MacPherson, surgeon's mate aboard His Majesty's frigate Richmond. She's become adept at bleeding, blistering, ...
36. Patrick O'Brian's Navy: The Illustrated Companion to Jack Aubrey's World
(Fiction Companion Books)
...  Place: Format: HC Date: 4 September 2003 ISBN-10: 0762415401 ISBN-13: 978-0762415403 Written specifically for Young Adults: No  ...
37. The Power and the Glory
(T)
... HC Date: 1 October 2011 ISBN-10: 1612510523 ISBN-13: 9781612510521 Written specifically for Young Adults: No      ...
38. Very Ordinary Seaman
(V - Modern Era)
... P. W. Mallalieu Title: Very Ordinary Seaman Series: First Published by: Victor Gollancz Ltd Place: Format: HC Date: 1944 ISBN-10: ISBN-13: Written specifically for Young Adults: ...
39. New Guinea
(N - Modern Era)
... Series First Published by: Nautical & Aviation Pub. Co. of America Place: Format: HC Date: September 1993 ISBN-10: 1877853321 ISBN-13: 9781877853326 Written specifically for Young ...
40. Jannaway's Mutiny
(J - Modern Era)
... by: iUniverse.com Place: Format: HC Date: 29 March 2005 ISBN-10: 0595791360 ISBN-13: 9780595791361 Written specifically for Young Adults: No    ...
41. Nelson
(AOS Naval Non-Fiction - Biographical)
... John Lane Place: Format: Date: 1929 ISBN-10: ISBN-13: Written specifically for Young Adults: No    ...
42. Arundel
(A)
... Kenneth Roberts Title: Arundel Series: Chronicles of Arundel First  Published by: Doubleday Doran Place: Format: HC Date: 1930 ISBN-10: ISBN-13: Written specifically for Young Adults: ...
43. Avi
(Other Authors)
Edward Irving Wortis (1937- ), better known by the pen name Avi, is an American author of young adult and children's literature. He is a winner of both the Newbery Honor and Newbery Medal. Avi and ...
44. Pauline Hunter Blair
(Related Authors)
... Her greatest success, The Twelve and the Genii, received the Carnegie Medal, a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award and the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis.   Series: Young Nelson Year  Book ...
45. Michael Hagen
(Related Authors)
Michael Hagen is an author of children's books and young adult books.    Series: n/a Year  Book  Comment 1702 Sail to Caribee Jack Slate, the ...
46. True Colors
(T)
... specifically for Young Adults: No    ...
47. Admiral Collingwood: Nelson's Own Hero
(AOS Naval Non-Fiction - Biographical)
...  Series: n/a First  Published by: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Place: Format: HC Date: 9 June 2005 ISBN-10: 029784640X ISBN-13: 978-0297846406 Written specifically for Young Adults: No ...
48. A Brief History of Naval Fiction set in the Age of Sail
(General HNF Info)
... merchant in Oporto, where he spent much of his youth. His books are mainly written for young boys and have simple plots, full of adventures and escapes. His work includes a series of four books (possibly ...
49. Victor Mays
(Authors)
... Mays' other great interests as a young man were boats and the water. When he graduated he joined the U.S. Navy just before the end of World War II and he was sent to Ohio State University ...
50. To the Ends of the Earth: A Sea Trilogy (Omnibus)
(T)
...  Format: HC Date: 7 October 1991 ISBN-10: 0-571164-06-4 ISBN-13: 978-0571164066 Written specifically for Young Adults: No         ...