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The Guardian called O'Neill "the best YA fiction writer alive today". [ 4 ] Her second book, Asking For It , was a number-one bestseller in Ireland and won several awards, including being named Irish Times Book of the Month in September 2015, [ 5 ] Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards 2015, the honour prize for fiction at the CBI awards 2016.
This is a list of best-selling fiction authors to date, in any language. While finding precise sales numbers for any given author is nearly impossible, the list is based on approximate numbers provided or repeated by reliable sources. "Best selling" refers to the estimated number of copies sold of all fiction books written or co-written by an ...
She also wrote nonfiction books for adults and teenagers as well as story books for children. In the 1980s and early 1990s, she wrote two more young adult novels dealing with themes of romance. She was one of the four Daly sisters (Maggie, Kay , and Sheila John) whose successful careers in media, fashion and business were covered by national ...
Young adult books may be marketed toward people ages 12 to 18, but that doesn’t mean these reads are limited only to teens. Of those who buy YA books, 55% are over 18 years old, according to a ...
Ann Downer: The Spellkey, The Glass Salamander, The Books of the Keepers; Jenny Downham: Before I Die; Sharon Draper: Tears of a Tiger, The Battle of Jericho, Copper Sun, Romiette and Julio; Diane Duane: Young Wizards series; Tessa Duder: Alex Quartet; Rosamond du Jardin: Practically Seventeen, Double Date, Wait for Marcy
Jason Reynolds (born December 6, 1983) is an American author of novels and poetry for young adult and middle grade audiences. Born in Washington, D.C., and raised in neighboring Oxon Hill, Maryland, Reynolds found inspiration in rap and had an early focus on poetry, publishing several poetry collections before his first novel in 2014, When I Was the Greatest, which won the John Steptoe Award ...
Asher has published four books: Thirteen Reasons Why, a 2007 New York Times best-selling young-adult fiction novel; The Future of Us, co-written by Carolyn Mackler; What Light; and Piper. Asher has also written several picture books and middle school humor novels. Thirteen Reasons Why won several awards and received five stars from Teen Book ...
Awarded annually for excellence in young adult literature. The ALA has also put out an annual list of Best Books for Young Adults since 1930, and a Top Ten list since 1997. William C. Morris Award: YALSA: 2009 Given annually to a previously unpublished author "who has made a strong literary debut in writing for young adult readers". [6]