Teens

Adventure                                         

Will Hobbs                            Scott O'Dell

Iaian Lawrence                     Gary Paulsen

John Marsden                       Graham Salisbury

 

African American Authors  

Alex Haley                            Walter Dean Myers

Virginia Hamilton                  Rita Williams-Garcia

Jess Mowry                           Richard Wright

                               

Fantasy                                            

Susan Cooper                        Robin McKinley

Brian Jacques                        Donna Jo Napoli

Ursula LeGuin                        Tamora Pierce

C. S. Lewis                            Philip Pullman

Anne McCaffrey                     J. K. Rowling

 

Historical Fiction

Avi                                       Scott O'Dell

James Lincoln Collier             Ann Rinaldi

Pam Conrad                          Elizabeth George Speare

Caroline Cooney                    Jane Yolen

Karen Hesse

                                  

Horror                                            

Gillian Cross                        Kathryn Reiss

Mary Downing Hahn             R. L. Stine

Alfred Hitchcock                  Robert Westall

Stephen King                       Jane Yolen

Christopher Pike                  Paul Zindel

 

Humor

Jack Gantos                        Paul Many

Ron Koertge                        Louise Rennison

Gordon Korman                   Todd Strasser

                                      

Inspirational                                      

Judy Baer                            Sonia Levitin

Martha Finley                      Patricia Rushford

Tim Lahaye

 

Magic/Supernatural

David Almond                        J. K. Rowling

V. C. Andrews                       Vivian Vande Velde

 

Romance

Cherie Bennett                        Susan Beth Pfeffer      

M. E. Kerr                               Stella Peusner

Norma Fox Mazer                         

        

Science Fiction

Orson Scott Card                      Neal Shusterman

Bruce Coville                            William Sleator

Margaret Pearson Haddix            

 

Sports

Chris Crutcher                          Chris Lynch

Carl Deuker                              Rich Wallace

Thomas Dygard                        Will Weaver       

Robert Lipsyte