Here's the list (in alphabetical order) of published or about-to-be published authors who write for teens should you want to follow any or all of us. Note to new tweeps: this list is now maintained by Alessandra Lee at Blogging YA.
- Susan Adrian @susan_adrian
- Jill S. Alexander @jillsalexander
- Tara Altebrando @TaraAltebrando
- Laurie Halse Anderson @halseanderson
- R. J. Anderson @rj_anderson
- Joelle Anthony @joellewrites
- Andrew Auseon @andrewauseon
- Kim Baccellia @ixtumea
- Cyn Balog @cynbalog
- Jennifer Lynn Barnes @jenlynnbarnes
- Lauren Barnholdt @laurenbarnholdt
- Clare Bell @rathacat
- Robin Benway @robinbenway
- Jonathan Bernstein @jbpeevish
- Holly Black @hollyblack
- Coe Booth @coebooth
- Robin Brande @Robin_Brande
- Heather Brewer @heatherbrewer
- Susan Taylor Brown @susanwrites
- Meg Cabot @megcabot
- Janet Lee Carey @janetleecarey
- Ceil Castellucci @cecilseaskull
- Susane Colasanti @susanecolasanti
- Deborah Copeland @authorgrl
- Paula Chase Hyman @Paulachy
- Tera Lynn Childs @teralynnchilds
- Cassie Clare @cassieclare
- Eoin Colfer @eoincolfer
- Deborah Copeland @authorgrl
- Holly Cupala @hollycupala
- Sarah Dessen @sarahdessen
- Cory Doctorow @doctorow
- Kathleen Duey @kathleenduey
- Anthony Eaton @anthonyeaton
- Daniel Ehrenhaft @danielehrenhaft
- Beth Fehlbaum @bethfehlbaum
- Neil Gaiman @neilhimself
- Liz Gallagher @lizgallagherliz
- Linda Gerber @gerbsan
- K.L. Going @klgoing
- Alison Goodman @alisongoodman
- Alan Gratz @Alan_Gratz
- John Green @realjohngreen
- Lorie Ann Grover @lorieanngrover
- Megan Kelley Hall @megankelleyhall
- Brendan Halpin @bhalpin
- Jenny Han @jennyhan
- S.A. Harazin @saharazin
- Brent Hartinger @brenthartinger
- Louise Hawes @louisehawes
- Justina Chen Headley @justinaheadley
- Simmone Howell @postteen
- Mandy Hubbard @mandyhubbard
- Mark Jeffrey @markjeffrey
- Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnson
- Varian Johnson @varianjohnson
- Carrie Jones @carriejonesbook
- Heidi S. Kling @seaheidi
- Jo Knowles @joknowles
- William Kostakis @williamkostakis
- Marie Lamba @marielamba
- Margo Lanagan @margolanagan
- Justine Larbalestier @JustineLavaworm
- Jessica Leader @JessicaLeader
- E. Lockhart @elockhart
- Cara Lockwood @CaraLockwood
- Greg Logsted @greglogsted
- Lauren Baratz Logsted @laurenbaratzl
- Rita Lorraine @ritalorraine
- Eric Luper @ericluper
- Lisa Madigan @lkmadigan
- Bennett Madison @bennettmadison
- Sandra Malench @SandraMalench
- Marianne Mancusi @mariannemancusi
- Lisa Mantchev @lisamantchev
- Christine Marciniak @ckmarciniak
- Melissa Marr @melissa_marr
- Georgia McBride-Wohl @Georgia_McBride
- Lisa McMann @lisa_mcmann
- Neesha Meminger @NeeshaMem
- Kate Messner @kmessner
- Saundra Mitchell @saundramitchell
- Sarah Mlynowski @SarahMlynowski
- Tee Morris @TeeMonster
- Kirsty Murray @kirstymurray
- Alyson Noe @alysonnoe
- Sarah Ockler @sarahockler
- Olugbemisola Amusashonubi-Perkovich @olugbemisola
- Micol Ostow @micolz
- Kelly Parra @kparra
- Mary Pearson @marypearson
- Marlene Perez @MarPerez
- Mitali Perkins @mitaliperkins
- Diana Peterfreund @dpeterfreund
- Karen Rivers @karenrivers
- Dana Reinhardt @dsreinhardt
- Chris Resttstatt @Rettstatt
- Christine Rose @christinerose
- Penni Russon @eglantinescake
- Carrie Ryan @carrieryan
- Sara Ryan @ryansara
- Lisa Ann Sandell @lisaannsandell
- John Scalzi @scalzi
- Yasmin Shiraz @yasminshiraz
- Janni Lee Simner @innaj
- Linda Joy Singleton @LindaJoySinglet
- Jon Skovron @jonnyskov
- Rhonda Stapleton @rhondastapleton
- Courtney Summers @courtney_s
- Sarah Sumpolec @SarahSumpolec
- Nikki Tate @WriterGrrrl
- Brooke Taylor @brooketaylorboo
- Tiffany Trent @tiffanytrent
- Gaby Triana @gabytriana
- Melissa Walker @melissacwalker
- Diana Wallach @dianarwallach
- Gabrielle Wang @gabriellewang
- Robin Wasserman @robinwasserman
- Sara Bennett Wealer @sbennettwealer
- Deborah Wiles @deborahwiles
- Lili Wilkinson @twitofalili
- Sara Zarr @sarazarr
- Michelle Zink @michellezink
85 comments:
I'd love to be added:
www.twitter.com/LindaJoySinglet
AKA Linda Joy Singleton (name too long!)
This is a great list, Mitali! Thanks for getting this started and for compiling it!
Great list, Mitali! Lots of tweeps to start following... I'd love to be added when you update again... @WriterGrrrl
Tx,
Nikki Tate
This is a great idea.
I twitter (or is it tweet?) too. Marlene Perez
@MarPerez
Great list!
I'm @ryansara.
I straddle the fence, is that okay?
@susanwrites
SO fun! Thanks for putting this list together :).
Hi Mitali!
Thanks for including me in the list.
Don't forget @andrewauseon, @greglogsted, and @laurenbaratzl too! :)
I tweet, too! (though I'm more tween than teen)
@kmessner
Me too! @rj_anderson
me too! me too!
@karenrivers
Thanks for adding me!
This is a great list. Can you include me too? @ckmarciniak
Looks like we'll have to compile a tween list ... here goes!
I love that John Green's is realjohngreen. If anyone would have posers, it's him. Stupid NerdFighters. ;^)
you can add me too! thanks!!! i am @jennyhan.
Thanks, Mitali! Awesome list!
There's also @saundramitchell!
I'd love to be added. @jillsalexander
I'm @sbennettwealer
Would love to be added!
Whoops! It's @sbennettwealer - my full name is Sara Bennett Wealer. My debut comes out next year with HarperTeen.
Sorry for not being more clear.
This is lovely - thanks for doing it! What about a middle grade/tween list? I could slip in there... although the book coming out next year dips into YA. Hmmm... @deborahwiles -- thanks.
Great list, Mitali! I'm on Twitter too - @sarahockler or http://twitter.com/sarahockler
wow, this is an awesome resource! My book doesn't come out until November, but I'd like to be added @jonnyskov
Thanks, Mitali!! for listing me. I am doing an odd thing, basically a novel in tweets...
Awesome post, Mitali! I've gotten tons of new followers already. Thanks for pulling this together. =)
Words are delicious! I'm eating mine now, since I swore I wouldn't join Twitter.
@lkmadigan.
:-)
If you still have room, I'd love to be added (pub date June 2010, from S&S.) @JessicaLeader. Thanks!
THIS IS MY DAUGHTER WHO IS SMART AND CREATIVE AND HELPING OTHERS
Hi, Mom!
Hi Mitali,
Please add me if you have room. @ritalorraine or http://twitter.com/ritalorraine.
Thank you!
Rita L.
Me, too! @bethfehlbaum
I loved to be added. I wrote a young adult book, The Anna Mae Mysteries-The Golden Treasure.
Three sneaker-toed sleuths find Jefferson Davis' lost gold treasure with help from a disembodied Black fist and divining rods.
First book in the series. One reviewer wrote: "Move over Nancy Drew-there's a new girl in town, and she's Black!
Thanks, L S Cauldwell
@gmail.com
Thank you for this list! I'm @olugbemisola
Lillian, this list is more teen than tween, so I'll be in touch when the tween list gets going. Also, you didn't leave your twitter name.
Hi Mitali,
Australian YA authors who twitter:
Penni Russon @eglantinescake
Lili Wilkinson @twitofalili
Kirsty Murray @kirstymurray
Anthony Eaton @anthonyeaton
Alison Goodman @alisongoodman
Simmone Howell @postteen
William Kostakis @williamkostakis
Margo Lanagan @margolanagan
Gabrielle Wang @gabriellewang
Cheers!
Lili
Eoin Colfer's on Twitter! @eoincolfer
Can you add me? My YA, RESTORING HARMONY comes out from Putnam in Fall 2010.
Thanks!
cheers,
Joelle Anthony
Twitter: @joellewrites
Oh! Me! Me! Me! My book, Prophecy of the Sisters, releases August 1st with Little Brown Books for Young Readers.
MichelleZink
Michelle Zink (heh)
Thanks for including me, Mitali! Great list! :-)
Jo
Thank you for including me! :D
Can you please add me?
Heidi R. Kling (on twitter as seaheidi)
Thanks!
Great list! I'm @ MandyHubbard
Oooh, me too, please! @susan_adrian
I'd love to be added, too! @rhondastapleton -- thanks!
Rhonda Stapleton
Wow! What a poppin'list! I write YA fiction. I'd love to have The Boogie Down Clique novels on the list! =)
http://twitter.com/authorgrl
~Deborah Copeland
YA author of Rowan of the Wood: @christinerose
http://twitter.com/christinerose
Great list! Thanks!
Jonathan Bernstein, author of superhero YA HOTTIE
http://twitter.com/jbpeevish
Moi aussi! @lisamantchev
I'm also on twitter: twitter.com/carrieryan
Great list, thanks!
I twitter too:
@brooketaylorboo
Thanks!! Brooke
Thanks for doing this list. I'd like to be added. www.twitter.com/yasminshiraz
My book Retaliation was named as an ALA/ YALSA 2009 Top Ten Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers.
Thanks
Mitali, great job! There are some that are not working, at least for me.
Beth Felbaum http://twitter.com/bethfelbaum
Megan Kelly Hall http://twitter.com/megankellyhall
Christine Marcinak http://twitter.com/cmarciniak
Kelly Parra http://twitter.com/kellyparra
Nikki Tate http://twitter.com/WriterGrrrlTx
And you could also add Cara Lockwood who's just added herself to the twitterverse http://twitter.com/CaraLockwood
Okay, thanks to Anna, I had to go back in and make corrections, so I added the rest of you above her comment. Now I must close this list to anything but corrections as twitter is growing exponentially. Enjoy the list!
Oh shucks! I had no idea you were compiling this list and missed the cue completely until I saw this link on #followfriday. What a great help you are to these many twittering teen authors, Mitali! Good on ya!
Amy
http://twitter.com/AS_King
@claudiagray ("Evernight" series)
@duskydawn
Thanks, Mitali! Missed you at SCBWI!
This is a cool idea--I'd love to be added to the list! My ya debut, The Rise of Renegade X, about a supervillain teen who finds out his dad is a do-gooding superhero, is coming out with Egmont USA in spring 2010.
@kaerfel
What a great list! I love that it exists. Thanks for putting it together, Mitali!
I'd like to be added.
I'm on Twitter:
@CherylRainfield
I'd love to be added too!
@denisejaden
Please add me as well.
@serenarobar
I write YA historical fantasy. Please add me, too! @donnamaloy
Please add me as well. I write YA paranormal
@marylindsey
Add me! @leighbrescia
Please add me! @JenniFunny
Awesome list. I'm on now, so feel free to add me when you update! @juliadevillers
Nice list. Great idea, too.
Please add me in when you update
@traceybaptiste
Thanks!
I posted an update version of your list here.
I updated to include the Twitter accounts for Kelley Armstrong, Tracey Baptiste, Libba Bray, Leigh Brescia, Jennifer Brown, Rachel Caine, Chelsea Campbell, Rosemary Clement-Moore, Sarah Cross, Claudia Gray, Denise Jaden, A.S. King, Mary Lindsey, Donna Maloy, Richelle Mead, Dawn Metcalf, Cheryl Rainfield & Serena Robar.
I found you through a linkback by the readergirlz. Thanks for compiling this list!
I'm another twittering author (@kikilon) and I've reposted the list with some additions at my blog (http://kikifu.wordpress.com).
I've also added YA book reviewers that tweet as a category.
I'm at http://www.twitter.com/adamselzer
Your list inspired me to make a list of all the ya blogger who tweet: http://sharonlovesbooksandcats.blogspot.com/2009/05/ya-bloggers-on-twitter.html
Great idea!
I'm @claudiaosmond
Okay. I give up.
@crissachappell
awesome list! Thanks for compiling and sharing
Holy Smokes! What an awesome list! Looks like I'll be busy following!!
Thanks so much Mitali!
All the best,
Lori
www.loricalabrese.com
Great list thanks -
@alberat22 should be in the list as well.
We're coming out of the woodwork! How about licensing authors?
Michael Anthony Steele - @AntSteele
Hi! Can you add me: Daisy Whitney @daisywhitney
John Barnes, author of Tales of the Madman Underground (2010 Printz Honor) tweets as @karlshoemaker
Hi, Can you add me? Kristina Springer, twitter name-- @TinaSpringer
@weirdadventurea John M W Smith
Would it be possible to include me, please?
I would love to be added to your list! @NatashaHouse
I currently have two self-published YA books through amazon.com Superhero Princess and the Curse of the Rainbow Fairy and Citizen.
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