Young Literature Quotes

I turned down one of the big young adult franchises.

I'm looking forward to writing more novels for young adults.

I was definitely meant to be a young adult author, and I love it - I'm here to stay!

When I was very young I was reading a lot of Latin American fiction, which later would be called "boom fiction."

I haven't written a young-adult book in years. I'm also doing six 'Goosebumps' books a year now.

I love writing for young adults because they are such a wonderful audience, they are good readers, and they care about the books they read.

Book sales and teens reading is always a fantastic thing, but we should also be celebrating and consuming the huge wealth of U.K. and U.K.-based writing and illustrating talent. Authors such as Charlie Higson, Darren Shan, Holly Smale, Tanya Byrne, Catherine Johnson, Sophie Mckenzie, to name but a few.

The young adult category is particularly interesting to me in terms of science fiction and fantasy tropes.

My book group has one rule: no books for adults. We read young adult fiction only.

I was thrilled when this year's National Book Award for Young People's Literature went to Neal Schusterman's 'Challenger Deep.' This brilliant book takes you into the mind of a mentally ill teenager and deserves all the accolades it's received.

The books for young people say a great deal about the selection of Friends; it is because they really have nothing to say about Friends. They mean associates and confidants merely.