Websites of YA Writers

Catherine Atkins, author When Jeff Came Home and Alt Ed

Sarah Dessen, author of The Truth about Forever, This Lullaby, Dreamland, Someone Like You, That Summer and Keeping the Moon

Alex Flinn, author of Breaking Point, Breathing Underwater and Nothing to Lose

Carolyn Mackler, author of Love and other Four-Letter Words, The Earth, My Butt, and other Big, Round Things, and Vegan, Virgin, Valentine

m.e. rabb, creator of the Missing Persons Mysteries

Laura Ruby, author of Lily's Ghosts and The Wall and the Wing (forthcoming)

Laurie Stolarz, author of the Blue is for Nightmares series

Ellen Wittlinger, author of Heart on my Sleeve, Zig Zag, Hard Love, and Sandpiper

Lara M. Zeises, author of Bringing up the Bones and Contents Under Pressure,and the forthcoming Anyone But You

Links of Interest to Young Adult Writers and Readers

Cynthia Leitich Smith runs a content-rich site with news, interviews and publishing information as well as the latest on Cynthia's own books.

Esmé Radji Codell's PlanetEsmé is full of resources for parents and teachers of children and teens.

Teenreads.com has all the latest.

Teenink.com is where you'll find all the teen writers.

Dynamic young librarians Jennifer Hubert and Miranda Doyle run great sites.

Check out the Hiplibrarians.

Cathy Young's Favorite Teenage Angst Books is another.