MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults Archive

Jennifer Ziegler is the author of the middle grade Brewster Triplet Series for Scholastic—Revenge of the Flower Girls, Revenge of ...

Anna-Marie McLemore (they/them) grew up hearing la llorona in the Santa Ana winds and now writes books as queer, Latine, and nonbinary as...

Corey Ann Haydu is the author of Eventown, Rules for Stealing Stars, OCD Love Story, and...

The 2019 VCFA Writing Auction is now live!

VCFA will hold its annual Writing Programs online auction May 13-26, and we are now soliciting donations.

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Sara Ryan (they/them) is the author of the graphic novel Bad Houses with art by Carla Speed McNeil, young adult novels...

Cory McCarthy (he/they) is the acclaimed author of four YA novels, as well as a forthcoming coauthored space fantasy duology and a nonfiction picture book...

Varian Johnson is the author of several novels for children and young adults, including The Parker Inheritance, which won both Coretta Scott...

Linda Urban writes picture books, chapter books, and middle grade novels.