MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults Archive

Anita Silvey is the author of 100 Best Books for Children, 500 Great Books for Teens, and Everything I Need to ...

Julie Berry's young adult novel The Passion of Dolssa (Viking, 2016) was named a Printz Honor Book by the American Library Association in...

Katherena Vermette is a Métis writer from Treaty One territory, the heart of the Métis nation, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Her first book, North End ...

Kathryn Erskine is the author of five children's novels including National Book Award winner Mockingbird, Jane Addams Peace Award honor book ...

Author/illustrator David Small was born and raised in Detroit. 

Rebecca Stead writes novels for middle-graders, including First Light (Wendy Lamb Books 2007); When You Reach Me (2009), winner of the...

Don Tate has illustrated or authored numerous books for children.

April Pulley Sayre ('00) is an award-winning author/photo-illustrator best known for her lyrical, read aloud science. 

Maggie Stiefvater is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the novels Shiver, Linger, Forever...

Graham Salisbury grew up in the Hawaiian Islands and graduated from California State University, Northridge.