MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults Archive

David Almond is a novelist, and professor of creative writing at Bath Spa University. 

Marcus Sedgwick was born and raised in East Kent in the South-east of England. He now divides his time between a small village near Cambridge,...

A founding WCYA faculty member, Marion Dane Bauer writes on topics of concern to everyone who is publishing or hoping to publish in the juvenile...

Lucy Christopher is the award-winning author of Stolen, Flyaway, and The Killing Woods. 

Henry Cole is an award-winning self-taught illustrator who studied forestry at Virginia Tech. 

Marie-Louise Gay has written and/or illustrated over sixty books for children: from picture-books like the Stella and Sam series to novels like ...

Nikki Grimes, the New York Times bestselling author, is the recipient of the 2006 NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children. 

Leonard S. Marcus is one of the world’s leading writers about children’s books and the people who create them.

Julie Paschkis is the illustrator of more than 15 books for children, including Apple Cake: A Recipe for Love, Building on ...

Katherine Paterson is the author of more than 30 books, including 16 novels for young people.