MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults Archive

Loree Griffin Burns writes books that celebrate and explore the natural world. She is the author of seven books of children’s nonfiction, including the middle…

Deb Noyes writes historical fiction for young adults and adults, narrative nonfiction/biography for middle-grade readers, and picture books. Recent titles include We Are All His…

Ibi Zoboi is the New York Times-bestselling author of My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich (Penguin, 2019), her middle-grade debut, and the young adult novels…

Ann Dávila Cardinal, Gilbert Ford, Charles R. Smith, Jr., and Padma Venkatraman are the special guests at this winter's MFA in Writing for Children &…

Vermont College of Fine Arts will be in San Antonio, TX for the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Annual Conference in March.

Running Press published Kate Hosford's A Songbird Dreams of Singing: Poems About Sleeping Animals in November 2019, with illustrations by Jennifer Potter.

Padma Venkatraman was born in Chennai, India, the setting of her latest novel, The Bridge Home.

In 2019 alone, Printz Honor recipient Julie Berry released three picture books and a YA novel.

Eric Pinder's book The Perfect Pillow, published by Disney-Hyperion, received the 2019 New Hampshire Literary Award for Outstanding Work of Children's Literature. 

Donna Bowman Bratton's picture book, King of the Tightrope: When the Great Blondin Ruled Niagara, was published by Peachtree on October 1, 2019.