MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults Archive

Alex Sanchez has published ten novels, including the American Library Association “Best Book for Young Adults” Rainbow Boys and Lambda Award-winning So ...

K.A. Holt has dedicated her writing career to making sure kids (and adults) understand that anyone can be the main character of a...

Daria Peoples’ first job was at nine years old in the children’s section of her hometown library in Paso Robles, California. She worked a little,...

Randy Ribay is the author of An Infinite Number of Parallel Universes, After the Shot Drops, and, most recently, ...

Only a few months into 2021, Writing for Children & Young Adults alumnx Sandra Nickel has already received numerous accolades for her recent nonfiction picture...

Ibi Zoboi is the New York Times-bestselling author of My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich (Penguin, 2019), her middle-grade...

Writing for Children & Young Adults alumnx and literary agent Lori Steel has had a long career in all aspects of books—a career that eventually...

The American Library Association announced its 2021 award winners for "the top books, digital media, video and audio books for children and young adults" on...

Born and raised in St. Thomas of the US Virgin Islands, Kacen Callender is a bestselling and award-winning author of the middle-grade novels Hurricane ...

Jenn Bailey graduated with her MFA from VCFA in January 2017 and has since refused to leave. Her debut picture book, A Friend for ...