young adult author
Writes for teenagers
A young adult author writes fiction or nonfiction aimed at readers roughly twelve to eighteen years old.
The term describes the target audience, not the author's age: She became a young adult author after her dystopian trilogy found a teenage readership.
The genre spans fantasy, romance, coming-of-age stories, and social issues, typically featuring adolescent protagonists navigating identity and independence.
- novelistWriter of prose narratives
- teenagerPerson aged thirteen-nineteen
- dystopianDepicting oppressive imagined societies
- fantasyImaginative mental wandering
- supernatural romanceLove story with otherworldly beings
coming-of-age · debut · trilogy · protagonist · bookshelf · romance · love triangle · bestseller · film adaptation · manuscript · fanbase · relatable · teen angst · angsty · series · paperback · rebellion · heroine
- writersnovelist, writer, poet, journalist, essayist
young, younger, youngest, youngster, youth, youthful, youthfully, youthfulness, adult