young adult writer
Adolescent fiction author
A young adult writer is an author who writes fiction or nonfiction aimed at teenagers and young adults, typically ages 12 to 18.
The phrase describes the audience, not the author's age—young adult writers range from twenty-somethings to octogenarians.
The genre encompasses everything from fantasy epics to realistic stories about first love, identity, and coming of age: She's become one of the most successful young adult writers of the decade.
- novelistWriter of prose narratives
- teenYoung person, 13-19
- fictionImagined narrative work
- bestsellerHigh-volume publication
- book dealAgreement with a publisher
debut · manuscript · first draft · protagonist · coming-of-age · found family · dystopian · romance · love triangle · enemies to lovers · fantasy · publisher · bookstore · book tour · fanbase · trilogy · series · cliffhanger ending
- writer typeschildren's author, graphic novelist, bestselling author
- writersauthor, novelist, poet, journalist, essayist
young adult writerMarquis de Sade
Writer whose name became perversion
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