Friday, May 15, 2009

Utah YA/MG Writers

I've been promising to put this list up for a while. Here it is finally. An incomplete list of Utah YA/MG writers in no particular order. Anyone that I've missed, feel free to speak up.

David Farland-Of Mice and Magic
Jessica Day George-Dragon Slippers
Brandon Mull-Fablehaven
Paul West-coming soon
Sydney Salter-My Big Nose and Other Natural Disasters
Kristen Landon-Life in the Pit
Shannon Hale-Goose Girl
James Dashner-The 13th Reality
Tamra Norton-Comfortable in My Own Genes
Kristen Chandler-Wolves Boys and Other Things That Might Kill Me
Katie Parker-Just the Way You Are
Jannette Rallison-It's a Mall World After All
Randall Right-coming soon
BJ Rowley-Light Traveler Adventure Series
J. Scott Savage-Far World
Rebecca Talley-Heaven Scent
Julie Wright-My-Not-So-Fairy-Tale-Life
Elise Rasband-coming soon
Anna del C. Dye-Trouble in the Elf City
Wendy Tolliver-Secret Life of a Teenage Siren
Bree Despain-The Dark Divine
Rebecca Shelley-Brass Dragon Codex
Clint Johnson-Green Dragon Codex
Paul Genesse-The Dragon Hunters

I feel very lucky to live in a state with such a great writing community. :)

3 comments:

Marny said...

You missed:

Mette Ivie Harrison, The Princess and the Bear (came out last month)
Aprilynne Pike, Wings (came out this month)
Lisa Mangum, The Hourglass Door (came out this week!)
Carol Lynch Williams, The Chosen One (so did this!)
A. E. Cannon, The Loser's Guide to Life and Love
Dan Willis, DragonLance: The Survivors
James A. Owen, The Indigo King
Brandon Sanderson, Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians

Rachelle Christensen said...

Great list and what a good idea! I posted a review about the Scrapbox on my blog, if you’d like to see a pic, come visit!

Rebecca Shelley said...

Doh! I knew I was missing some important people. Thanks for adding those, Marny. I'm sure there are others as well.

Rachelle, thanks for letting me know about the review of the Scrapbox. I'll go check it out.