Writers in Teen Fiction

Love and Lies by Ellen Wittlinger (Sequel to Hard Love)

• Pub Date:  2008
• High school interest 
• See also: Losing Virginity, Connecting with Books 
• Marisol defers college to write a novel.

In Search of Mockingbird by Loretta Ellsworth

• Pub Date: 2007
• Middle and high school interest 
• See also: Connecting with Books 
• Erin idolizes Harper Lee and writes poetry herself.

A True and Faithful Narrative by Katherine Sturtevant

• Pub Date: 2006
• Middle and high school interest 
• See also: Historical 
• Meg lives at a time when women aren't writers, but she is determined to become one.

Angelmonster by Veronica Bennett

• Pub Date: 2006
• High school interest 
• See also: Based on Real People
• A fictionalized account of the life of Mary Shelley.

Big Fat Manifesto by Susan Vaught

• Pub Date: 2007
• High school interest
• See also: Beauty & Self Image, Getting into College 
• Jamie writes a column in her school newspaper about body image.

 A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly

• Pub Date: 2003
• High school interest
• See also: Historical, Based on Real Event 
• Mattie is determined to go to college to be a writer.

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

• Pub Date: 2013
• High school Interest
• See also: Fandom, Writers

Without Tess by Marcella Pixley

• Pub Date: 2011
• Middle and high school interest
• See also: Medication/Therapy, Past & Present, Sisters
• Lizzie connects with her sister's poetry after her sister's death.

Goodbye Days by Jeff Zentner

• Pub Date: 2017
• High School interest
• See also: Grief/Loss, Guilt 
• A teen loses his three best friends in an accident he may or may not have had a role in.

Phantom Limbs by Paula Garner

• Pub Date: 2016
• High school interest
• See also: Grief/Loss, Coaches/Mentors 
• Otis is a poet and a swimmer.

The Opposite of Falling Apart by Micah Goode

• Pub Date: 2020
• High school Interest
• See also: Disabilities
• Brennan is working on a novel she publishes on an online writing community.