MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults Archive

Uma Krishnaswami is the author of more than 25 books for young readers, including picture books, middle grade novels, a chapter book, and early readers. ...

An Na was born in South Korea and grew up in San Diego, California.

Tom Birdseye was decidedly uninterested in writing as a kid – or any academic aspect of school, for that matter – never imagining that he would...

Alan Cumyn is the author of the beloved Owen Skye children’s novels—The Secret Life of Owen Skye, After Sylvia...

Louise Hawes has published books for readers of all ages.

Jillian Tamaki is an illustrator and comics artist living in Toronto, Ontario. 

Siobhán Parkinson writes novels, mostly for children and young people. She says herself that she writes “to the imagination.” 

Penny Kittle is one of the nation’s leading advocates for child and young adult literacy, and is a sought-after speaker on topics in literacy education...

Mini Grey was born in a mini car in a car park in South Wales. She worked as a theatre designer, then a primary school...

Elana K. Arnold writes books for and about children and teens. Her most recent YA novel, What Girls Are Made Of, was...