Authors Who Wrote As Teens -------------------------- compiled by Janice L. Ashley (jashley@tln.lib.mi.us) from posts to YALSA-BK and PUBYAC, December 2000 Here are the teen authors I used for bookmarks for Teen Read Week and I'll also make a display using the books we have on hand from this list. Thanks to everyone that send information. There are many more authors who wrote as teens but I tended to include those that I could identify specific works with will they were a teenager. Included is the year the work was published and the age of the author. At the end of the list are titles that include the voices of teens - most are recent works. AMELIA ATWATER-RHODES (14 yrs old) IN THE FORESTS OF THE NIGHT 1999 DEMON IN MY VIEW 2000 MAUREEN DALY (17 yrs old) SEVENTEENTH SUMMER 1942 MILES FRANKLIN (16 yrs old) MY BRILLIANT CAREER 1901 KIMBERLY FULLER (16 yrs old) HOME 1998 S. E. HINTON (16 yrs old) OUTSIDERS 1967 GORDON KORMAN (16 yrs old) THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING AT MCDONALD HALL 1978 BENJAMIN LEBERT (16 yrs old) CRAZY 2000 MEGAN MCNEIL LIBBY (16 yrs old) POSTCARDS FROM FRANCE 1998 DAV PILKEY (19 yrs old) WORLD WAR WON 1987 MARY SHELLEY (19 yrs old) FRANKENSTEIN 1816 TEEN POETRY: MOVIN: TEEN POETS TAKE VOICE DAVE JOHNSON, ed. 2000 PAIN TREE & OTHER TEENAGE ANGST-RIDDEN POETRY ESTHER WATSON, compiler 2000 QUIET STORM: VOICES OF YOUNG BLACK POETS (ages 13-21) LYDIA OKUTORO, ed. 1999 TUPAC SHAKUR (19 yrs old) THE ROSE THAT GREW FROM CONCRETE 2000 WHEN THE RAIN SINGS: POEMS BY YOUNG NATIVE AMERICANS (ages 7-17) LEE FRANCIS, ed. 1999 YOU HEAR ME? POEMS & WRITINGS BY TEENAGED BOYS BETSY FRANCO, ed. 2000 NON-FICTION: GIL C. ALICEA (16 yrs old) THE AIR DOWN HERE: TRUE TALES FROM A SOUTH BRONX BOYHOOD 1995 IRWIN CAIT (13 yrs old) CONQUERING THE BEAST WITHIN: HOW I FOUGHT DEPRESSION & WON 1998 ZACH HAMPLE (18 yrs old) HOW TO SNAG MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALLS 1999 DAVE LINDSAY (15 yrs old) DAVE'S QUICK 'N' EASY WEB PAGES 1999 MARK PFETZER (17 yrs old) WITHIN REACH: MY EVEREST STORY 1998 KATIE TARBOX (15 yrs old) KATIE.COM: MY STORY 2000 NED VIZZINI (started in jr hi school) TEEN ANGST? NAAAH^Å A QUASI- AUTOBIOGRAPHY 2000 TEEN VOICES DEAR DIARY I'M PREGNANT: TEENAGERS TALK ABOUT THEIR PREGNANCY ANNRENEE ENGLANDER, compiler 1997 GIRLS IN AMERICA: THEIR STORIES, THEIR WORDS CAROL CASSIDY 2000 HEAR THESE VOICES: YOUTH AT THE EDGE OF THE MILLENNIUM ANTHONY ALLISON 1999 NO MORE STRANGERS NOW: YOUNG VOICES FROM A NEW SOUTH AFRICA TIMOTHY MCKEE, interviewer 1998 OPHELIA SPEAKS : ADOLESCENT GIRLS WRITE ABOUT THEIR SEARCH FOR SELF SARA SHANDLER 1999 PICTURE THE GIRL: YOUNG WOMEN SPEAK THEIR MINDS AUDREY SHEHYN 2000 REAL BOYS' VOICES WILLIAM S. POLLACK 2000 REMIX: CONVERSATIONS WITH IMMIGRANT TEENS MARINA BUDHOS 1999 THE SECRET LIFE OF TEENS: YOUNG PEOPLE SPEAK OUT ABOUT THEIR LIVES PATNAIK, GAYATRI & MICHELLE, eds. 2000 SEEN AND HEARD: TEENAGERS TALK ABOUT THEIR LIVES MARY MOTLEY KALERGIS 1998 STRUGGLE TO BE STRONG: TRUE STORIES BY TEENS ABOUT OVERCOMING TOUGH TIMES DESETTA, SYBIL, WOLIN, eds. 2000 WHAT ARE YOU? VOICES OF MIXED-RACE YOUNG PEOPLE PEARL GUYO GASKINS, ed. 1999 WHY DO THEY HATE ME? YOUNG LIVES CAUGHT IN WAR & CONFLICT LAUREL HOLLIDAY 1999 DIARIES ANONYMOUS ANNIE'S BABY: THE DIARY OF ANONYMOUS, A PREGNANT TEENAGER 1998 ANONYMOUS GO ASK ALICE 1971 ZLATA FILIPOVIC (13 yrs old) ZLATA'S DIARY: A CHILDS LIFE IN SARAJEVO 1994 ANNE FRANK (14 yrs old) DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL 1952 LATOYA HUNTER (16 yrs old) DIARY OF LATOYA HUNTER: MY FIRST YEAR IN JUNIOR HIGH 1992