John Michael Green is an American author and YouTuber.

Jerome David Salinger was an American author best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye.

Born and raised in Mississippi before making Atlanta her home, **Angie Thomas** burst onto the literary scene with her groundbreaking debut *The Hate U Give* in 2017.

Born in Oak Park, Illinois in 1899, **Ernest Hemingway** became one of America's most celebrated and influential writers, transforming both literature and the public's perception of what it meant to be an author.

Since bursting onto the YA scene in 2015 with *More Happy Than Not*, **#1 New York Times bestselling author** Adam Silvera has become one of young adult literature's most emotionally resonant voices.