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 North Carolina in 1978, **bestselling novelist and screenwriter** Blake Crouch has become one of contemporary fiction's most compelling voices in speculative thriller territory.

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.