Ages 15-18: Best Stellar Storyteller

No Adults Allowed! These authors amaze and astound with the stories they create. Teens can choose their top 5 Best Stellar Storytellers among the list below.

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• Aden Polydoros, creator of The City Beautiful

• Alexandria Leigh Young, creator of Idol Gossip

• Alice Oseman, creator of Heartstopper #3 (illus. Alice Oseman)

• Alicia Jasinska, creator of The Midnight Girls

• Alissa Sallah, creator of Weeaboo (illus. Alissa Sallah)

• Amanda Foody and Christine Lynn Herman, creators of All Of Us Villains

• Angeline Boulley, creator of Firekeeper’s Daughter

• Anuradha D. Rajurkar, creator of American Betiya

• Arthur Slade, creator of Mr. Universe

• Ayana Gray, creator of Beasts of Prey

• Benjamin Alire Sáenz, creator of Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World

• Bethany C. Morrow, creator of A Chorus Rises

• Bowen McCurdy and Kaitlyn Musto, creators of Specter Inspectors SC (illus. Bowen McCurdy)

• Brandon Sanderson, creator of Cytonic

• Brigid Kemmerer, creator of Defy the Night

• C.S. Pacat, creator of Dark Rise

• Caroline O’Donoghue, creator of All Our Hidden Gifts (illus. Stefanie Caponi)

• Cassandra Clare, creator of Chain of Iron

• Charlie Jane Anders, creator of Victories Greater Than Death

• Cherie Demeline, creator of Hunting by Stars (A Marrow Thieves Novel)

• Chloe Gong, creator of Our Violent Ends

• Clare Rees, creator of Jelly

• Colby Cedar Smith, creator of Call Me Athena: Girl from Detroit

• Crystal Frasier, creator of Cheer Up! Love and Pompoms (illus. Val Wise)

• Cyla Panin, creator of Stalking Shadows

• David Michael Slater, creator of Sparks

• Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon, creators of Blackout

• Elise Bryant, creator of Happily Ever Afters

• Elizabeth Holleville, creator of Summer Spirit (illus. Elizabeth Holleville)

• Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, creator of Ace of Spades

• Francisco X. Stork, creator of On the Hook

• George M. Johnson, creator of We Are Not Broken

• Grant Morrison and Alex Child, creators of Proctor Valley Road SC (illus. Naomi Franquiz)

• H.E. Edgmon, creator of The Witch King

• Harmony Becker, creator of Himawari House

• Holly Jackson, creator of Good Girl, Bad Blood

• Jay Coles, creator of Things We Couldn’t Say

• Jennifer Lynn Barnes, creator of The Hawthorne Legacy

• Jerry Mikorenda, creator of The Whaler’s Daughter

• Jessica S. Olson, creator of Sing Me Forgotten

• John Allison, creator of Bad Machinery Vol. 10: The Case of the Severed Alliance (Pocket Edition) (illus. John Allison)

• Jordan Ifueko, creator of Redemptor (Raybearer #2)

• Kalynn Bayron, creator of This Poison Heart

• Karen M. McManus, creator of You’ll Be The Death of Me

• Kerri Maniscalco, creator of Kingdom of the Cursed

• Kosoko Jackson, creator of Yesterday is History

• Kylie Lee Baker, creator of The Keeper of Night

• Laekan Zea Kemp, creator of Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet

• Lara Kaminoff, creator of How To Pick A Fight (illus. Lara Kaminoff)

• Laura Pohl, creator of The Grimrose Girls

• Leah Johnson, creator of Rise to the Sun

• Lilliam Rivera, creator of We Light Up the Sky

• Loan Le, creator of A Pho Love Story

• M.J. Fievre, creator of Empowered Black Girl: Joyful Affirmations & Words of Resilience

• Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite, creator of One of the Good Ones

• Malinda Lo, creator of Last Night at the Telegraph Club

• Margaret Owen, creator of Little Thieves

• Margaret Rogerson, creator of Vespertine

• Margot Wood, creator of Fresh

• Marissa Meyer, creator of Gilded

• Mercedes Lackey, creator of Briarheart

• Namina Forna, creator of The Gilded Ones

• Natasha Bowen, creator of Skin of the Sea

• Rachel Griffin, creator of The Nature of Witches

• Ransom Riggs, creator of The Desolations of Devil’s Acre

• Ray Stoeve, creator of Between Perfect and Real

• Renée Watson, creator of Love Is a Revolution

• Ro Salarian, creator of Spectacle Vol. 4 (illus. Ro Salarian)

• Ryan La Sala, creator of Be Dazzled

• Sarah Hollowell, creator of A Dark and Starless Forest

• Sarah Kuhn, creator of From Little Tokyo, with Love

• Stacey Lee, creator of Luck of the Titanic

• Steven Salvatore, creator of Can’t Take That Away

• Susan Dennard, creator of Witchshadow

• Tahereh Mafi, creator of Believe Me

• Tami Charles, creator of Muted

• Tash McAdam, creator of Sink or Swim

• Ted Naifeh, creator of The Crumrin Chronicles Vol. 1: The Charmed & The Cursed (illus. Ted Naifeh and Warren Wucinich)

• TJ Klune, creator of Flash Fire

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