This week we invite you to continue exploring the works of the women who define contemporary young adult speculative and science fiction, a topic we began to discuss in Women Authors of Young Adult Speculative and Science Fiction – Part I. With novels topping the New York Times Best Seller list for months at aContinue reading “Women Authors of Young Adult Speculative and Science Fiction – Part II”
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Women Authors of Young Adult Speculative and Science Fiction – Part I
Women authors have historically played a significant role in the literary sub-genre of young adult speculative and science fiction. Truly emerging as a genre in the mid 1960’s with the publication of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time, the genre has evolved to include such contemporary authors as Suzanne Collins and J.K. Rowling, whose novelsContinue reading “Women Authors of Young Adult Speculative and Science Fiction – Part I”