U.S. Based authors who write young adult books, ages 12-18

Asian Pacific Islander American

Adeline Yen Mah (Chinese American)
Akemi Bowman
Ali Lawati
Amy Zhang
Aisha Saeed
Aminah May Safi (Muslim American)
An Na (Korean American)
Anjali Banerjee (Asian-Indian American)
Arvin Ahmadi(Iranian American)
Ashok Banker
Axie Oh
Bali Rai
Candy Gourley
Caroline Tung Richmond
Catherine Torres (Filipino)
CB Lee (Chinese Vietnamese American)
Charlotte Huang
Christina Soontornvat  (Thai American)
Cindy Lin
Cindy Pon (Taiwanese American)
Cynthia Kadohata (Japanese American)
Daniel Nayeri(Iranian American)
David Yoo (Chinese American)
Dina Nayeri (Iranian American)
Devi Menon
E.C. Myers
Ellen Oh
Elsie Chapman
Erika Lee (Chinese American)
Erin Entrada Kelly (Filipino American)
Erin L. Schneider (Hawaiian)
F. Lit Yu
Evelyn Skye
F. C. Lee
Fonda Lee (Chinese Canadian)
Francis Lee Hall (Chinese American)
George Jreije (Lebanese American)
Gwendolyn Willow wilson
Gene Luen Yang (Chinese American)
Grace Lin (Taiwanese American)
Hafsah Faizal (Sri Lankan/Arab American)
Hanna Alkaf (Malaysian)
Heidi Helig
Hena Khan
Hiromi Goto  (Japanese Canadian)
Icy Smith
India Hill Brown
Ilene W. Gregorio
Intisar Khanani
Isamu Fukui
Janet Wong (Chinese Korean American)
Jasmine Warga (Turkish American)
Jennifer Yen 
Jenny Han (Asian American)
Joan He (Chinese American)
Julia Doa
Julie Abe  (Japanese American)
Julie Kagawa (Japanese American)
Justina Chen (Taiwanese American)
Karen Bao
Karuna Riazi
Kashmira Sheth (Indian American)
Kat Zhang  (Chinese American)
Kate Evangelista (Filipina)
Kathleen Burkinshaw (Japanese American)
Kavita Daswani
Kazu Kibuishi
Kelly Yang (Chinese American)
Ken Mochizuki (Japanese American)
Ken Lamug (Filipino American)
Kendare Blake (Korean American)
Ki-Wing Merlin
Kristen Simmons
Kristi Shen
Lani Wendt Young (Samoa – Sāmoan)
Laurence Yep (Chinese American)
Leila Rasheed (Bangladeshi British)
Lenore Look (Chinese American)
Lensey Namioka (Chinese American)
Lilly Vale (Indian American)
Linda Sue Park (Korean American)
Lisa Yee (Chinese American)
Livia Blackburne
Loan Le (Vietnamese American)
Lydia Kang
Mai K.Nguyen
Makiia Lucier (Pacific Islander)
Malinda Lo(Chinese American)
Many Ly
Marie Lu
Mariko Tamaki(Japanese/Jewish Canadian)
Marina  Tamar Budhos (Indo Caribbean)
Marty Chan (Chinese Canadian)
Maurene Goo
May-Lee Chai(Chinese/Irish American)
Meghan Nuttall Syres
Meredith Ireland (Korean American)
Mike Jung
Milly Lee (Chinese American)
Misa Sugiura
Mitali Perkins (Asian-Indian American)
Muhammad Khan (Palestinian British)
Nadia Shamman (Palestinian American)
Nafiza Azad
Naheed Hasnat Senzai
Na’ima B. Roberts
Naomi Shihab Nye (Palenstinian American)
Narinder Dhami (Indian British)
Natasha Tarpley
Naz Kutub (Singaporean)
Neesha Meminger  (Indian Canadian)
Nidhi Chanani
Nisha Sharma
Padma Venkatraman (Indian American)
Paul Yee (Chinese American)
Puneet Bhandal (Indian)
Pintip Dunn
Rahul Kanakia
Randa Abdel-Fattah (Palestinian/Egyptian Australian)
Reem Faruqi (Pakistani American)
Remy Lai
Renée Ahdieh
Riley Redgate
Rhonda Belleza
Rich Lo
Rin Chupeco
Rosani Chokshi (Indian/Filipino American)
Roshani Chokshi 
S. Jae-Jones
Saadia Faruqi
Sabaa Tahir
Sabina Khan 
Samira Ahmed
Sandhya Menon
Sangu Mandanna
Sara Farizan (Iranian American)
 Sara Saedi (Iranian American)
Sarvenaz Tash
Sarwat Chadda (East Indian-British)
Savita Kalhan (Indian-British)
Sayantani Dasgupta  (Indian American)
S. F. Said 
Shaila Patel
Sheba Karim
Sheela Chari (Indian American)
Sita Brahmachari (Asian Indian British)
S.K. Ali
Sona Charaipotra
Soman Chainani (Indian American)
Stacey H. Lee (Chinese American)
Susan Tan
Swati Teerdhala
Talia Dutton
Tanaz Bhathena (Canadian Indian)
Taran Matharu
Tahereh Mafi (Asian American)
Tashie Bhulyan (Bangladeshi American)
Thanhha Lai
Tracy Badua (Filipino American)
Uma Krishnaswami (Asian Indian American)
Valynne E. Maetani 
Varsha Bajaj(Asian Indian American)
Veera Hirandandani
Virginia  Loh Hagan (Chinese-American)
Vivek Shraya
Waka T. Brown
Lori M. Lee
Y. S. Lee (Chinese Canadian)
Yoshiko Uchida (Japanese American)
Zanib Mian

Black/African American

Adwoa Badoe
Akwaeke Emezi
Alexis Henderson
Alicia D. Williams
Amanda Joy
Amina Luqman-Dawson
Angela Johnson
Angie Thomas
Alaya Dawn Johnson
Alechia Dow
Allison Whittenberg
Amanda Joy
Amber McBride
Amir Abrams
Andrea Pippins
Angela Johnson
Artist Arthur
Asah Bromfield
Ashley Franklin 
Ashley Woodfolk
Ayana Gray
B.B. Alson
Barbara Binns
Ben Philippe
Bil Wright
Balogun Ojetade
Bethany C. Morrow
Brandy Colbert
Brenda Woods
Brianna Peppins
Britney S. Lewis
Brittany J. Thurman
Brittney Morris
Candice Montgomery
Camryn Garrett
Candace Buford
Candace Iloh
Carla Sarratt
Carole Boston Weatherford
Celeste O. Norfleet
Chad Lucas (Black Canadian)
Charles R. Smith
Charles Waters
Charlotte Nicole Davis
Chris Ledbetter
Chris L. Terry
Christine Kendall
Christopher John Farley
Christopher Paul Curtis
Chrystal D. Giles
Ciannon Smart
Claire Kann
Coe Booth
Courtne Comrie
Craig  Laurance Gidney
Crystal Allen
Daka Hermon
Dana L. Davis
Danielle Paige
David Barclay
Debbie Rigaud
Denene Millner
Denise Lewis Patrick
Derrick Barnes
Desmond Hall
Destiny Howell
Dhonielle Clayton
Dream Jordan
Duchess Harris
Dwayne Reed
Earl Sewell
Ebony Joy Wilkins
Eden Royce
Edwidge Danticat
Elise Bryant
Elizabeh Agyemang
Erica Martin
 Erika J. Kendrick
Ernest Hill
Eve Ewing
Fracaswell Hyman
Gwendolyn Hooks
Greg Neri
H.D. Hunter
Ibi Zoboi (Haitian American)
Isaac Fitzsimons
Ilyasah Shabazz
Insha Fitzpatrick
J. Elle
J. E. Thomas
Jacqueline Woodson
Jamia Wilson
Jamaica Kincaid
Jaime Reed
Jamie Adoff
Janae Marks
Janet McDonald
Janice Lynn Mather 
Jasmine Richards 
Jason Reynolds
 Jay Coles
Jesse C. Jackson
Jessica Taylor/Jazz Lewis
Jetta Grace Martin
Jewell Parker Rhodes
Joel Christian Gill
Joelle Washington
Joya Goffney
Jordan Ifueko
Joya Goffney
Julian Winters
Julius Lester
Justin A. Reynolds
Justina Ireland
K. Ancrum
Kacen Callender
Kayla Ancrum
Kalisha Buckhanon
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Karen Simpson
Karen Strong
Kalynn Bayron
Katheryn Russell-Brown
Kekla Magoon
Kelli London
Karyn Parsons
Kimberly Jones
Kimberly Reid
Kristen Hunter
Kristina Forest
Kosoko Jackson
Kwame Alexander
Kwame Mbalia
L. Divine
L. L. McKinney
Laila Sabreen
Lakita Wilson
Langston Hughes
Lauren Blackwood
Leah Henderson
Leah Johnson
Leisl Adams (Black Canadian)
Lesa Cline-Ransome
Leslie C. Youngblood
Liari Timani
Linda Williams Jackson
Lisa Moore Ramée
Liselle Sambury
Lamar Giles
Lisa Bryan Stringfellow
Liselle Sambury
Louisa Onome
Lola Stvil
M.J. Fievre
Mahagony L. Browne
Maika Moulite
Maritza Moulite
Mariama J. Lockington
Marie Arnold (Haitian American)
Marilyn Nelson
Marti Dumas
Maurice Broaddus
Mildred Taylor
Nalo Hopkinson
Namina Forna
Natasha Bowen
Natasha Diaz
Ngozi Ukazu
Nic Stone
Nicola Yoon  (Jamaican American)
Nicole D. Collier
Nikki Grimes
Ni Ni Simone
Nnedi Okorafor 
Nicola Yoon
Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich 
Octavia Spencer
Pap Souleye Fall (Sengalese American)
Pat Cummings
Patrice Caldwell
Paula Chase
Philana Marie Boles
Rachel Renee Russell
Randi Pink
Rebecca Barrow
Rena Barron
Renee Watson
Reshonda Tate Billingsley
Rhiannon Richardson
Rimma Onoseta (Nigerian)
Rita Williams Garcia
Ronald L. Smith
Ronni Davis
Rosa Guy
Roseanne A. Brown
Roye Okupe
Ryan Douglass
S. Isabelle
Sarah Everett
Sarah Raughley 
Shakirah Bourne
Sharon Bell Mathis
Sharon Dennis Wyeth
Sharon Draper
Sharon Flake
Shelia P. Moses
Sherri L. Smith
Sherri Winston
Sonia Hayes
Stephanie Kuehn
Stephanie Moore-Perry
Sundee Frazier
Tami Charles
Tamika Gibson
Tanita S. Davis
Tiffany Brownlee
Tiffany D. Jackson
Tiffany Jewell
Tina Wells 
Tochi Onyebuchi
Tololwa Mollel
Tomi Adeyemi
Tony Medina
Tonya Bolden
Tonya Cherie Hegamin
Torrey Maldonado
Tracey Baptiste
Traci L. Jones
Tracy Deonn
Varian Johnson
Virginia Hamilton
Wade Hudson
Walter Dean Myers
Winifred Burton
Zetta Elliott   

Indigenous

A. J. Eversole (Cherokee) she/her
Ambelin Kwaymullina (Palyku) she/her
Angeline Boulley (Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa) she/her
Andrea L. Rogers (Cherokee) she/her
Ari Tison (Bribri/Indigenous Costa Rican)
Dr. Brandon Hobson (Cherokee)he/him
Brian Young (Red-Running-Into-Red Clan)
Byron Graves(Ojibwe) he/him
Carla Messinger (Turtle Clan Lenape) she/her
Chad Solomon (Ojibwe)
Cherie Dimaline (Métis) she/her
Cheryl Isaacs (Mohawk/white)
Christine Hartman Derr (Cherokee)
Cynthia Leitich Smith (Muscogee)
Eric Gansworth (Onondaga Eel Clan)
Daniel H. Wilson
Dr. Darcie Little Badger (Lipan/Apache) she/her
Dawn Quigley (Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe)
David A. Robertson (Swampy Cree)
Delphine Red Shirt
Jacqueline Guest
James Bird (Ojibwe)
Jan Bourdeau Waboose (Nishnawbe Ojibway)
Jen Ferguson (Métis/Michif/Canadian settler) she/her
Joseph Bruchac  (Abenaki)
Joseph M. Marshall III (Sicangu Lakota/Rosebud Sioux)
Joy Harjo (Mvskoke)
K.A. Cobell/ Staa ‘tssipisstaakii (Blackfee) she/her
Karina Iceberg (Kate Hart (Chikasaw)
Kaua Māhoe Adams (mixed Kanaka Maoli) she/her
Katherena Vermette (Métis)
Kim Spencer (Ts’msyen) she/her
Kristy Orona-Ramirez (Taos Pueblo/Raramuri) she/her
Lisa Charleyboy (Tsilhqot’in – Raven Clan)
Laura Tohe (Diné /Navajo)
Louise Erdrich (Chippewa) she/her
Marcella Bell (Muscogee Freedman, Black, European settler) she/her
Michael Kusugak (Inuit)
Nicola Campbell (Nle7kepmx, Nsilx and Métis)
Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley (Inuit) she/her
Richard Van Camp (Dogrib / Tlicho) he/him
Robbie Robertson (Mohawk)
S. D. Nelson  (Standing Rock Sioux)
Sean Qitsualik-Tinsley (Scottish/Mohawk) he/him
Sherman Alexie (Spokane/Coeur d’Alene) he/him
Simon Ortiz (Acoma Pueblo) he/him
Stephen Graham Jones (Blackfeet)
Tim Tingle  (Choctaw) he/him
Traci Sorrell (Cherokee) she/her
Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve  (Lakota Sioux)
Yvonne Wakim Dennis (Cherokee/Sand Hill/Syrian)

Latinx

Alex Sanchez
Adam Silvera (Puerto Rican)
Aida Salazar (Mexican American)
Alisa Valdés
Alma Flor Ada
Andrea Beatrz Arango (Puerto Rican)
Angela Cervantes
Anna-Marie McLemore
Ava Jae
Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Bettina Restrepo
Caridad Ferrer
Carlos Hernandez
Celia Perez
Chantel Acevedo (Cuban American)
Charles Rice González
Christina Diaz Gonzalez
Christina García
Cindy L. Rodriguez
Claudia Guadalupe Martínez
Claudia Recinos Seldeen (Guatemalian American)
Claudia Meléndez
Courtney Alameda
Crystal Maldonada
Danette Vigilante
Daniel Jose Older
David Bowles
David Hernandez
Diane Gonzales Bertrand
Diana López
Donna Freitas
e. E. Charlton-Trujillo
Elsa Amado (Guatemalan Canadian)
Emma Otheguy
Erika L. Sánchez
Estela Bernal
Eva Darrows
Francisco Jiménez
Francisco X. Stork
Gaby Triana
Gabby Rivera
Gary Soto
Gloria Velásquez
Guadelupe Garcia McCall
Jennifer Torres
Jennifer Ziegler
Joe Jiménez
Jose Pimiento
Hillary Manahan
Isabel Quintero
Jennifer Cervantes
Jennifer Mathieu
Jenny Torres Sanchez
Jorge Aguirre
Juan Felipe Herrera
Julia Alvarez
Judith Ortiz Cofer
Kat Fajardo
Kelly Loy Gilbert
Kelly Parra
Kim Baker
Lila Quintero Weaver
Lilliam Rivera
Lydia Gil
Lynn Joseph
Maika Moulite
Malin Alegria
Margarita Engle
Maria E. Andreu
Maritza Moulite
Mark Oshiro
Marjorie Agosín
Matt de la Peña
Maya Motayne
Matt Mendez
Meg Medina
Melissa Gray
Nancy Osa
Natalie Sylvester (Peruvian American)
Natasha Deen (Guyanese Canadian)
Nicholasa Mohr
Nina Moreno
Nonieqa Ramos
Ofelia Dumas Lachtman
Olive Senior
Pam Muñoz Ryan
Patrick Flores-Scott
Rafael Rosado
Raúl the Third
Ray Villareal
René Saldana Jr
Rigoberto González
Ruth Behar
Samantha Mabry
Sindy Felin
Socorro Acioli
Sofia Quintero
Sonia Manzano
Stephanie Kuehn
Steven dos Santos
Tanya Guerrero (Filipino Spanish)
Xavier Garza
Veronica Chambers
Viola Canales
Will Alexander
Yasmin Shiraz
Yxta Maya Murray
Zoraida Córdova

Mixed Race/Bi-Racial/AfroLatinx
Adam Garnet Jones (Cree/Métis/Danish)
Anna Perera (Sri Lankan/European)
Aya de León (Afro Latine/x/a)
Crystal Chan
Efua Traoré (Nigerian/ German)
Elizabeth Acevedo  (Afro Latinx)
Jasminne Mendez (Dominican American)
Kelly Loy Gilbert (white/Chinese)
Kimberly Pauley (Chinese/mixed race American)
Makanaonalani Nicholson (Hawaiian/white)
Mamle Wolo (Ghanaian German)
Nàima B. Robert (African/European; Bristish Muslim)
Nancy Ohlin (Japanese/European American)
Natasha Deen (Guyanese Canadian)
Olivia Chadha (Punjabi Sikh and Latvian/German)
Rebecca Roanhorse (Ohkay Owingeh /Black)
Renee Ahdieh
Shannon Gibney
Sundee T. Frazier
Tony Medina (Afro Latinx)
Torrey Maldonado (Afro Latinx)
Valeria Tejeda
Veronica Chambers (Afro Latinx)
Vincent Tirado