Authors of Color

The following is a growing list of authors of color who have had a significant contribution to Young Adult literature in the United States.My basic criteria is that the author has published a minimum of 3 books, one in the past 2 or 3 years.

African American

Allison Whittenberg

Andrea Davis Pinkney
Angela Johnson

Bil Wright

Carla Sarratt

Charles R. Smith

Christopher Paul Curtis

Coe Booth

Connie Porter
Deborah Gregory

Derrick Barnes

Dia Reeves

Earl Sewell

Eleanora Tate

Ernest Hill

Greg Neri

Jacquelin Thomas

Jacqueline Woodson

Jamie Adoff

Janet McDonald

Joyce Hansen

Julius Lester

Kekla Magoon

L. Divine

Mildred Taylor

Nalo Hopkinson

Nikki Carter

Nikki Grimes

 Ni Ni Simone

Nnedi Okorafor

Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich 

Patricia McKissack

Paula Chase Hyma

Philana Marie Boles

Rachel Renee Russell

ReShonda Tate Billingsley

Rita Williams-Garcia

Sharon Dennis Wyeth

Sharon Draper

Sharon Flake

Shelia P. Moses

Stephanie Moore-Perry

Tanita S. Davis

Tonya Bolden

Tonya Hegamin

Traci L. Jones

Troy CLE

Varian Johnson

Vaunda Micheaux Nelson

Veronica Chambers

Walter Dean Myers

Zetta Elliott

Asian  American
Adeline Yen Mah

An Na

Anjali Banerjee

Bharati Muckherjee

Cindy Pon

Cynthia Kadohata

Daniel Nayeri

David Yoo

Dina Nayeri

E. C. Myers

Gene Luen Yang

Grace Lin

Hiromi Goto

Janet Wong

Jenny Han

Julie Kagawa

Justina Chen

Kashmira Sheth

Kavita Daswani
Ken Mochizuki

Kimberly Pauley

Laurence Yep

Lenore Look

Lensey Namioka

Linda Sue Park

Lisa Yee

Malinda Lo

Mariko Tamaki

Marina Budhos

May-Lee Chai

Medeia Sharif

Minfong Ho

Mitali Perkins

Naomi Shihab Nye
Narinder Dhami

Neesha Meminger

Padma Venkatraman

Paula Yoo

Paul Yee

Randa Abdel-Fattah

Sarwat Chadda

Shaun Tan

Uma Krishnswami

Y. S. Lee

Yoshiko Uchida

Latino/a American

Alex Sanchez

Alisa Valdes

Alma Flor Ada

Benjamin Alire Saenz

Christina Garcia

Christina Diaz Gonzalez

David Hernandez

Felipe Smith

Francisco Jimenez

Francisco X. Stork

Gaby Triana

Gary Soto

 Guadalupe Garcia McCall

Jimmy Santiago Baca

Juan Felipe Herrera 

Julia Alvarez

Judith Oritz Cofer

Kelly Parra 

Malin Alegria

Matt de la Pena

Meg Medina

Pam Munoz Ryan

Reymundo Sanchez

Rene Saldana Jr

Rigoberto González

Rudolfo Anaya

Tony Medina

Native American

Cynthia Leitich Smith

Daniel H. Wilson

Delphine Red Shirt

Jacqueline Guest

Joseph Bruchac

Sherman Alexie

Simon Ortiz

Thomas King

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A Thunderous Whisper by Christina Diaz Gonzalez; Knopf Books for Young Readers 9 October