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YA Authors on the Web

Alex Sanchez
(who wrote Rainbow Boys, etc.)
Amy Kaye
(who wrote The Real Deal)
Andrew Auseon
(who wrote Funny Little Monkey)
Bennett Madison
(who wrote Lulu Dark and The Blonde of the Joke)
Brent Hartinger
(who wrote Geography Club, The Royal Order of the Poison Oak, and The Last Chance Texaco)
Carolyn Mackler
(who wrote The Earth, My Butt, & Other Big Round Things, etc.)
Cat Bauer
(who wrote Harley, Like a Person)
Cathy Hopkins
(who wrote Mates, Dates & Inflatable Bras -- and many others)
Cecily Von Ziegesar
(who wrote Gossip Girl and all its sequels)
Cherie Bennett
(who wrote Life in the Fat Lane, A Heart Divided, etc.)
D.L Garfinkle
(who wrote Storky)
Daniel Ehrenhaft
(who wrote Ten Things to Do Before I Die, Tell it to Naomi and The After Life)
David Levithan
(who wrote Boy Meets Boy, Realm of Possibility and Are We There Yet?)
Ellen Wittlinger
(who wrote Hard Love, Heart on My Sleeve and many others)
Gordon Korman
(who wrote Son of The Mob, etc.)
Gregory Maguire
(who wrote Wicked, etc.)
Holly Black
(who wrote Tithe and Valiant)
J. Minter
(who wrote The Insiders)
Jacqueline Woodson
(who wrote From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun, I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This, etc.)
Jennifer Anne Kogler
(who wrote Ruby Tuesday)
Jennifer Donnelly
(who wrote Northern Light and The Tea Rose)
John Green
(who wrote Looking for Alaska, Paper Towns, etc.)
Joseph Weisberg
(who wrote Tenth Grade)
Judy Blume
(who wrote Forever, Deenie, and Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret)
Julie Anne Peters
(who wrote Luna, Far from Xanadu, etc.)
Justine Larbalestier
(who wrote Magic or Madness, Liar, How to Ditch Yr Fairy)
Katherine Paterson
(who wrote Bridge to Terebithia)
Katie Maxwell
(who wrote The Year My Life Went Down the Loo and much more)
KL Going
(who wrote Fat Kid Rules the World)
Kristen Kemp
(who wrote I Will Survive and The Dating Diaries, among others)
Lara M. Zeises
(who wrote Bringing Up the Bones, Anyone But You and Contents Under Pressure)
Laurie Halse Anderson
(who wrote Speak, Prom and Catalyst, among others)
Louise Rennison
(who wrote all those funny Georgia Nicolson books)
M.E. Kerr
(who wrote 'Hello', I Lied, Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack! etc.)
Mariah Fredericks
(who wrote The True Meaning of Cleavage)
Mary E. Pearson
(who wrote A Room on Lorelei Street, Adoration of Jenna Fox, etc.)
Mary Hogan
(who wrote The Serious Kiss)
Maryrose Wood
(who wrote Sex Kittens & Horn Dawgs, The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, etc.)
Maureen Johnson
(who wrote The Key to the Golden Firebird and 13 Little Blue Envelopes)
Meg Cabot
(who wrote The Princess Diaries)
Meg Rosoff
(who wrote How I Live Now, etc.)
Megan McCafferty
(who wrote Sloppy Firsts and Second Helpings)
Melvin Burgess
(who wrote Smack, Doing It, Lady: My Life as a Bitch, and many others)
Mitali Perkins
(who wrote Monsoon Summer and Sunita Sen)
Nancy Werlin
(who wrote Double Helix, Black Mirror, and other teen thrillers)
Naomi Nash
(who wrote Chloe, Queen of Denial, You Are So Cursed, etc.)
Natalie Standiford
(who wrote The Dating Game, How to Say Goodbye in Robot, etc.)
Ned Vizzini
(who wrote Be More Chill and Teen Angst)
Pete Hautman
(who wrote Mr. Was, Sweetblood, Stone Cold, and many others.)
Rachel Cohn
(who wrote Gingerbread, Shrimp & Pop Princess)
Rosemary Graham
(who wrote My Not-So-Terrible Time at the Hippie Hotel and Thou Shalt Not Dump the Skater Dude)
Sarah Dessen
(who wrote That Summer, Someone Like You, etc.)
Sarah Mylnowski
(who wrote Bras & Broomsticks, How to Be Bad, Gimme a Call...)
Scott Westerfeld
(who wrote Pretties and Uglies, So Yesterday and Peeps)
Sonya Sones
(who wrote What My Mother Doesn't Know, and others)
Sue Limb
(who wrote Girl, 15, Charming but Insane, etc.)
Susan Juby
(who wrote Alice, I Think and other Alice MacLeod books)
Tanya Lee Stone
(who wrote A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl)
Tracy Lynn, also known as Celia Thompson
(who wrote Snow -- and as Thompson, the Nine Lives of Chloe King series)

Books I Loved Madly at Age Fourteen

Things I Wish I Knew in High School

If someone tells you that you are oversensitive, that person is probably a jerk.
Always use protection. Yes, you. Yes, always.
Boys who say, “I’m kind of messed up,” probably are.
If someone asks for your phone number and that person
creeps you out, it's okay to give the wrong number.
When you don't want to talk to someone, you don't
have to pick up the telephone.

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Key Albums of My Semi-Wasted Youth

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The Cover for The Boy Book

Here's the cover for the new Ruby Oliver novel: The Boy Book.
It was designed by Angela Carlino, who did The Boyfriend List and Fly on the Wall.
I am so excited!
Yes, there are Penguins!

The book comes out in October 2006. And you can read a preview, here.

September 20, 2005 in Book Publishing News | Permalink

Comments

i love the boy friend list i cant wait till your new book comes out i was bummed after it was done because i wanted to read more!!!!

Posted by: Amy | February 03, 2006 at 04:41 PM

Ohh..I LOVE the Boyfriend List.. It's soo cool..I remember I was on the airport when I bought it, and when we went on the airplane it was broken, so we had to get off until they "fixed" it and go back inside and then get off again.. (U CAN IMAGINE HOW BORING!!!) and then it got postponed ... ON THAT MISERABLE DAY I READ THE ENTIRE BOOK!! THANK YOU SOOO MUCH for helping me cope! LOVE and KEEP WRITING!

Posted by: Cristina | February 05, 2006 at 08:39 PM

Hey THANKS you guys. Cristina, I hate to fly, so I am especially glad to have helped you through your plane ride (or lack thereof).

If any of you is really jonesing for more Ruby Oliver, get a small fix in Not LIke I'm Jealous or Anything, a story collection (edited by Marissa Walsh) which has a Roo story in it. It's in stores Feb 14, but if you have trouble finding it, you can easily buy it online at Powells, Amazon, B&N or BookSense.

Posted by: E. Lockhart | February 06, 2006 at 08:26 AM

ahh i loved the boyfriend list
and i cant wait to read the boy book
i finished the boyfriend list in one day it was amazing
and i felt like i could really relate to ruby. wonderful just wonderful.

Posted by: lauren | February 08, 2006 at 10:11 PM

Quite some time back I bought The Boyfriend List, read it, then put it on my bookshelf and forgot about it. Now I've just found it, spent some time rereading it, and I love it all over again! I can't wait to read this one! E&Roo = Love.

-H

Posted by: Hannah | February 20, 2006 at 11:16 PM

I've only read the first chapter of The Boyfriend List and I already love you and the book. It's GREAT so far. Well got to go. Bye! Bye!

Posted by: Brittany | March 04, 2006 at 08:46 PM

I love the cover, and I loved "The Boyfriend List". E. Lockhart, you are my hero.

Posted by: Kelsi | March 16, 2006 at 09:20 PM

Ah! I can't wait until October...I just finished Boyfriend List last night and I'm in love with your writing!! Its a good break from reading the Harry Potter books...that's gonna be a long break for the final book.

Posted by: Linsey | April 02, 2006 at 07:29 PM

The boyfriend list is my favorite book. i hope the boy book is just as hard to put down

Posted by: Haylee | April 02, 2006 at 09:00 PM

OMG I absolutely LOVE The Boyfriend List I can not wait until October!

Posted by: Stephanie | April 07, 2006 at 05:54 PM

I just read the Boyfriend List and I LOVE IT

Posted by: Claudia | April 13, 2006 at 10:51 AM

Omg! I looove the boyfriend list! its so inspriring and I lent it to my my bestfriend, she said it was one of the most amazing books she'd ever read.Can't wait for the Boy Book! I really want Ruby to end up with Jackson,and Kim to find the right Tommy HAzzard for her!Keep writing! Bye!

Posted by: Annabelle | April 19, 2006 at 12:04 AM

Hey, Annabelle, Claudia, Stephanie, Haylee, Linsey, Hannah, Kelsi, all you guys -- THANK YOU. It is so lovely and cheery to read your comments and feel like The Boyfriend List is connecting with readers. You are awesome for taking the time to tell me!

xxo
--E

Posted by: E. Lockhart | April 19, 2006 at 04:33 PM

Hey wow i just finished your book...great stuff right there! i haven't read a book since like 7th grade and I read you book in 11 1/2 hours not counting my sleep. I couldn't put it down I LOVE IT and tomorrow because of you i'm starting reading as a hobby...if all books are like yours it's all i will ever do!! YAY because of you i've become SMART!

~Melissa

Posted by: Melissa | April 24, 2006 at 09:56 PM

eeee iloved the boyfriend list cant wait till this one comes out =)

Posted by: Anni | April 29, 2006 at 11:37 AM

it reminds of me The Boyfriend List (which i have right in front of me right now btw...i JUST got finished reading it!! LOVE IT!!!!) i like the pengiun better than the frog but that's just me...lol i think it's cute either way!! ^-^ keep up the GREAT GREAT GREAT WORK!!!

Posted by: Sarah L. | May 04, 2006 at 05:53 PM

I can't wait till the Boylist is in the stores! I loved the Boyfriend list, in Dutch it's called 15 jongens, 4 kikkers & ik. I hope that the Boylist comes out in the Netherlands around the same time!

Posted by: Lily | May 06, 2006 at 11:11 AM

hey! just finished reading the Boyfriend list today
Was awesome. I hope to write some books as hilarious as that some day
I lurve e.lockhart now!!!
kissy

Posted by: melissa | May 07, 2006 at 01:14 PM

such a good idea to write the boy book that u mentioned in the boyfriend list!! genius love u !!! keep on writing seriously !:><><><><><><><>

Posted by: hannah d | May 20, 2006 at 04:16 PM

I love the boyfriend list! And just started fly on the wall. both soo good! Cant wait for the boy book.

Posted by: Nicole | May 30, 2006 at 09:08 PM

I am Mickey from Holland. I have read your book (in Dutch) and I really love it!
I can't wait to read the boy book!
bye, Mickey

Posted by: Mickey | May 31, 2006 at 09:23 AM

Nice

I love the boyfriend list book

keep it going with more series

can't wait till this books comes out so i can reread it over and over again

Posted by: Shannon | June 12, 2006 at 03:16 PM

I love the boyfriend list i am ready to read the boy book. You are a great writer!!!!!!!! I ready for all your book to come!

Posted by: Kateria Evans | June 14, 2006 at 03:55 PM

the penguin is drawing me in.

i love it.

so stoked.

Posted by: tina | June 16, 2006 at 11:37 AM

When is E. Lockhart born?Why does she writh?kusjes eva

p.s. is hier ook iemand die uit nederland komt??

kissZs from the netherlands

Posted by: eva | June 19, 2006 at 12:55 PM

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The official E. Lockhart website includes videos, games, book excerpts, teacher and book club resources, a little-read Ruby Oliver short story, and more.

Sadye's iMix

Click here for more Dramarama stuff -- including videos.
All the songs from Dramarama
are here, on an iMix. You click on the link above and iTunes will open straight to the mix. Listen before you read Dramarama to make sure you get every little musical reference. Listen afterwards to get a sense of Sadye and Demi's musical world. In any case, these are some of my favorite showtunes of all time. Songs from Rent, Wicked, Guys & Dolls, Cabaret, Chicago, Bye Bye Birdie, Oliver!, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Jersey Boys, Grease, Fame, Sweet Charity, Little Shop of Horrors, and more.

True and Embarassing Things about E.

I had a frizzy perm for several years.
I was voted worst driver in my senior class.
I wore light blue eyeshadow in high school.
Like Roo, I once let a boy feel my boob in a movie theater for the duration of an entire movie.
The movie was "Tarzan: The Legend of Greystoke."
I went to two different high schools; at one I was unpopular and
friendless; at the other, just the opposite.
I have two cats and one of them is a big barfer.
Orthodonture history includes three years of braces,
headgear, rubber bands. And I've still got an overbite.
My first kiss was at the age of sixteen.
The first record I bought was a 45 of AC/DC
singing "You Shook Me All Night Long"

Picture of the Barf-prone Cat

Teen Writers Who Blog

Alan Gratz
Gratz wrote Samurai Shortstop, The Brooklyn Nine, Something Wicked. He has a video blog!
Ally Carter
Author of the Gallagher Series. A very fun blog.
Bennett Madison
Madison wrote Lulu Dark Can See Through Walls and I promise you his blog is very very amusing.
Holly Black
Black wrote Tithe and the Spiderwick Chronicles. She updates her journal pretty regularly.
Jaclyn Moriarty
Moriarty wrote Feeling Sorry for Celia, The Murder of Bindy Mackenzie, The Spell Book of Listen Taylor and The Year of Secret Assignments.
Jennifer Anne Kogler
Ruby Tuesday's author, on what she ate for breakfast and writing updates.
Jody Gehrman
She wrote Confessions of a Triple-shot Betty.
John Green
Green wrote Looking for Alaska, Paper Towns etc. and blogs about his life and updates with questionable regularity and considerable humor. Also an extensive videoblog together with his brother Hank -- worth checking out.
Julie Anne Peters
The author of Luna and other books blogs every few days about current events and her life.
Justine Larbalastier
Justine wrote Magic or Madness and How to Ditch Your Fairy. Her blog's about publishing and Australia and fiction and fantasy.
Lara M. Zeises
The author of Contents Under Pressure and Bringing Up the Bones has a live journal, updated all the time, mainly about YA literature and the publishing biz.
Lauren Myracle
Myracle wrote TTYL, TTFN etc, plus Bliss, Rhymes with Witches... blog is very funny and she is one of the most banned writers in America.
Laurie Halse Anderson
She wrote Prom and Speak, among others. Her blog includes tour pictures and stuff about her personal life. Updated nearly every day.
Libba Bray
Bray wrote Rebel Angels and A Great and Terrible Beauty. She writes every now and then about her writing process and daily life.
Mary E. Pearson
Pearson wrote A Room on Lorelei Street, Scribbler of Dreams and David V. God. The blog covers teen books and publishing.
Maureen Johnson
Johnson wrote Suite Scarlett, Devilish, Girl at Sea, etc. A most hilarious blog.
Megan McCafferty
McCafferty wrote Sloppy Firsts, Second Helpings etc. She has a "retroblog" of journal entries from long ago.
Mitali Perkins
Perkins, who wrote Monsoon Summer etc., talks about books and life between cultures.
Sarah Dessen
The author of That Summer, Someone Like You, Dreamland, etc. keeps a constantly updated web journal with a huge following.
Sarah Mlynowski
Bras & Broomsticks author updates every now and then with photos, publishing news and other fun stuff.
Scott Westerfeld
The man wrote Peeps, Midnighters, Pretties, and other stuff. His blog gets a million comments and it's always thought-provoking.
Suzanne Young
Author of The Naughty List and So Many Boys.
Tanya Lee Stone
Stone wrote A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl and lots of other books, too.
Tracy Lynn, also known as Celia Thompson
Lynn (author of Snow), aka Thompson (author of the Chloe King series), aka Liz Braswell, blogs about gaming, her family, the writing process, and more.
Zoe Trope
The author of Please Don't Kill The Freshman puts up pictures of her laundry and details her doctor's visits. Not for the faint of heart.