Accepted Quote by R. L. Stine

I write adult fiction, but a good 40 to 50 per cent of my readers are teenagers. I love that if they have to…

— Jodi Picoult

The best children's book writers are not people who have kids, but people who write from the child within themselves.

— Andrea Brown

Children's books are often seen as the poor relation of literature. But children are just as demanding as adult readers, if not more so.…

— David Walliams

Children's book writers tend to feel quite superior, and adult writers tend to feel they wouldn't know how to write a children's book -…

— John Boyne

The best and most popular novelists do not, as a rule, have children in their books at all, and this is wise. Parents are…

— E. M. Delafield

I think what makes good children's books is putting the same care and effort into it as if I was writing for adults. I…

— Louis Sachar

A lot of young-adult authors, great ones, have tried their hands at literary fiction, and not a lot of them have succeeded. Not even…

— Lev Grossman

You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write…

— Madeleine L'Engle

'Harry Potter' opened so many doors for young adult literature. It really did convince the publishing industry that writing for children was a viable…

— Rick Riordan

“If a book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”

— Madeleine L'Engle

Writing for children is bloody difficult; books for children are as complex as their adult counterparts, and they should therefore be accorded the same…

— Mark Haddon

In a New York Post interview, Judy Blume, author of young-adult fiction, gave this advice on getting your kids to read: "Moms come up…

— Judy Blume