Blades Quote by Tamora Pierce

Fantasy is literature for teenagers.

— Brian Aldiss

Why not write a book which is as sophisticated as a book for an adult, but is about the concerns that teenagers actually have?

— Matthew Tobin Anderson

With a young-adult series, you need to get a lot of books out on the market quickly. Teenagers aren't going to wait years and…

— P. C. Cast

Much like dystopian and post-apocalyptic books are a way to explore the worst-case scenarios lurking around the corner, fantasy can serve as a wonderful…

— Alexandra Bracken

I'm looking forward to writing more novels for young adults.

— Candace Bushnell

When you're 14, anything with a sword and a dragon is pretty cool. But when you're 21 and you've read 2,000 fantasy novels, you…

— Patrick Rothfuss

I feel that good fantasy will always be in demand. I think children especially need literature that helps them escape from the real world,…

— R. L. Stine

You'll notice that my books offer great variety. Some are for adults, some for children and some for teens. There are mysteries, historical novels,…

— Sonia Levitin

Teenagers are in some ways the best readers because their imaginations haven't been narrowed down by boring things like jobs and the realities of…

— Matt Haig

I've been an avid consumer of young adult literature since I was one, and I think some people leave that stuff behind when they…

— Diablo Cody

As a teenager, I didn't read a ton of teen fiction, and now I feel like I wish that I had.

— Jesse Andrews

It seems like whenever a big newspaper or TV show talks about teen literature, they focus on dark books or vampire books. It's kind…

— Jay Asher