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Category:Writers for young adults

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Young adult

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Books marketed to people 13-18. YA books are written every genre, including science fiction and fantasy. (Though there is lots more of the latter than of the former)

YA, Young Adult, and children's books could be gathered and listed here.

==YA Books Featuring Heroines of Color==
Here is a list to start off with, compiled by Victoria McManus. It's a list of YA books with strong female heroines of color.

* Judith Berman, [[BEAR DAUGHTER]]
* Joseph Bruchac, [[SKELETON MAN]]
* [[Jane Louise Curry]], [[THE BLACK CANARY]]
* Michael Dorris, [[MORNING GIRL]]
* [[Louise Erdrich]], [[THE BIRCHBARK HOUSE]]
* [[Nancy Farmer]], [[A GIRL NAMED DISASTER]] and [[THE EAR, THE EYE, AND THE ARM]] and [[HOUSE OF THE SCORPION]]
* [[Hiromi Goto]], [[HALF WORLD]] (out fall/winter 2007)
* [[Virginia Hamilton]], [[JUSTICE AND HER BROTHERS]]
* [[Ursula K. LeGuin]], Earthsea trilogy, [[GIFTS]], [[VOICES]], and [[POWERS]] [fall 2007]
* Walter Mosley, 47 (Won the [[Parallax Award]], 2006)
* [[Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu]], [[ZAHRAH THE WINDSEEKER]] (Shortlist, Parallax, 2006) and [[THE SHADOW SPEAKER]] (upcoming)
* [[Cynthia Leitich Smith]], [[RAIN IS NOT MY INDIAN NAME]] (non-fantasy, but highly recommended)
* [[Louise Spiegler]], [[AMETHYST ROAD]] [AU gypsies]
* [[Joyce Sweeney]], [[WAITING FOR JUNE]]
* [[Yoshiko Uchida]], [[A JAR OF DREAMS]] and [[THE BEST BAD THING]]
* [[Carole Wilkinson]], [[DRAGON KEEPER]]
* [[Susan Vaught]], [[STORMWITCH]] ([[Kindred Award]] 2006)
* Paul Yee, [[THE BONE COLLECTOR'S SON]]
* Laurence Yep, [[TIGER'S APPRENTICE]], many others

Also:

[[Sharyn November]] also replied with some author names, but I haven't looked into them yet:
* [[Rita Williams-Garcia]]
* [[an na]]
* [[joan abelove]]
* walter dean myers (who has also done some genre)

The LJ post is here:
http://oracne.livejournal.com/885281.html
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Diplomatic Immunity

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'''''Diplomatic Immunity''''' ([[2002]]) is a novel by [[Lois McMaster Bujold]].

Mile and Ekaterin must solve a mystery in Quaddie-space.

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[[Category:Vorkosigan series]]
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Weyr Search

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The novellas that became the begining of [[Dragonflight]]
[[category:Hugo Award winning novellas]]
[[category:Pern]]
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Weyr Search

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The novellas that became the begining of [[Dragonflight]]
[[category:Hugo Award winning novellas]]
[[category:Pern]]
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Sharyn November

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The editor of Firebird, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. This is a imprint of SF books for young adults

[http://www.firebirdbooks.com/ Firebird Books]
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Elli Quinn

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'''Elli Quinn''' is an intelligence officer with the Dendarii Free Mercenary Fleet, in the [[Vorkosigan Saga]] series of novels by [[Lois McMaster Bujold]]. An important character in many of the Miles Vorkosigan novels, she was a major character in ''[[Ethan of Athos]]''.

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Ethan of Athos

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[[1986]] novel by [[Lois McMaster Bujold]].

== Summary ==
Dr. Ethan Urquhart, obstetrician on Athos, a [[men-only world]], must leave his planet to find new ovarian cultures to ensure his people's survival.

During his stay at a nearby space station, he encounters [[Elli Quinn]], a mercenary on a secret mission, and both of them become embroiled in dangerous matters of espionage and bioengineering.

[[Category:Novels]]
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[[Category:Vorkosigan series]]
[[Category:Works featuring queer characters]]

Falling Free

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'''Falling Free''' is a novel in the Vorkosigan series by [[Lois McMaster Bujold]]. It is set about 200 years earlier than the other books, and depicts the creation of the Quaddies, people genetically engineered to live in environments without gravity.

It won the [[Nebula Award]] for best novel in [[1989]].

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The Borders of Infinity (novella)

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Novella by [[Lois McMaster Bujold]] in the [[Vorkosigan series]].

==Publications==
* 1987 publication
* 1989 collection, ''[[Borders of Infinity]]''

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[[category:Hugo Award winning novellas]]
[[Category:Mid-length fiction]]
[[Category:1987 publications]]
[[Category:Vorkosigan series]]

Even the Queen

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'''Even the Queen''' is a 1993 short story by [[Connie Willis]], about [[feminism]] and [[menstruation]]. One of Willis topsy-turvy style stories.

[[Category:1993 publications]]
[[Category:Short stories]]
[[Category:Hugo Award winning works]]
[[Category:Hugo Award winning short stories]]
[[Category:Nebula Award winning short stories]]

Vorkosigan series

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A series of books by [[Lois McMaster Bujold]], which focus on the adventures of [[Cordelia Naismith]] (Vorkosigan) and her son, [[Miles Naismith Vorkosigan]], and may be considered to include some stand-alone stories set in the same universe.

== Cordelia ==
* ''[[Shards of Honor]]''
* ''[[Barrayar (novel)|Barrayar]]''
(Both reprinted in omnibus format as ''Cordelia's Honor'')

== Miles ==
* ''[[The Warrior's Apprentice]]''
*"''[[The Mountains of Mourning]]''"
* ''[[The Vor Game]]''
* ''[[Cetaganda]]''
* "''[[Labyrinth]]''"
* [[The Borders of Infinity (novella)|The Borders of Infinity]]
* ''[[Brothers in Arms]]''
* ''[[Borders of Infinity]](frame)''
* ''[[Mirror Dance]]''
* ''[[Memory]]''
* ''[[Komarr]]''
* ''[[A Civil Campaign]]''
* "[[Winterfair Gifts]]"
* ''[[Diplomatic Immunity]]''

== Others ==
* ''[[Falling Free]]''
* ''[[Ethan of Athos]]''

== External Links ==
* [http://www.dendarii.co.uk/FanFic/timeline.html Vorkosigan timeline] at Dendarii.com

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The Mountains of Mourning

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Mid-length fiction by [[Lois McMaster Bujold]].

Miles has just graduated The Imperial Military Academy. His father send him to the backwoods to judge a murder case.

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[[Category:Mid-length fiction]]
[[Category:1989 publications]]
[[Category:Hugo Award winning novellas]]
[[Category:Nebula Award winning novellas]]
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Borders of Infinity

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A collection of novellas by [[Lois McMaster Bujold]], published in [[1989]].

== Contents ==

* Introduction by Julia Blackshear Kosatka
* [[The Mountains of Mourning]] ([[1989]])
* [[Labyrinth]] ([[1989]])
* [[The Borders of Infinity (novella)|The Borders of Infinity]] ([[1987]])

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Vorkosigan series

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A series of books by [[Lois McMaster Bujold]], which focus on the adventures of [[Cordelia Naismith]] (Vorkosigan) and her son, [[Miles Naismith Vorkosigan]], and may be considered to include some stand-alone stories set in the same universe.

== Cordelia ==
* ''[[Shards of Honor]]''
* ''[[Barrayar (novel)|Barrayar]]''
(Both reprinted in omnibus format as ''Cordelia's Honor'')

== Miles ==
* ''[[The Warrior's Apprentice]]''
*"''[[The Mountains of Mourning]]''
* ''[[The Vor Game]]''
* ''[[Cetaganda]]''
* "''[[Labyrinth]]''"
* [[The Borders of Infinity (novella)|The Borders of Infinity]]
* ''[[Brothers in Arms]]''
* ''[[Borders of Infinity]]''
* ''[[Mirror Dance]]''
* ''[[Memory]]''
* ''[[Komarr]]''
* ''[[A Civil Campaign]]''
* "[[Winterfair Gifts]]"
* ''[[Diplomatic Immunity]]''

== Others ==
* ''[[Falling Free]]''
* ''[[Ethan of Athos]]''

== External Links ==
* [http://www.dendarii.co.uk/FanFic/timeline.html Vorkosigan timeline] at Dendarii.com

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Barrayar (novel)

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'''Barrayar''' is a novel by [[Lois McMaster Bujold]] set in her [[Vorkosigan series]], on the planet Barrayar. Cordelia Naismith Vorkosigan is the viewpoint character. The book details the early days of her marriage to Lord Aral Vorkosigan, as Cordelia adjusts to life in a different society, and Aral to his new position as regent of Barrayar.

[[category:Novels]]
[[Category:Hugo Award winning novels]]
[[Category:1991 publications]]
[[Category:Vorkosigan series]]
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Barrayar (novel)

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