MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults Archive
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Anica Mrose Rissi
Anica Mrose Rissi is the award-winning author of more than a dozen books for kids and teens, including picture books, chapter books, middle grade, and...
Emily X.R. Pan (she/her) is the New York Times-bestselling and award-winning author best known for The Astonishing Color of After...
Ceredwyn Bagley
Ceredwyn Bagley used to be called Kathleen Bagley (and is still known by her pseudonym, Kate Pentecost) but noticed that there were an inordinate amount...
News February 24, 2022
Kekla Magoon ('05 WCYA) Featured in The Bridge
"We can't shy away from the complexities of our history, because if we don't let kids experience complexity when they're young, how will they be...
Yamile Saied Méndez
Yamile (sha-MEE-lay) Saied Méndez is a fútbol-obsessed Argentine-American Pura Belpré gold medal-winning author. She lives in Utah with her Puerto Rican husband and their five...
Mitali Perkins
Mitali Perkins (mitaliperkins.com) has written many books for young readers, including You Bring the Distant Near (nominated for a...
VCFA Friendsgiving, November 18
In this season of giving thanks and celebrating connections, we are grateful to everyone in the VCFA community.
Laura Shovan is a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet and the author of the middle grade novels The Last Fifth Grade of Emerson Elementary, Takedown...
Rita Williams-Garcia
Rita Williams-Garcia, a Queens, New York, native, is the celebrated author of novels for young adults and middle grade readers. Her middle grade novel ...
Jasmine Warga
Jasmine Warga is the New York Times-bestselling author of Other Words For Home, which earned multiple awards including a ...