BERNICE E. CULLINAN is past president of the International Reading Association and author or editor of over 30 books including co-author of Literature and the Child (fifth edition), as well as co-editor of The Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature, published in 2001, with a trade edition issued in 2003. She lives in New York City. BONNIE L. KUNZEL is co-author of First Contact: A Reader's Selection of Science Fiction and Fantasy, the Youth Services Consultant for the New Jersey State Library, and past president of the Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of the American Library Association. She lives in Somerset, NJ. DEBORAH A. WOOTEN earned her doctorate at New York University, has published with School Library Journal, and is a Professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Deborah Wooten earned her doctorate at New York University, has published with School Library Journal, and is Professor at the University of Tennessee.

"This volume contains over 650 entries on authors and themes, and will be most useful for the variety of authors not well covered elsewhere. This volume will be valuable because no other work attempts such a wide coverage of young adult literature. Recommended." -CHOICE, July 2006

• ContentsBoard of Advisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ixGuide to Topical Articles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiList of Author and Illustrator Photographs . . . . . . . . . . xiiiAuthor and Illustrator Photo Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvIntroduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. xviiThe Encyclopedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Appendix: Book Awards that Include YA Titles . . . . . . 000The Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .000Index of Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

BERNICE E. CULLINAN is past president of the International Reading Association and author or editor of over 30 books including co-author of Literature and the Child (fifth edition), as well as co-editor of The Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature, published in 2001, with a trade edition issued in 2003. She lives in New York City. BONNIE L. KUNZEL is co-author of First Contact: A Reader's Selection of Science Fiction and Fantasy, the Youth Services Consultant for the New Jersey State Library, and past president of the Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of the American Library Association. She lives in Somerset, NJ. DEBORAH A. WOOTEN earned her doctorate at New York University, has published with School Library Journal, and is a Professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Deborah Wooten earned her doctorate at New York University, has published with School Library Journal, and is Professor at the University of Tennessee.

"This volume contains over 650 entries on authors and themes, and will be most useful for the variety of authors not well covered elsewhere. This volume will be valuable because no other work attempts such a wide coverage of young adult literature. Recommended." -CHOICE, July 2006

• ContentsBoard of Advisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ixGuide to Topical Articles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiList of Author and Illustrator Photographs . . . . . . . . . . xiiiAuthor and Illustrator Photo Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvIntroduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. xviiThe Encyclopedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Appendix: Book Awards that Include YA Titles . . . . . . 000The Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .000Index of Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

BERNICE E. CULLINAN is past president of the International Reading Association and author or editor of over 30 books including co-author of Literature and the Child (fifth edition), as well as co-editor of The Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature, published in 2001, with a trade edition issued in 2003. She lives in New York City. BONNIE L. KUNZEL is co-author of First Contact: A Reader's Selection of Science Fiction and Fantasy, the Youth Services Consultant for the New Jersey State Library, and past president of the Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of the American Library Association. She lives in Somerset, NJ. DEBORAH A. WOOTEN earned her doctorate at New York University, has published with School Library Journal, and is a Professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Deborah Wooten earned her doctorate at New York University, has published with School Library Journal, and is Professor at the University of Tennessee.

"This volume contains over 650 entries on authors and themes, and will be most useful for the variety of authors not well covered elsewhere. This volume will be valuable because no other work attempts such a wide coverage of young adult literature. Recommended." -CHOICE, July 2006

• ContentsBoard of Advisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ixGuide to Topical Articles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiList of Author and Illustrator Photographs . . . . . . . . . . xiiiAuthor and Illustrator Photo Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvIntroduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. xviiThe Encyclopedia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Appendix: Book Awards that Include YA Titles . . . . . . 000The Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .000Index of Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .