WElizabeth-Irene Baitie is a Ghanaian writer of fiction for young adults.
WKacen Callender is a Saint Thomian author of children's fiction and fantasy, best known for their Stonewall Book Award and Lambda Literary Award-winning middle grade debut Hurricane Child. Their fantasy novel, Queen of the Conquered, is the 2020 winner of the World Fantasy Award and King and the Dragonflies won the 2020 National Book Award for Young People's Literature and the 2021 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Children’s/Middle Grade.
WIrena Jurgielewiczowa was a Polish teacher and writer of children's literature and young adult literature. During World War II she was an underground teacher, member of Armia Krajowa, and participant of the Warsaw Uprising. After the war she was a lecturer at the University of Warsaw.
WPaula Jane Kiri Morris is a New Zealand novelist and short-story writer.
WPoopak Niktalab is an Iranian education theorist, author and literary researcher, specially of children's literature.
WAmalie Schoppe was a German author. She was also known by her pseudonyms Adalbert von Schonen, Amalia and Marie. She is most notable as the author of books for children and young people, with an oeuvre totaling 200 volumes. The Amalie-Schoppe-Weg in the Hamburg-Barmbek-Nord district of Hamburg and the Amalie-Schoppe-Straße in Burg auf Fehmarn are named after her.
WSeita Vuorela was a Finnish author of young adult novels and photographer.
WDmitri Aleksandrovich Yemets is a Russian author of children's and young adult fantasy literature.
WYu Wo, born Chen Wenxuan (陳玟瑄), is a Taiwanese light novelist, best known for creating 1/2 Prince.