YA Pioneers: Nicholas Adams
YA may have blown up over the past decade, but it used to be a small section of bookstores. In the early nineties, it consisted mostly of "teen thrillers," which mostly featured dark mysteries and serial killers, although there was some supernatural fare as well. The authors of those days were ahead of their time and built an audience in teenagers, and paved the way for the YA that is beloved by so many today. Many YA writers were established in other genres before venturing into YA, but used pseudonyms. An adult romance author, for example, would clearly want to distance herself from horror novels aimed at teenagers, and could adopt a different pen name to do so. Sometimes, the reasons behind pseudonyms aren't so obvious. YA Pioneers Nicholas Adams is a curious case. It's actually a pen name that was created by Daniel Weiss Associates that was used by several authors to write teen thrillers during the 90's. Clay Coleman w...