YA Pioneers: Sinclair Smith
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. YA PIONEERS Sinclair Smith's career began with a contribution of the story Hacker to 13 Tales of Horror , an anthology edited by T. Pines, and released through Scholastic's Point Horror line of young adult horror. Point Horror was a notable imprint in its day for heralding the rise of many big names in the YA scene at the time, including the first book published by R.L. Stine, helping to launch the career of one of YA's most beloved, and well-known, authors. Among the other authors whom Smith was in the company of in this anthology include Ch...