YA Pioneers: Carol Ellis
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. I devoured thousands of these books as a teenager, and I recall those early days fondly, when I fell in love with reading. I wasn't the most popular kid growing up, and I turned to YA books and comic books for solace, to escape reality. It has since shaped my life, as I have become a writer of YA and am still addicted to the medium. YA Pioneers Carol Ellis is a pretty prolific author. Before delving into the world of teen thrillers, she was already established, with several books under her belt for the Scholastic series Cheerleader...