2020 Debut Young Adult Authors

Again, this week has been great as I’ve connected with tons of debut authors and illustrators! I even had a few debut creators reach out to me who I didn’t have on my list and I got the chance to add them to it! If you missed the picture book or middle grade post, be sure to check them out and get ready to add a lot of books to your TBR list.

I tried to find as much (current) information as I could for these books. If there’s a cover that I could find, you’ll see it in the image. If I could find information on the publisher’s page, you’ll see the title includes a link. The publishing world is one of flux, so even as I publish this information, I’m hoping most of it’s correct!

2020 Debut Young Adult Authors

Winter Titles

• Loveboat, Taipei by Abigail Hing Wen (Release Date: January 7)
• Three Things I Know Are True by Betty Culley (Release Date: January 7)
• Woven in Moonlight by Isabel Ibañez (Release Date: January 7)
• Diamond City by Francesca Flores (Release Date: January 28)
• All the Stars and Teeth by Adalyn Grace (Release Date: February 4)
• The Gravity of Us by Phil Stamper (Release Date: February 4)
• Together We Caught Fire by Eva V. Gibson (Release Date: February 4)
• Ink in the Blood by Kim Smejkal (Release Date: February 11)
• In the Shadow of the Sun by E .M. Castellan (Release Date: February 11)
• No True Believers by Rabiah York Lumbard (Release Date: February 11)
• Glitch Kingdom by Sheena Boekweg (Release Date: February 18)
• The Seventh Sun by Lani Forbes (Release Date: February)
• The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow (Release Date: February)
• If These Wings Could Fly by Kyrie McCauley (Release Date: March 3)
• Decoding Emma by Neicole M. Crepeau (Release Date: March)
• Adeline’s Aria by Laynie Bynum (Release Date: Winter)
• No Frills by Erin Elizabeth Grammar (Release Date: Winter)

Spring Titles

• The Best Laid Plans by Cameron Lund (Release Date: April 7)
• The Edge of Anything by Nora Shalaway Carpenter (Release Date: April 7)
• The Stone of Sorrow by Brooke Carter (Release Date: April 7)
• Seeing Voices by Olivia Smit (Release Date: April 15)
• The Silence of Bones by June Hur (Release Date: April 21)
• Unscripted by Nicole Kronzer (Release Date: April 21)
• The Lucky Ones by Liz Lawson (Release Date: April)
• True or False: A CIA Analyst’s Guide to Identifying and Fighting Fake News by Cindy L. Otis (Release Date: May 19)
• Of Silver and Shadow by Jennifer Gruenke (Release Date: May 26)
• Fade to White by Tara K. Ross (Release Date: May 30)
• American Betiya by Anuradha D. Rajurkar (Release Date: May)
• The Ballad of Ami Miles by Kristy Dallas Alley (Release Date: May)
• Dangerous Remedy by Kat Dunn (Release Date: May)
• Accidental by Alex Richards (Release Date: Spring)
• By the Book by Amanda Sellet (Release Date: Spring)
• Forget Me Not by Nicole Bea (Release Date: Spring)
• The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar (Release Date: Spring)
• Little Creeping Things by Chelsea Ichaso (Release Date: Spring)
• Nameless Queen by Rebecca McLaughlin (Release Date: Spring)
• The Perfect Escape by Suzanne Park (Release Date: Spring)
• Queen of Coin and Whispers by Helen Corcoran (Release Date: Spring)
• What I Like About You by Marisa Kanter (Release Date: Spring)

Summer Titles

• The Court of Miracles by Kester Grant (Release Date: June 2)
• A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown (Release Date: June 2)
• You Should See Me In a Crown by Leah Johnson (Release Date: June 2)
• Agnes at the End of the World by Kelly McWilliams (Release Date: June 9)
• Fragile Remedy by Maria Ingrande Mora (Release Date: June 16)
• The Many Alters of Astrid Hayes by Sacha Wunsch (Release Date: June)
• Ghost Wood Song by Erica Waters (Release Date: July 21)
• Jennifer Strange by Cat Scully (Release Date: July 21)
• This is My America by Kim Johnson (Release Date: July 27)
• A Wicked Magic by Sasha Laurens (Release Date: July 27)
• The King’s 100 by Karin Biggs (Release Date: July)
• Some Kind of Animal by Maria Romasco Moore (Release Date: August 4)
• Star Daughter by Shveta Thakrar (Release Date: August 11)
• Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas (Release Date: August)
• The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna (Release Date: Summer)
• Goddess in the Machine by Lora Beth Johnson (Release Date: Summer)
• Keep My Heart In San Francisco by Amelia Diane Coombs (Release Date: Summer)
• The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimons (Release Date: Summer)
• Shielded by KayLynn Flanders (Release Date: Summer)

Fall Titles

• Crownchasers by Rebecca Coffindaffer (Release Date: September 29)
• I’ll Be the One by Lyla Lee (Release Date: September)
• Who I Was With Her by Nita Tyndall (Release Date: September)
• Something Happened to Ali Greenleaf by Hayley Krischer (Release Date: October)
• Those Who Prey by Jennifer Moffett (Release Date: November 10)
• Ignite the Sun by Hanna C. Howard (Release Date: November)
• Cast In Firelight by Dana Swift (Release Date: Fall)
• A Dragonbird in the Fern by Laura Rueckert (Release Date: Fall)
• Everything I Thought I Knew by Shannon Takaoka (Release Date: Fall)
• The Existence of Bea Pearl by Candice Marley Conner (Release Date: Fall)
• Jade Fire Gold by June CL Tan (Release Date: Fall)
• Indivisible by Daniel Aleman (Release Date: Fall)
• The Knockout by S.A. Patel (Release Date: Fall)
• Legendborn by Tracy Deonn (Release Date: Fall)
• A Miracle of Roses by Diana Pinguicha (Release Date: Fall)
• The Queen’s Council by Emma Theriault (Release Date: Fall)
• Smash It! by Francina Simone (Release Date: Fall)
• The Ninth Life by Taylor B. Barton (Release Date: Fall)
• These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong (Release Date: Fall)

To learn more about 2020 young adult debut authors, check out the Roaring 20s filled with author bios, information for educators and much more!