YA Book Prize 2024: Meet the Shortlisted Writers

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Meet some of the incredible authors shortlisted for this year’s YA Book Prize. The award – now in its 10th year – is organised by The Bookseller, and previous winners include Danielle Jawando’s When Our Worlds Collided, Alice Oseman’s Loveless, and Sarah Crossan’s One. As always, this year’s winners will be decided by a panel of experts and teenage judges. Come along to hear some of the best YA fiction voices writing today. The full line-up of writers will be revealed in June. (Note: this event takes place on Thursday and Friday with different shortlisted authors appearing each time.)

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