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Mormon authors take center stage with YA fiction
From Brandon Sanderson and James Dashner to Shannon Hale and Ally Condie, many of the top novelists for the YA market are Mormon. What's up with that?
Jana Riess
July 13, 2017

Why are so many LDS writers succeeding in YA genre fiction?

James Dashner. Shannon Hale. Kiersten White. Ally Condie. Brandon Sanderson. And so, so many other New York Times bestselling authors writing for teens and tweens are Mormons.


What gives?

This was the question behind my June 29 presentation for the Mormon Arts Center festival in New York, the video of which is here.

Bottom line: In both Mormonism and genre fiction, it’s all about community.

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