The top three YA writers on NPR's 100 are female, plus When people learned J. K. Rowling was female

According toBest Young Adult Novels, Best Teen Fiction, Top 100 Teen Novels, the three most popular YA writers are, in order, J. K. Rowling, Suzanne Collins, and Harper Lee. John Green, the first man, shows up at number four.



I looked that up because I fell into a discussion atBlindingly White: BookCon, John Green, and Knowing When It's Time to Speak Up, where Brenna Clarke Gray said,

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