Mar 21 2010 by Ian Robson, Sunday Sun
Novelist and broadcaster Louise Doughty explores the growing popularity of the middle option – the Young Adult Fiction market.
Books for teenagers made more than £50m in 2009, a growth of 89% on the previous year, and interest shows no sign of abating.
Louise speaks to some award-winning authors for children and young people, including Richelle Mead, author of the cult Vampire Academy series, Patrick Ness and Meg Rossoff.
SUNDAY FEATURE – A WORLD BEYOND NARNIA, BBC Radio 3, today, 10pm.