tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144605744535591088.post4533363653126414455..comments2023-12-13T02:57:32.461-08:00Comments on Book Aunt: Crossing Over: Adult Authors Writing MG/YAKateCoombshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584944601221466789noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144605744535591088.post-39420242364938695222011-10-30T14:45:10.764-07:002011-10-30T14:45:10.764-07:00LRK--Oh, great examples! This isn't exactly a ...LRK--Oh, great examples! This isn't exactly a new thing, is it? I don't think I realized Kim Harrison wrote as Dawn Cook, but I do have everything Terry Pratchett's ever written. Good point about The Carpet People, which I think of as The Borrowers on crack. Okay, maybe not crack... A sugar rush, perhaps?KateCoombshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584944601221466789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144605744535591088.post-60811811686764640232011-10-30T11:36:25.284-07:002011-10-30T11:36:25.284-07:00I'm late to this, I know.:)
Kim Harrison - I&...I'm late to this, I know.:)<br /><br />Kim Harrison - I've read none of her books by that name, but I have read "First Truth" when she wrote as Dawn Cook:<br /><br />http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/c/dawn-cook/first-truth.htm<br /><br />I'm not sure what they are categorised as, but it certainly could be either adult or YA - I thought it had quite a YA-feel to it. (I honestly don't care what age a book is aimed at - if I want to read it, I'll read it.)<br /><br />Terry Pratchett's first book was actually "The Carpet People":<br /><br />http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/p/terry-pratchett/carpet-people.htm<br /><br />As for other adult authors to cross over? What about<br /><br />Charles Dickens<br />Captain Frederick Marryat<br />Robert Louis Stevenson<br />Rudyard Kipling<br />George MacDonald<br /><br />.... :)<br /><br />LRKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144605744535591088.post-58088678427381550032011-10-20T23:09:49.648-07:002011-10-20T23:09:49.648-07:00So excited about Jasper Fforde! Will definitely av...So excited about Jasper Fforde! Will definitely avoid most of the rest of your list (though I love space opera, too, so might check out Lee/Miller).<br /><br />Neil Gaimon is another one who, like Terry Pratchett, writes his best stuff for younger readers, IMHO. I think writing for young audiences is a true test of writing genius: if you're only a fair-to-middling writer, you won't be able to do it.Kim Aippersbachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02556947405633680410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144605744535591088.post-14567241776914829222011-10-19T12:41:33.748-07:002011-10-19T12:41:33.748-07:00Great post! Love the rules. Like you, I wasn't...Great post! Love the rules. Like you, I wasn't sure about some of the crossovers. I'm glad especially that you mentioned "read extensively" and "do not talk down to young readers."LinWashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13041832821260168483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144605744535591088.post-49099213476826081042011-10-15T20:29:13.692-07:002011-10-15T20:29:13.692-07:00Brandy--Haha. Thanks for pointing that out. And fo...Brandy--Haha. Thanks for pointing that out. And for your kind words about my rules!KateCoombshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584944601221466789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144605744535591088.post-77626179238918302872011-10-15T15:43:40.938-07:002011-10-15T15:43:40.938-07:00I am impressed by your ability to resist the tempt...I am impressed by your ability to resist the temptation to dissect that statement. Since you did I suppose I can to. (I do want to know if she intends to make her YA novels more historically accurate than her adult ones. Assuming she is writing YA historical fiction.)<br /><br />I actually tend to avoid crossovers like these because it has always felt like a marketing ploy to me. A way to catch fans while they are young. <br /><br />I have hear good things about that Jasper Fforde book though. I really must read it.<br /><br />Your rules are spot on. Nice Job!Brandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12105770016693038906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144605744535591088.post-46781106754256906482011-10-15T12:31:26.847-07:002011-10-15T12:31:26.847-07:00Oh, wonderful list of rules! That may be the best ...Oh, wonderful list of rules! That may be the best spelling-it-all-out of the differences between young people's and adults' books I've ever seen! I'm not just being flattering because this happens to be the post I'm reading right now; I am well and truly impressed!<br /><br />Terry Pratchett's Tiffany Aching books didn't happen until post-2000, right? But I'm not sure about The Amazing Maurice, and I guess he had the Bromeliad books in there before. <br /><br />I'm not sure if James Patterson counts, since he's really not writing them, but his name on the cover certainly SELLS the books...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com