The Young Adult Literature Convention has been running for over years as part of London Film & Comic Con and London Comic Con Winter, and has welcomed a host of amazing authors to the event.
Below are the years and list of authors who appeared for that year.
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2014
Alexia Casale
Amanda Preston
Amy McCulloch
Andy Lane
Anthony McGowan
Beth Reekles
Bryony Pearce
C J Skuse
Cat Clarke
Catherine Johnson
Charlie Higson
Darren Shan
Derek Landy
Emma Vieceli
Eva Caiden
Frances Hardinge
Garen Ewing
Holly Bourne
Holly Smale
Ian Edginton
Isobel Harrop
Jonathan Stroud
Julie Mayhew
Kim Curran
Louise Lamont
Lucy Christopher
Lucy Saxon
Malorie Blackman
Marcus Sedgwick
Matt Haig
Meg Rosoff
Natasha Ngan
Nick Lake
Non Pratt
Patrick Ness
Phil Earle
Rainbow Rowell
Ruth Warburton
Sally Green
Sanne Vliegenthart
Sarah Crossan
Tanya Byrne
Tim O’Rourke
Will Hill
Yvonne Biggins
2015
Alex Wheatle
Alexia Casale
Alice Oseman
Anna McKerrow
Annabel Pitcher
Annalie Grainger
Arabella Weir
Ben Aaranovitch
Brian Conaghan
Carrie Hope Fletcher
Cassandra Clare
Charlie Higson
CJ Daugherty
Clare Furniss
Darren Shan
Dawn Kurtagich
Den Patrick
Derek Landy
Frances Hardinge
Francesca Haig
Hayley Long
Helena Coggan
Holly Bourne
Holly Smale
Jamie Anderson
Jenny Valentine
Joe Abercrombie
Judy Blume
Juno Dawson
Julia Bell
Julie Mayhew
Kevin Brooks
LA Weatherley
Laura Dockrill
Lisa Williamson
Liz Kessler
Lou Morgan
Louise O’Neill
Lucy Inglis
Lucy Ivison
Lucy Saxon
Malorie Blackman
Marie Rutowski
Mark Stay
Matt Whyman
Mel Salisbury
MG Harris
Moira Fowey-Doyle
Moira Young
Nikesh Shukla
Non Pratt
Patrick Ness
Paul Magrs
Sally Green
Samantha Shannon
Sarah Pinborough
Sarah Rees-Brennan
Steve Camden
Taran Mathau
Teri Terry
Tom Ellen
Virginia Bergin
Will Hill
2016
Alex Scarrow
Alex Wheatle
Alice Oseman
Alwyn Hamilton
Anna McKerrow
Annabel Pitcher
Ben Aaronovitch
Ben Davis
Catherine Doyle
Catherine Johnson
Chris Riddell
Chris Russell
Chris Vick
CJ Skuse
Claire Hennessy
Darren Shan
David Levithan
Dawn Kurtagich
Derek Landy
Dr Christian Jessen
Emerald Fennell
Eugene Lambert
Frances Hardinge
Harriet Reuter Hapgood
Holly Bourne
Holly Smale
Honor Cargill
James Smythe
Jeff Povey
Jenny Downham
Jenny McLachlan
Julia Gray
Julie Mayhew
Juno Dawson
Kass Morgan
Katy Birchall
Katy Cannon
Keren David
Keris Stainton
LA Weatherly
Lauren James
Lisa Heathfield
Lisa Williamson
Louise O’Neill
Lucy Ivison
Lucy Saxon
Maggie Stiefvater
Malorie Blackman
Manuela Salvi
Martin Stewart
Melinda Salisbury
Melvin Burgess
Michael Grant
Nat Luurtsema
Natalie Flynn
Natasha Carthew
Natasha Farrant
Nicole Burstein
Nina LaCour
Non Pratt
Patrice Lawrence
Perdita Cargill
Pete Kalu
Philip Reeve
Rhian Ivory
Richard Kurti
Rosalind Jana
Sally Green
Samantha Shannon
Sara Barnard
Sarah Crossan
Sarah Pinborough
Sarra Manning
Simon Mayo
Sophia Bennett
Sophie Kinsella
Tanya Landman
Taran Matharu
Tom Ellen
Tracy Darnton
VE Schwab
William Sutcliffe
2017
AJ Grainger
Alex Bell
Alex Wheatle
Alexis Deacon
Alice Broadway
Alison Goodman
Alwyn Hamilton
Amy Alward
Anna Day
Ayisha Malik
Ben Aaronovitch
Ben Illis
Beth Garrod
Carlie Sorosiack
Catherine Barter
Catherine Johnson
Cecilia Vinesse
Chris Russell
Clare Hennessy
Dan Vyleta
David Owen
Deirdre Sullivan
E Lockhart
Ed McDonald
Eleanor Wood
Elizabeth Corr
Elizabeth May
Elizabeth Wein
Emily Barr
Eugene Lambert
Gemma Cairney
Gemma Fowler
Hannah Witton
Harriet Reuter Hapgood
Harriet Springbett
Hayley Barker
Holly Bourne
Holly Smale
Jason Wallace
Jennifer E Smith
Joanne Harris
Josh Martin
Julia Gray
Julie Mayhew
Juno Dawson
Justina Robson
Karen Gregory
Karen M. McManus
Katharine Corr
Katy Birchall
Katy Cannon
Kevin Brooks
Laini Taylor
Laura Dockrill
Laura Lam
Laure Eve
Lisa Heathfield
Lisa Williamson
Liz Flanagan
Lucy Ivison
Lydia Ruffles
Maggie Harcourt
Martin Stewart
Matthew Crow
Melinda Salisbury
Möira Fowley-Doyle
ND Gomes
Nicci Cloke
Nikki Sheehan
Non Pratt
Olivia Levez
Orlagh Collins
Paige Toon
Patrice Lawrence
Patrick Ness
Peadar O’Guilin
Penny Joelson
Phil Earle
Philip Womack
Rachael Lucas
Rebecca Denton
Rhian Ivory
Rubyetc – Ruby Elliot
Ryan Graudin
Samantha Shannon.
Sara Barnard
Sarah Carroll
Sarah Mussi
Simon James Green
Sophia Bennett
Sophie McKenzie
Stefan Mohammed
Tamsin Winter
Tanya Byrne
Taran Matharu
Teri Terry
Tom Ellen
V E Schwab
Vic James
Virginia Bergin
Virginia McGregor
Will Hill
Zen Cho
Zöe Marriott
2018
Akemi Dawn Bowman
Alice Oseman
Alice Skinner
Alice-May Purkiss
Alwyn Hamilton
Anna Day
Anna James
Annalie Grainger
Becky Chambers
Beth Garrod
Cecilia Vinesse
Charli Howard
Charly Cox
Chloe Coles
Chloe Seager
Christina Henry
Clementine Beauvais
David Owen
Deirdre Sullivan
Dhonielle Clayton
Ed McDonald
Eleanor Wood
Elizabeth Klehfoth
Emily Barr
Emma Shoard
Eve Ainsworth
Frances Hardinge
Gayle Forman
Giovanna Fletcher
Hayley Barker
Holly Bourne
Jacqueline Silvester
Jenny McLachlan
Joanne Harris
Josh Martin
Julia Gray
Julie Mayhew
Juno Dawson
Karen Gregory
Kate Ling
Katherine Webber
Katherine Woodfine
Kelly McCaughrain
Keren David
Keris Stainton
Kerry Drewery
Kristina Perez
Laura Dockrill
Laura Steven
Laura Wood
Lauren James
Lauren Price
Lisa Williamson
Louise O’Neill
Lucy Adlington
Lydia Ruffles
Marieke Nijkamp
Mary Watson
Matt Killeen
Melinda Salisbury
Melissa Albert
Melvin Burgess
Muhammad Khan
Nicci Cloke
Nicky Singer
Non Pratt
Phyllida Shrimpton
Pip Johnson
Rutendo Tavengerwei
S. K. Wright
Sally Green
Sally Nicholls
Samantha Shannon
Sara Barnard
Sara Holland
Sarah Maria Griffin
Sarah Shaffi
Sasha Alsberg
Sheena Wilkinson
Simon James Green
Steven Camden
Tanya Byrne
Tom Fletcher
Tom Pollock
Tomi Adeyemi
Tracy Darnton
Vic James
William Sutcliffe
Yaba Badoe
2019
Adrienne Young
Akemi Dawn Bowman
Alastair Reynolds
Alex Wheatle
Alexandra Sheppard
Alice Oseman
Amelia Mandeville
Anna Mainwaring
Ben Aaronovitch
Bethany Rutter
Bex Hogan
Carrie Hope-Fletcher
Christine Lynn Herman
Clare Rees
Connie Glynn
Dan Freedman
David Owen
Dean Atta
Derek Landy
Dhonielle Clayton
DOM&INK
Emily Barr
Emma Smith-Barton
Eoin Colfer
Sara Jafari
Niellah Arboine
Holly Bourne
Holly Jackson
Holly Smale
Jess Vallance
Jim Kay
John Trevillian
Juno Dawson
Justina Ireland
Karen M. McManus
Kate Mallinder
Kesia Lupo
Kiran Millwood Hargrave
KK Perez
Kristen Ciccarelli
Laura Bates
Laura Coryton
Laura Steven
Lauren James
Lauren Sharkey
Lex Croucher
Lisa Heathfield
Lucy Powrie
M. A. Bennett
Malorie Blackman
Mary Watson
Melinda Salisbury
Moïra Fowley-Doyle
Natasha Ngan
Nikesh Shukla
P.M. Freestone
Patrice Lawrence
Rachel Burge
Renee Ahdieh
Sabina Khan
Samantha Shannon
Samuel Pollen
Sara Barnard
Sarah Ann Juckes
Sarah Maria Griffin
Sasha Aslberg
Savannah Brown
Sharon Dogar
Sif Sigmarsdottir
Simon James Green
Sophia Thakur
Steven Camden
Taran Matharu
Temi Oh
Tom Pollock
V.E. Schwab
Vanessa Jones
Vic James
Yaba Badoe
Yasmin Rahman
Zen Cho
Zoe Marriot
2020
2020 YALC offered an @Home edition in light of Covid
Adiba Jaigirdar
Alice Oseman
Amy Tucker
Becky Chambers
Ben Oliver
Danielle Jawando
Frances Hardinge
George Lester
Holly Bourne
James Goodhand
Joseph Elliott
Juno Dawson
Karen M. McManus
Kat Dunn
Laura Steven
Lauren James
Lisa Williamson
Lucy Cuthew
Malcolm Duffy
Maxym Martineau
Namina Forna
Natasha Devon
Non Pratt
Rebecca Elliott
Ryan La Sala
Sarah Klymkiw
Sue Cheung
Susan Wilson
Vanessa Jones
Vanessa Jones
William Hussey
Yousra Imran
2021
The second edition of YALC@Home took place on 6-8 August 2021 with video panels and more.
Adiba Jaigirdar
Aisling Fowler
Alex Wheatle
Alice Oseman
Amy McCaw
Andreina Cordani
Aneesa Marufu
Angelina Jolie
Angie Thomas
Ann Sei Lin
Anna Bowles
Anna Carey
Ashaye Brown
Ashley Woodfolk
Ava Eldred
Becky Albertalli
Ben Oliver
Beth Reekles
Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
Brianna Bourne
Bryony Pearce
C. L. Clark
Caroline O’Donoghue
Cassandra Clare
Catherine Barter
Chelley Toy
Ciannon Smart
Ciara Smyth
Cynthia Murphy
Daphne Tonge
Dapne Tonge
Darren Shan
David Owen
Debbie Rigaud
Dhonielle Clayton
Diana Anyakwo
Emiko Jean
Eve Ainsworth
Faridah Abíké-Iyímídé
Femi Fadugba
Garth Nix
George Lester
Gill Stewart
Ginny Myers Sain
Goldy Moldavsky
Hafsah Faizal
Hannah Whitten
Helen Corcoran
Holly Bourne
Holly Jackson
Holly Race
Holly Smale
Initisar Kahani
Intisar Khanani
Jarlath Gregory
Jason Cockcroft
Jeff Zentner
Jenny Oliver
Jonathan Stroud
Joseph Elliott
Josie Williams
Juno Dawson
K L Kettle
Kacen Callender
Karen M. McManus
Kat Dunn
Katherine & Elizabeth Corr
Katherine Webber & Catherine Doyle
Kathryn Foxfield
Keith Gray
Kimberly Jones & Gilly Segal
Kitty Kettle (K L Kettle)
Kristen O’Neal
Krystal Southerland
Krystal Sutherland
Laura Wood
Lauren James
Lilia Buckingham
Linda Newbery
Luke Palmer
Mackenzi Lee
Maggie Stiefvater
Manjeet Mann
Margot Wood
Marieke Nijkamp
Marissa Meyer
Maureen Johnson
Melissa Welliver
Melvin Burgess
Micaiah Johnson
Michelle Kenney
Michelle Quach
Naomi Gibson
Neal Shusterman
Nic Stone
Nicola Yoon
Non Pratt
Patrice Lawrence
Phil Stamper
Rab Ferguson
Rachel Griffin
Ray Stoeve
Rebecca Henry
Reni K Amayo
Rory Power
Ruta Sepetys
S.M. Wilson
Samira Ahmed
Sara Barnard
Sara Barnard
Sara Shepard
Sarah Kuhn
Sera Milano
Shannon Takaoka
Simon James Green
Stephan Lee
Sue Divin
Sue Wallman
Susan Dennard
Susin Nielsen
Suyi Davies Okungbowa
Tanya Byrne
Tasha Suir
Tasha Suri
Tiffany D Jackson
Vanessa Jones
Veronica Roth
Wibke Brueggemann
William Hussey
Yasmin Rahman
2022
Alexis Caught
Alice Oseman
Alison Weatherby
Amy McCaw
Aneesa Marufu
Ann Sei Lin
Attiya Khan
Ayana Gray
Benjamin Dean
Beth Reekles
Brigid Kemmerer
Bryony Gordon
Bryony Pearce
C.G. Moore
Cari Thomas
Caroline O’Donoghue
Cassandra Clare
Chris Vick
Ciannon Smart
Ciara Smyth
Connie Glynn
Cynthia Murphy
Cynthia So
Danielle Jawando
Daphne Tonge
Dean Atta
Deirdre Sullivan
Derek Landy
Ella McLeod
Emily Barr
Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
Finbar Hawkins
Finn Longman
Gina Blaxill
Holly Bourne
Holly Race
Jacqueline Wilson
Jamie Costello
Jonathan Stroud
Joseph Elliott
Josh Winning
Julia Tuffs
Juno Dawson
Karen M. McManus
Kat Delacorte
Kat Dunn
Kate Weston
Katherine and Elizabeth Corr
Katherine Webber
Katherine Woodfine
Kathryn Foxfield
Laura Sebastian
Lauren James
Lewis Hancox
Lex Croucher
Lily Lindon
Manjeet Mann
Mark Ballabon
Matt Goodfellow
Melinda Salisbury
Michelle Paver
Molly Morris
Nadz + Grace
Natasha Devon
Neal Shusterman
Nikita Gill
Non Pratt
Rebecca Barrow
Samantha Shannon
Sara Barnard
Sarah Daniels
Simon James Green
Soman Chainani
Sunyi Dean
Temi Oh
Tracy Darnton
Vincent Tirado
William Hussey
Yaba Badoe
Yasmin Rahman
2023
Abiola Bello
Adiba Jaigirdar
Aleema Omotoni
Alex Norris
Alexandra Christo
Amara Sage
Amy McCaw
Bea Fitzgerald
Benjamin Dean
Beth Bartholomew
Beth Reekles
Candice Brathwaite
Catherine Doyle
Claire Storey
Danielle Jawando
David Fenne
Deirdre Sullivan
Dhonielle Clayton
Eden Phillips Harrington
Ella Whiddett
Erik J Brown
Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson
Federico Ivan
Gina Blaxill
Helen Lewis
Holly Bourne
Holly Jackson
Jan Dunning
Jay McGuinness
Joel Rochester
Jonathan Stroud
Joseph Coelho
Juno Dawson
Kalynn Bayron
Kate Asquith
Kate Dylan
Kate Weston
Katherine Webber
Kathleen Glasgow
Kelly Beestone
Kika Hatzopoulou
Laura Bates
Lex Croucher
Lucy Cuthew
M.K. Lobb
Mercedes Ron
Miranda Sun
Nadia Mikail
Natasha Devon
Non Pratt
Patrick Ness
Rhiannon Tripp
Rosie Talbot
Ruby Clyde
Ryan Hammond
Saara El-Arifi
Samantha Shannon
Sangu Mandanna
Sara Barnard
Sara Street
Sarah Underwood
Simon James Green
Sophi Cameron
Thea Guanzon
Tomi Oyemakinde
Victoria Williamson
William Hussey
Xena Knox
Yvette Fielding
Zai Sylla
2024
Catherine Doyle
Holly Bourne
Juno Dawson
Karen M McManus
Katherine Webber
Malorie Blackman
Simon James Green
A. B. Poranek
A. J. Clack
A. S. Webb
A. Y. Chao
Abiola Bellow
Adiba Jaigirdar
Alyson Greaves
Amie Jordan
Amy McCaw
Anam Iqbal
Andy Darcy Theo
Bea Fitzgerald
Bianca Gillam
Chris Mould
Daniel Tawse
Daphne Tonge
David Fenne
Efua Traoré
Ella McLeod
Elle Machray
Elle McNicoll
Emma Quick
Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson
Finn Longman
Helen Lewis
Holly Jackson
Isabelle Lineberry
Jennifer Delaney
Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Jess Popplewell
Joel Rochester
Josh Winning
J. P. Rose
Kat McKenna
Kristina Pérez
Krystal Sutherland
Lex Croucher
Lindsey Kelk
L. M. Nathan
M. J. Sullivan
MA Bennett
Mattie Whitehead & Pip Johnson
Megan Farr & Samatha Stewart
Micaela Alcaino
Molly X Chang
O R Sorrel
Rachael Fernandes
Radhika Sanghani
Ravena Guron
Rhianna Pratchett
Rosie Talbot
Safa Ahmed
Salomey Doku
Sarah Maxwell
Sasha Peyton Smith
Sarah Underwood
Saskia Leach
Scarlett Dunmore
Stevie Finegan
Theo Parish
T. K. Hall
Tomi Oyemkainde
Zeena Gosrani