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13 UK YA Authors On Instagram

Here's a list of thirteen of the best and brightest UK YA authors to follow on Insta.

LH Johnson

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LH reads, writes and researches children’s books. She's also a librarian, blogger, and makes pretty amazing chocolate brownies. Cake and books, what’s not to love?

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I really love following UK YA Authors on Instagram. I want to find good books and cool people and author pets  and these accounts give me all that and more.  I’ve picked out some of my favourite images from several UK YA Authors on Instagram accounts for the purposes of this list. There’s plants, cakes and cats – basically the perfect internet trifecta.

UK YA Authors on INSTAGRAM

tanya byrne

alice oseman

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Marcus Sedgwick

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nikesh shukla

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Sara Barnard

Patrice Lawrence

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Non Pratt

Juno Dawson

Candy Gourlay

Malorie Blackman

Alwyn Hamilton

Sarra Manning

Holly Smale