Was there ever a novel written by a 13-15 year old?

Question

No I mean published novels

Answer 1

SE Hinton wrote "The Outsiders" when she was 16; Flavia Bujor wrote "The Prophecy of the Stones when she was 12. Christopher Paolini started "Eragon" when he was 15.

http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2004/04/24/tem_0424teenauthor.html


http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0725/p12s01-bogn.html

Answer 2

Christopher Paolini began writing Eragon after he graduated high school at the age of 15. The book was first published in 2002 by the author's parents through their small publishing company.

Anne Franks' Diary.
The diary, which was given to Anne Frank on her thirteenth birthday, chronicles her life from June 12, 1942 until August 1, 1944. It was eventually translated from its original Dutch into many languages and became one of the world's most widely read books.

Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (April 16, 1984) is an American author of Her debut novel, In the Forests of the Night, was published in 1999, when she was just fifteen years old.

Answer 3

Amelia Atwater-Rhodes was 13 when she wrote In the Forests of the Night and Eragon by Christopher Paolini at 15.
Anne Frank was 15 when she published Diary of Anne Frank.
Phyllis Wheatley published a poem at age 12.
S.E. hinton wrote the outsiders as a junior in highschool but it wasn't published until she was 20.

Answer 4

The only one I can think of that hasn't been mentioned here is This Can't Be Happening At MacDonald Hall by Gordon Korman. He wrote it as an English assignment when he was 12, and it was published when he was 13 or 14.

Answer 5

Amelia Atwater-Rhodes had her first book published when she was 14 (she found out it was accepted for publication on her 14th birthday, she wrote it when she was 13). It is called "In the Forests of the Night." She has published a book every year since, for more info you can check out wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Atwater-rhodes

The author of Eragon, Christopher Paolini, wrote the book when he was 15. His parents first published it for him, until it was discovered by Alfred A. Knopf. Then it became a huge hit.

Answer 6

I wrote a novel at 15. But I didn't publish it.

After going back and reading it ten years later, I'm REALLY happy I didn't do that. Ugh, the embarrassment!

Answer 7

um, librarian... anne frank's diary was published posthumously. (written between ages 13-15, she was arrested at 15 and died before her 16th bday.)

All the ones I knew of have already been mentioned - but I stumbled across an interesting sounding book on searching - young author's guide to getting published. Contains advice as well as examples of young authors who have been published (including a short story stephen king wrote when he was 15.)

Answer 8

Christopher Paolini was a teenager when he published his first book, Eragon in 2003. Eldest was published in 2005. The third book will be published soon, and the movie is coming out at the end of this year or beginning of next year.

Answer 9

The Outsiders was written by S.E Hinton when she was 16 years old.

Answer 10

I think the author of Eragon was around 15 when he wrote Eragon.