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There is a new genre emerging..."New Adult" fiction for older teens. You never stop growing up, but little in the market seems to address the coming-of-age that also happens in your 20s.
Just as YA is fiction about discovering who you are as a person, NA is fiction about building your own life as an actual adult. As older teen readers discover the joy of the upper level Young Adult genres, the New Adult—demand may increase. This, in turn, would give writers the chance to explore the freedom of a slightly older protagonist while also easing some of the logistical aspects of writing YA. Hmmm…
Eighteen to Twenty-five protagonists are surprisingly rare; in a panel on YA literature at Harvard’s 2008 Vericon, City of Bones author talked about pitching her novel, then about twenty-somethings, as adult fiction. After several conversations, Clare realized she had to choose between adults and teens. She went with teens.
St. Martin’s Press: We are actively looking for great, new, cutting edge fiction with protagonists who are slightly older than YA and can appeal to an adult audience. Since twenty-somethings are devouring YA, St. Martin’s Press is seeking fiction similar to YA that can be published and marketed as adult—a sort of an “older YA” or “new adult.” In this category, they are looking for spunky but not stupid, serious but not dull, cutting-edge, supernatural stories.
Would you buy New Adult books?
Does the genre appeal to you? Does it sound better than YA?
Or are you happy with YA as it stands?
3 Comments on New Adult fiction genre #WriteTip, last added: 10/9/2012
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If I get the opportunity to read New Adult, I'll try it.
From the New Adult books that I have read so far, I really enjoy the genre. I would gladly keep buying/reading more NA books as they come out. However, based on the ones I have read so far, I don't think they would ever replace YA books for me. They would just be an extra genre that I would like.
I think here is definitely a market for NA and books that cater to older teens aka college students would love this genre. I love it! ;-)
Happy reading,
~Sherry
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