Jane Austen (1775–1817) wrote Lady Susan, a short epistolary novel, between 17 when she was aged 18-20.Subsequent novels include Demon in My View (2000), Shattered Mirror (2001), Midnight Predator (2002), Hawksong (2003) and Snakecharm (2004). Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (born 1984) had her first novel, In the Forests of the Night, published in 1999.It was published almost a century later in 1983. An earlier work, The Life of Father McSwiney, was dictated to her father when she was four. This novella was first published in 1919, preserving her juvenile punctuation and spelling. Daisy Ashford (1881–1972) wrote The Young Visiters while aged nine.Prateek Arora wrote his debut novel Village 1104 at the age of 16.Jorge Amado (1912–2001) had his debut novel, The Country of Carnival, published in 1931, when he was 18.Margery Allingham (1904–1966) had her first novel, Blackkerchief Dick, about smugglers in 17th century Essex, published in 1923, when she was 19.Other books written by her as a teenager are: The Lampo Circus (2008), Von Gobstopper's Arcade (2009), Halo (2010) and Hades (2011). Alexandra Adornetto (born 18 April 1994) wrote her debut novel, The Shadow Thief, when she was 13.These books were written, or substantially completed, before the author's twentieth birthday. This is a list of notable books by young authors and of books written by notable writers in their early years. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.

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