The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

5.7 We All Scream

This July is National Ice Cream Month, and you have Kentucky to thank! In 1984, Senator Walter Dee Huddleston of Kentucky introduced a resolution to proclaim the month of July 1984 National Ice Cream Month and the 15th of that month National Ice Cream Day.

Read a book by an author born in the 1980's.
Required: State the year of birth. If the birth year is not present on the Goodreads author page, provide a reference.

Here is a small list of authors that were born in the 1980's

Hank Green- 1980
Sarah J Maas - 1986
Taylor Jenkins Reid- 1983
Jenny Han- 1980
Angie Thomas- 1988
Celeste Ng - 1980
Tahereh Mafi - 1988
Anna Todd - 1989
Veronica Roth- 1988
Lily Anderson - 1988
Elsie Silver- 1988
Elizabeth Acevedo- 1988
Emma Chapman- 1985
Marie Lu - 1984
Kass Morgan - 1984
Anna Marie Stoddard - 1984
Emma Healey - 1985
Jason Reynolds- 1983
Marissa Meyer - 1984
Christopher Paolini- 1983
Sara King - 1982
Tillie Cole- 1983
Lauren Oliver- 1982
Amelia Gray- 1982
Tarryn Fisher- 1983
Alyssa Cole- 1982
Tiffany D Jackson - 1982
Becky Albertalli- 1982
Elle Kennedy- 1982
Holly Smale- 1981
Cecelia Ahern- 1981
Derek Blasberg- 1982
Morgan Matson- 1981
Maggie Stiefvater- `98`
Dan Jones- 1981
Kiera Cass- 1981
Aurora Rose Reynolds- 1981
Lauren Kate- 1981
Karen Russell 1981
Andrew McMillan 1988
Kate Macarenhas 1980
Stacy Halls 1989
Ali Hazelwood - 1989
T.J. Klune (-982
Neon Yang/J.Y. Yang -1982/3
Arkady Martine -1985
Becky Chambers -1985
Amal El-Mohtar -1984
Stuart Turton -1980
Jane Harper - 1980
Elle Kennedy - 1982
Meghan Quinn - 1986
Lucy Foley - 1986
Namwali Serpell-1980
Robert Jackson Bennett.-1984
Brian McClellan-1986

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Are there any recommended sites for this or examples? Because I’m struggling

Dee wrote: "Are there any recommended sites for this or examples? Because I’m struggling"

I have found it hard too I have gone through every book on my TBR many author's dont include their year of Birth but i have found a few

Karen Russell 1981;
Andrew McMillan 1988;
Kate Macarenhas 1980;
Stacy Halls 1989;

Marie (UK) wrote: "Dee wrote: "Are there any recommended sites for this or examples? Because I’m struggling"

I have found it hard too I have gone through every book on my TBR many author's dont include their year of..."

I have also googled "age of authors name" and have come up with some.

i found some insta posts of author birthday but they rarely included age

Ok a few more I found just now;

sarah j maas - March 5 1986 - https://www.famousbirthdays.com/peopl...

Ali Hazelwood - December 11, 1989 - https://www.famousbirthdays.com/peopl...

Jason Reynolds - December 6, 1983 - https://www.famousbirthdays.com/peopl...

Anna Todd - March 20, 1989 - https://www.famousbirthdays.com/peopl...


The famous birthdays website also has authors broken down by age that ppl may find helpful - https://www.famousbirthdays.com/age/p...

Wikipedia has ages for some authors that are missing them in the GR catalogue:

T.J. Klune (1982)
Neon Yang/J.Y. Yang (1982/3)
Arkady Martine (1985)
Becky Chambers (1985)
Amal El-Mohtar (1984)
Stuart Turton (1980)

I couldn't find any sites and just started googling authors from my TBR

Jane Harper - 1980
Elle Kennedy - 1982
Meghan Quinn - 1986
Lucy Foley - 1986

The Library of Congress Authorities can be searched by NAME and the author entries often include birth years.
https://authorities.loc.gov/

Some others I found there:
Serpell, Namwali LOC:1980
Bennett, Robert Jackson. LC:b. 1984
McClellan, Brian LOC:1986