Oh my gosh, they are Friends!!

So, here I was reading these books and loving them seperately when I encountered a little hiccup. I wanted to find the release date for Cassandra Clare's City of Bones when I find out that many of my favorite authors are actually friends and write with each other. So I am making others aware of these authors and informing you all to read them because they write in a very cool and slightly similar manner to all of you kids who enjoy the YA genre... because who doesn't.