Top Ten New To Me Authors I Read in 2012

It's Tuesday and this week's Top Ten list at The Broke and the Bookish sounded like one I could manage: Top Ten New To Me Authors I Read in 2012: 

• Veronica Roth - Divergent
• Brian Selznick - Wonderstruck
• Erin Saldin - The Girls of No Return
• John Green (yes, finally!) - An Abundance of Katherines
• Augusta Scattergood - Glory Be
• Paolo Bacigalupi - Ship Breaker
• Cynthia Voight - Dicey's Song
• Moira Young - Blood Red Road
• Lauren Oliver  - Leisl and Po
• Julie Schumacher - The Unbearable Book Club for Unsinkable Girls 

Some of these were first-time authors; others very well-known authors I'd just never read before. I enjoyed all ten of these very much and would certainly be interested in reading another book by any of these authors.
How about you?

What new-to-you authors did YOU try in 2012?

(I focused this list in authors of kids/teen/YA books. For my list of new-to-me grown-up authors, check out my list at Book By Book).