Citations:Own Voices

Noun: "(often used attributively) a literary movement centering books (particularly children's and young-adult fiction) about marginalized people written by authors of the same group"

 * 2017, Hiba Tahir, "Swipe Right", The Student Printz (University of Southern Mississippi), 2 March 2017, page 5:
 * “The Hate U Give” is an “Own Voices” book, which means that it's about a diverse character and is written by an author from the same diverse group.
 * 2020, Australian Collective Stand: Rights Catalogue Frankfurt Book Fair 2020, page 27:
 * Own voices story about autism, dating and the joy of growing up.
 * 2020, Barefoot Books Rights Guide Spring 2020, page 1:
 * An Own Voices title set in present-day Chennai, India, modelled on the Vadapalani Market near where the author grew up.
 * 2021, Bloomsbury Children's Books, Spring 2021, page 94:
 * Kalynn Bayron puts an Own Voices spin on The Secret Garden in a rich YA contemporary fantasy about a girl with a unique and deadly power.
 * 2021, Sourcebooks International Sales Catalog, Fall 2021, page 80:
 * #OwnVoices author: Amalie Howard is an Own Voices Indo-Caribbean author writing bi-racial love stories.