Jaclyn Dolamore.
Titles I've written about:
Magic Under Glass (2009):
It shares plot points with Jane Eyre and features a world that will appeal to readers who enjoy their fantasy with a historical fiction flavor. Issues of discrimination and -isms play in without being overbearing, and I do think it will be popular with younger YAs looking for magic and romance and mystery.
Between the Sea and the Sky (2011):
Considering my Mermaid Issues, I enjoyed this book far more than I expected to. Dolamore touches on some things that hadn't occurred to me—the lack of books underwater, as well as the less-varied diet—as well as giving nods to Andersen and to the selkie legend. Although I never really connected with the characters emotionally—which easily could have been My Own Problem—I enjoyed some of the details of the worldbuilding: the differences between the cultures of the merfolk and the winged people and the humans, and the idea of the winged peoples' Floating City.