I don't base on the age of the author I base on the quality of the book. If the summary doesn't hook me I don't read it. If it's recomended to me and the first few pages don't grab me I don't finish it. That's how it works for me. Yeah Paoilini and Atwater-Rhodes where young when they were published but that doesn't mean that they are any good. I love their books but my friends can say something different. In the end it's to each his own.