# Own Voices

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A literary movement centering books (particularly children's and young-adult fiction) about marginalized people written by authors of the same group.

## Etymology
Coined by Dutch author Corinne Duyvis on Twitter in 2015 as a hashtag for recommending children's books with "diverse characters written by authors from that same diverse group."

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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