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Nicola Yoon

“Maybe part of falling in love with someone else is also falling in love with yourself.”          ― Nicola Yoon, The Sun Is Also a Star

Nicola Yoon is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, a National Book Award finalist, a Michael L. Printz Honor Book recipient, a Coretta Scott King New Talent Award winner and the first Black woman to hit #1 on the New York Times Young Adult bestseller list. She’s also the co-publisher of Joy Revolution, a Random House young adult imprint dedicated to love stories starring people of color. She grew up in Jamaica and Brooklyn, and lives in Los Angeles with her husband, the novelist David Yoon, and their daughter.

Books by this author

Blackout

Blackout

Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, Nicola Yoon
Age Level:
Middle Grade, YA
Genre:
Fiction, Short Stories
Published:
2021
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Everything, Everything

Nicola Yoon
Age Level:
Middle Grade
Genre:
Fiction
Published:
2022
Instructions for Dancing

Instructions for Dancing

Nicola Yoon
Age Level:
Middle Grade, YA
Genre:
Fiction
Published:
2021
The Sun Is Also a Star

The Sun Is Also a Star

Nicola Yoon
Age Level:
YA
Published:
2016