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Nina LaCour is an American author, primarily known for writing young adult literature with queer, romantic story lines.[1] We Are Okay won the Printz Award in 2017.[2]
Early life and education
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LaCour was born in 1983[1] [3] [4] [3]
She attended Campolindo High School and graduated in 2000.[5] San Francisco State University and a master of fine arts in creative writing from Mills College .[3] [6]
Career
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LaCour's first novel, Hold Still [3] [3] Berkeley City College and Maybeck High School before taking a few years off to care for her daughter.[3]
At present, LaCour teaches in the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing for Children and Young Adults program at Hamline University .[7]
Personal life
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LaCour currently lives in San Francisco with her wife and daughter.[3]
Selected works
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Hold Still (2009)
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Hold Still is a young adult novel published October 20, 2009 by Dutton Children's Books .
The book received the following accolades:
Everything Leads to You (2014)
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Everything Leads to You is a young adult novel published May 15, 2014 Dutton Children's Books .
The book is a Junior Library Guild selection[11]
We Are Okay (2017)
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We Are Okay is a young adult novel published February 14, 2017, by Dutton Children's Books .
TIME added the book to its "100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time" list,[15] Bustle [16] The Boston Globe ,[17] Publishers Weekly [18] Seventeen [19]
We Are Okay received various accolades, including the following:
Watch Over Me (2020)
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Watch Over Me is a young adult novel published September 15, 2020, by Dutton Children's Books .
The New York Public Library ,[23] Chicago Public Library ,[24] Buzzfeed [25] Kirkus [26]
The book received various accolades, including the following:
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Yerba Buena is LaCour's first book of adult fiction. The novel has "themes of drug and sexual abuse, death, abandonment, and purposelessness"[29] [1] The New York Times [30]
The Apartment House on Poppy Hill (2023)
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LaCour's 2023 book The Apartment House on Poppy Hill , illustrated by Sonia Albert, was shortlisted for the 2024 Lambda Literary Award for Children's Literature .[31]
Publications
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References
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^ a b c d e f g "About Nina" . Nina LaCour . Retrieved January 2, 2022 .
^ "Hold Still" Nina LaCour
^ McMahon, Regan (March 8, 2018). "Voice of youth: Author Nina LaCour honored for her YA fiction" . San Francisco Chronicle . Retrieved January 3, 2023 .
^ Comerford, Lynda Brill (December 21, 2009). "Fall 2009 Flying Starts: Nina LaCour" . Publishers Weekly . Retrieved January 2, 2022 .
^ "Creative Writing Programs - Faculty and Staff -" . Hamline University . Retrieved January 2, 2022 .
^ "Hold Still | Awards & Grants" . American Library Association . January 21, 2010. Retrieved January 2, 2022 .
^ "YALSA's 2010 Literary Award Winners" . Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) . January 13, 2010. Retrieved January 2, 2022 .
^ "hold still | Awards & Grants" . American Library Association . January 18, 2010. Retrieved January 2, 2022 .
^ "Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour" . Junior Library Guild . Retrieved January 2, 2022 .
^ "Everything Leads to You" . Goodreads . Retrieved January 2, 2022 .
^ a b "Everything Leads To You" . YALSA Book Finder . Retrieved January 2, 2022 .
^ "Everything Leads To You | Awards & Grants" . American Library Association . December 20, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2022 .
^ "The 100 Best YA Books of All Time" . Time . Retrieved January 2, 2022 .
^ Colyard, K.W. (December 18, 2019). "The Best Books Of The 2010s, According To 30 Of The Decade's Debut Authors" . Bustle . Retrieved January 2, 2022 .
^ "Best children's and YA books of 2017" . The Boston Globe . December 8, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2022 .
^ "Best Books 2017 Publishers Weekly" . Publishers Weekly . Retrieved January 2, 2022 .
^ Orenstein, Hannah (January 16, 2018). "28 of the Best YA Books of 2017" . Seventeen . Retrieved January 2, 2022 .
^ Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth, 2017 . Retrieved January 1, 2022 – via Booklist.
^ "We are okay | Awards & Grants" . American Library Association . February 16, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2022 .
^ "2018 Rainbow List" . Rainbow Book List . Retrieved January 2, 2022 .
^ "Best Books for Teens 2020" . The New York Public Library . Retrieved January 2, 2022 .
^ "Best Teen Fiction of 2020" . Chicago Public Library . Retrieved January 2, 2022 .
^ Penn, Farrah. "The Best YA Books Of 2020" . BuzzFeed . Retrieved January 2, 2022 .
^ "Best of 2020" . Kirkus Reviews . Retrieved January 2, 2022 .
^ "2021 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults" . Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) . January 4, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2022 .
^ "2021 Best Fiction for Young Adults" . Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) . January 14, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2022 .
^ Hynek, Julia (June 11, 2022). " . The Harvard Crimson . Retrieved December 24, 2022 .
^ Harlan, Jennifer (May 31, 2022). "Love and Trauma in the Wilds of California" . The New York Times ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved December 24, 2022 .
^ "Announcing the Finalists for the 36th Annual Lambda Literary Awards" . them. . Retrieved April 5, 2024 .
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