Lamar has also won several awards including the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award in 2015 and a 2016 Readers Choice List from the Virginia State Reading Association. “Fake ID” his debut young adult novel was published in 2011 and went on to achieve critical acclaim. From there, his short fiction went on to be featured in the anthology “Dark Dreams.” He was also a Top 10 finalist in the TorUK/ScifiNow International War of the Worlds Competition and was a fellow of the Virginia Commission of the Arts. He wrote and sold his first short story when he was twenty-one years old. After he graduated from high school, he went to Old Dominion University and it was while he was there that he got interested in a career as an author. He loved stories and storytelling right from the time he was growing up in Hopewell, Virginia his hometown. “I absolutely love this mix of established and newer talents, and I’m really intrigued and excited by the mixed formats.Lamar Giles is a young adult thriller, fantasy author, speaker and founder of We Need Diverse Books, an organization set up to change the face of publishing. This collection will inspire you to break conventions, bend the rules, and color outside the lines. Thirteen of the most accomplished YA authors deliver a label-defying anthology that includes ten short stories, a graphic novel, and a one-act play. Instead, you are holding twelve stories with endings that are still being written-whose next chapters are up to you.īecause these stories are meant to be read.

And not hot-off-the-press, still-drying-in-your-hands ink. It will give readers the opportunity to discover how the next chapter is up to them.Ĭareful-you are holding fresh ink. This collection features ten short stories, a graphic short story, and a one-act play from Walter Dean Myers never before in-print. In partnership with We Need Diverse Books, thirteen of the most recognizable, diverse authors come together in this remarkable YA anthology featuring ten short stories, a graphic short story, and a one-act play from Walter Dean Myers never before in-print.Īll it takes to rewrite the rules is a little fresh ink in this remarkable YA anthology from thirteen of the most recognizable, diverse authors writing today including Nicola Yoon, Jason Reynolds, Melissa de la Cruz, and many more, and published in partnership with We Need Diverse Books.

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