Nicola Yoon, author portrait
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Nicola Yoon

NICOLA YOON is the #1 New York Times best-selling author of Instructions for Dancing; Everything, Everything; and The Sun Is Also a Star, and is a coauthor of Blackout. She is a National Book Award finalist, a Michael L. Printz Award recipient, a Coretta Scott King–John Steptoe New Talent Award winner and the first Black woman to hit #1 on the New York Times Young Adult best-seller list. Two of her novels have been made into major motion pictures. She’s also the copublisher of Joy Revolution, a Random House young adult imprint dedicated to love stories starring people of color. She grew up in Jamaica and Brooklyn, New York, and lives in Los Angeles with her husband, the novelist David Yoon, and their daughter.
Instructions for Dancing
The Sun Is Also a Star Movie Tie-in Edition
Hope Nation
Nicola Yoon 2-Book Bundle: Everything, Everything and The Sun Is Also a Star
Meet Cute: Some people are destined to meet.
Everything, Everything

Books

Instructions for Dancing
The Sun Is Also a Star Movie Tie-in Edition
Hope Nation
Nicola Yoon 2-Book Bundle: Everything, Everything and The Sun Is Also a Star
Meet Cute: Some people are destined to meet.
Everything, Everything

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