Lamar Giles
Lamar Giles | |
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Born | Hopewell, Virginia | November 14, 1979
Language | English |
Nationality | American |
Education | B.S. in Communications, minor in English |
Alma mater | Old Dominion University |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
Notable works | Fake ID, Endangered |
Years active | 2004–present |
Website | |
lamargiles |
Lamar Giles (born November 14, 1979)[1] is an American author of young adult novels and short stories. He best known for his award-winning novels with his most popular being Fake ID and Endangered. He is also one of the founding members of the American non-profit We Need Diverse Books.
Personal life[]
Giles grew up next to an army base[2] in Hopewell, Virginia.[3] He wrote his first novel at 14[4] and graduated from Hopewell High School in 1997.[3] Giles has a B.S. in Communications with a Minor in English from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.[5] He started wanting to become a published writer after reading Stephen King's On Writing in college,[6] and sold his first short story at age 21.[3] He also independently published novels and short stories as L.R. Giles.[4] Giles worked as a real estate agent for a while before being awarded a fellowship from the Virginia Commission of the Arts in 2006.[5] He sold what would become his first novel, Fake ID, at 31.[7]
Giles is a founding member of the non-profit We Need Diverse Books, their former VP of Communications,[8] and was on their 2017 Advisory Board.[9] Giles was a judge for the 2018 National Book Awards[10] and is a faculty member in the Spalding University MFA program.[11]
He lives with his wife in Chesapeake, Virginia.[3]
Selected works[]
Giles' debut young adult novel, Fake ID, was published by Harper Collins in 2014. Fake ID is a thriller following an African-American teen moving to a new town under a fake identity because of his father's crimes and who gets entangled in solving the mysterious murder of his best friend's sister.[12] Giles cites Gerald Shur's non-fiction works and Casanegra by Steve Barnes as some of his inspirations for the novel.[13]
His next novel, Endangered, about a vigilante teen whose undercover identity gets revealed to the world, was published by Harper Teen in 2015.[14]
Giles is the editor of the anthology Fresh Ink, a collection of stories by authors Nicola Yoon, Malinda Lo, Melissa de la Cruz, Sara Farizan, Eric Gansworth, Walter Dean Myers, Daniel José Older, , Jason Reynolds, Gene Luen Yang, Sharon G. Flake, Schuyler Bailar, and about marginalized experiences. It was published by Crown in 2018.[15]
Bibliography[]
Works under "Lamar Giles"[]
Novels
- Fake ID (HarperCollins, 2014)
- Endangered (HarperTeen, 2015)
- Overturned (Scholastic, 2017)
- Spin (Scholastic, 2019)
- The Last Last-Day-of-Summer (Versify/HMH, 2019)
- Not So Pure and Simple (HarperTeen, 2020)
Short stories
As contributor
- "The Historian, the Garrison, and the Cantankerous Cat Woman" in Three Sides of a Heart: Stories About Love Triangles, edited by Natalie C. Parker (HarperTeen, 2018)
- "Black. Nerd. Problems." in Black Enough, edited by Ibi Zoboi (Balzer + Bray, 2019)
- "The Oval Filter" in His Hideous Heart: 13 of Edgar Allan Poe's Most Unsettling Tales Reimagined, edited by Dahlia Adler (Flatiron Books, 2019)
As editor
- Fresh Ink (Crown, 2018)
Works under "L.R. Giles"[]
Short stories
- in Dark Dreams: A Collection of Horror and Suspense by Black Writers, edited by Brandon Massey (Dafina, 2004)
- in Voices from the Other Side, edited by Brandon Massey (Dafina, 2004)
- in Whispers in the Night, edited by Brandon Massey (Dafina, 2007)
- "Live Again" (2010)
- "The Darkness Kept" (2010)
- "The Track" (2011)
- "The Shadow Gallery" (2011)
- "Lover's Spat" (2011)
- "Doc Damage's Very Bad Day" (2011)
- "Power and Purpose" (2011)
- "When Scary People Know Your Name" (2012)
Novels
- The Serpent and the Stallion, co-authored with Becky Rodgers Boyette (2011)
Awards and Nominations[]
Nominated
2015
- Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Fiction for Fake ID (HarperCollins, 2014)[16]
2015-2016
- Georgia Peach Award for Fake ID (HarperCollins, 2014)[17]
2016
- Edgar Award Nominee for Best Young Adult Mystery for Endangered (HarperTeen, 2015)[18]
2016-2017
- Louisiana Young Readers Choice Award for Fake ID (HarperCollins, 2014)[19]
2017
- Lincoln Award for Fake ID (HarperCollins, 2014)[20]
Won
2015-2016
- Virginia's Readers Choice Award for 2015-2016, High School Selections (grades 10 - 12) for Fake ID (HarperCollins, 2014)[21]
References[]
- ^ "My Birthday Wish: Meet Stephen King". Lamar "L.R." Giles (Old Site). 2014-09-26. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
- ^ "Author Interview with Lamar Giles". The New York Public Library. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
- ^ a b c d "Lamar Giles". The Booking Biz. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
- ^ a b "How I Became A Writer by Lamar Giles | Epic Reads Blog". Epic Reads. 2014-01-21. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
- ^ a b "2006-2007 Fellowship Recipients - The Virginia Commission for the Arts" (PDF). The Virginia Commission for the Arts. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
- ^ "Interview: Lamar Giles on Coffee, Videogames, and "The Important Stuff"". The Booking Biz. 2018-06-01. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
- ^ "Author Interview: Lamar Giles on Writing Mysteries, Diversity & His Writing Journey". Cynthia Leitich Smith. 2017-02-23. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
- ^ "5 Questions for Lamar Giles | YARN". Retrieved 2019-04-04.
- ^ "About WNDB". diversebooks.org. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
- ^ "National Book Foundation - 2018 National Book Awards". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
- ^ "Lamar Giles". Spalding University. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
- ^ "Children's Book Review: Fake ID by Lamar Giles. HarperCollins/Amistad, $17.99 (304p) ISBN 978-0-06-212184-4". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
- ^ "Author Interview with Lamar Giles". The New York Public Library. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
- ^ Bush, Elizabeth (2015-05-19). "Endangered by Lamar Giles (review)". Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. 68 (10): 490–490. doi:10.1353/bcc.2015.0468. ISSN 1558-6766.
- ^ "Fresh Ink: An Anthology by Lamar Giles | SLJ Review". School Library Journal. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
- ^ Kellogg, Carolyn. "Finalists for the 2015 Edgar Awards are announced". latimes.com. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
- ^ "Past Winners & Nominees | Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers". georgiapeachaward.org. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
- ^ "Edgars Database | Search the Edgars Database". theedgars.com. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
- ^ "Previous Years LYRC Nominees - Louisiana Young Readers Choice - Literacy and Reading - State Library of Louisiana". www.state.lib.la.us. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
- ^ "The 2017 Abraham Lincoln Award Nominations". Lincoln Park High School Library. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
- ^ "Virginia Readers' Choice - Wiki". www.jmrl.org. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
- Living people
- 21st-century American male writers
- 21st-century American novelists
- American male novelists
- African-American novelists
- 1979 births
- People from Hopewell, Virginia
- African-American short story writers
- Old Dominion University alumni
- Spalding University faculty
- 21st-century African-American writers
- 20th-century African-American people
- African-American male writers