Nina LaCour

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Nina LaCour is an American author. Her novel We Are Okay won the Printz Award in 2017.[1]

Personal life[]

LaCour was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay area.[2] Her family instilled in her an appreciation for the arts and education: "her grandmother taught china painting classes; her father was a teacher and then school principal; and her mother taught high school art."[2]

She received her bachelor's degree from San Francisco State University and a master of fine arts in creative writing from Mills College.[2][3] Her first novel, Hold Still, was the result of her master's thesis.[2]

LaCour currently lives in San Francisco with her wife and daughter.[2]

Career[]

While attending Mills College, LaCour began teaching English composition to undergraduate students.[2] Following graduation, she taught at Berkeley City College and Maybeck High School before taking a few years off to care for her daughter.[2]

At present, LaCour teaches in the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing for Children and Young Adults program at Hamline University.[4]

Selected works[]

Hold Still (2009)[]

Main article: Hold Still

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)[]

Main article: Everything Leads to You

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[8] and has received the following accolades:

We Are Okay (2017)[]

Main article: We Are Okay

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,[12] and Bustle named it one of the best books of the decade.[13] The Boston Globe,[14]Publishers Weekly,[15] and Seventeen[16] named it one of the best books of the year.

We Are Okay received various accolades, including the following:

Watch Over Me (2020)[]

Main article: Watch Over Me (LaCour novel)

Watch Over Me is a young adult novel published September 15, 2020, by Dutton Children's Books.

The New York Public Library,[20] Chicago Public Library,[21] Buzzfeed,[22] and Kirkus[23] named it one of the best young adult books of the year.

The book received various accolades, including the following:

Publications[]

  • Hold Still (2009)
  • The Disenchantments (2012)
  • Everything Leads to You (2014)
  • You Know Me Well, with David Levithan (2016)
  • We Are Okay (2017)
  • Watch Over Me (2020)
  • Yerba Buena (2022)

References[]

  1. ^ a b Morales, Macey (2018-02-12). "'We Are Okay' wins 2018 Printz Award". American Library Association. Retrieved 2022-01-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "About Nina". Nina LaCour. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
  3. ^ Comerford, Lynda Brill (2009-12-21). "Fall 2009 Flying Starts: Nina LaCour". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2022-01-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Creative Writing Programs - Faculty and Staff -". Hamline University. Retrieved 2022-01-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Hold Still | Awards & Grants". American Library Association. 2010-01-21. Retrieved 2022-01-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "YALSA's 2010 Literary Award Winners". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 2010-01-13. Retrieved 2022-01-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "hold still | Awards & Grants". American Library Association. 2010-01-18. Retrieved 2022-01-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour". Junior Library Guild. Retrieved 2022-01-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "Everything Leads to You". Goodreads. Retrieved 2022-01-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ a b "Everything Leads To You". YALSA Book Finder. Retrieved 2022-01-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ "Everything Leads To You | Awards & Grants". American Library Association. 2017-12-20. Retrieved 2022-01-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ "The 100 Best YA Books of All Time". Time. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
  13. ^ Colyard, K.W. (2019-12-18). "The Best Books Of The 2010s, According To 30 Of The Decade's Debut Authors". Bustle. Retrieved 2022-01-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ "Best children's and YA books of 2017". The Boston Globe. 2017-12-08. Retrieved 2022-01-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ "Best Books 2017 Publishers Weekly". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2022-01-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ^ Orenstein, Hannah (2018-01-16). "28 of the Best YA Books of 2017". Seventeen. Retrieved 2022-01-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ "Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth, 2017". Booklist. 2018-01-01. Retrieved 2022-01-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. ^ "We are okay | Awards & Grants". American Library Association. 2018-02-16. Retrieved 2022-01-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. ^ "2018 Rainbow List". Rainbow Book List. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
  20. ^ "Best Books for Teens 2020". The New York Public Library. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
  21. ^ "Best Teen Fiction of 2020". Chicago Public Library. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
  22. ^ Penn, Farrah. "The Best YA Books Of 2020". BuzzFeed. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
  23. ^ "Best of 2020". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
  24. ^ "2021 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 2021-01-04. Retrieved 2022-01-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  25. ^ "2021 Best Fiction for Young Adults". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 2021-01-14. Retrieved 2022-01-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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