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Nina LaCour
Nina LaCour is the bestselling and Michael L. Printz Award–winning author of several young adult novels, including We Are Okay, Hold Still, The Disenchantments, and Everything Leads to You, as well as a novel for adults, Yerba Buena. She is also the author of the picture book Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle, illustrated by Kaylani Juanita, and My Friend, Loonie, illustrated by Ashling Lindsay. Her books have won many awards and have been translated into several languages. LaCour lives with her wife and their daughter in San Francisco.