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Nicola Yoon is a Jamaican-American #1 New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of young adult romance.

Born in Jamaica and partially raised there, Nicola primarily grew up in Brooklyn, New York.

She studied electrical engineering at Cornell University, where she fell in love with writing while taking a creative writing class as an elective.

Inspired that she could have a future in writing, she subsequently pursued a Master of Creative Writing program at Emerson College.

Nicola made her debut as a novelist in 2015 with the standalone Everything, Everything, which she quickly followed with The Sun Is Also a Star–both of which received film adaptations.

A recipient of the Michael L. Printz Honor and the Coretta Scott King New Talent Awards, Nicola currently lives in Los Angeles, California with her family.

More about Nicola Yoon

Genres: Fiction, Romance, Young Adult

Born: 1972

United States

Website: https://www.nicolayoon.com/

Non Series

  • Everything, Everything (2015)
  • The Sun Is Also a Star (2016)
  • Instructions for Dancing (2021)

Anthologies

  1. Meet Cute (2018)

Blackout Books

  1. Blackout (2021)
  2. Whiteout (2022)

Omnibus Books

  1. Everything, Everything / The Sun Is Also a Star (2018)
Anthologies
Blackout Books

Detailed book overview

Non Series

Everything, Everything

My disease is as rare as it is famous. Basically, I’m allergic to the world. I don’t leave my house, have not left my house in seventeen years. The only people I ever see are my mom and my nurse, Carla.

But then one day, a moving truck arrives next door. I look out my window, and I see him. He's tall, lean and wearing all black—black T-shirt, black jeans, black sneakers, and a black knit cap that covers his hair completely. He catches me looking and stares at me. I stare right back. His name is Olly.

Maybe we can’t predict the future, but we can predict some things. For example, I am certainly going to fall in love with Olly. It’s almost certainly going to be a disaster.

Everything, Everything
Director: Stella Meghie
Cast: Amandla Stenberg, Nick Robinson, Anika Noni Rose, Ana de la Reguera, Taylor Hickson, Danube Hermosillo, Dan Payne, Fiona Loewi, Sage Brocklebank, Robert Lawrenson
Author: Nicola Yoon
First Release: 2015
ISBN: 978-0553496673
Publisher: Ember
The Sun Is Also a Star

Natasha: I’m a girl who believes in science and facts. Not fate. Not destiny. Or dreams that will never come true. I’m definitely not the kind of girl who meets a cute boy on a crowded New York City street and falls in love with him. Not when my family is twelve hours away from being deported to Jamaica. Falling in love with him won’t be my story.

Daniel: I’ve always been the good son, the good student, living up to my parents’ high expectations. Never the poet. Or the dreamer. But when I see her, I forget about all that. Something about Natasha makes me think that fate has something much more extraordinary in store—for both of us.

The Universe: Every moment in our lives has brought us to this single moment. A million futures lie before us. Which one will come true?

The Sun Is Also a Star
Director: Ry Russo-Young
Cast: Yara Shahidi, Anais Lee, Charles Melton, John Leguizamo, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Miriam A. Hyman, Jordan Williams, Jake Choi, Keong SimCathy Shim
Author: Nicola Yoon
First Release: 2016
ISBN: 978-0553496710
Publisher: Ember
Instructions for Dancing

Evie Thomas doesn't believe in love anymore. Especially after the strangest thing occurs one otherwise ordinary afternoon: She witnesses a couple kiss and is overcome with a vision of how their romance began . . . and how it will end. After all, even the greatest love stories end with a broken heart, eventually.

As Evie tries to understand why this is happening, she finds herself at La Brea Dance Studio, learning to waltz, fox-trot, and tango with a boy named X. X is everything that Evie is not: adventurous, passionate, daring. His philosophy is to say yes to everything--including entering a ballroom dance competition with a girl he's only just met.

Falling for X is definitely not what Evie had in mind. If her visions of heartbreak have taught her anything, it's that no one escapes love unscathed. But as she and X dance around and toward each other, Evie is forced to question all she thought she knew about life and love. In the end, is love worth the risk?

Author: Nicola Yoon
First Release: 2021
ISBN: 978-1524718992
Publisher: Ember

Anthologies

Meet Cute

Whether or not you believe in fate, or luck, or love at first sight, every romance has to start somewhere. Now readers can indulge in their love of meet-cute moments with a YA short story collection from some of today’s most popular YA authors. A diverse cast of characters and situations means that this collection has something for every reader looking for feel-good fun.

This is a collection of stories by Jennifer L Armentrout, Sona Charaipotra, Dhonielle Clayton, Katie Cotugno, Jocelyn Davies, Nina LaCour, Emery Lord, Katharine McGee, Kass Morgan, Julie Murphy, Meredith Russo, Sara Shepard and Nicola Yoon.

Author: Nicola Yoon
First Release: 2018
ISBN: 978-1328604286
Publisher: Clarion Books

Blackout Books

Blackout

A summer heatwave blankets New York City in darkness. But as the city is thrown into confusion, a different kind of electricity sparks…

A first meeting.

Long-time friends.

Bitter exes.

And maybe the beginning of something new.

When the lights go out, people reveal hidden truths. Love blossoms, friendship transforms, and new possibilities take flight.

NB: Co-authored with Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, and Ashley Woodfolk.

Author: Nicola Yoon
First Release: 2021
ISBN: 978-0063088108
Publisher: Quill Tree Books
Whiteout

As the city grinds to a halt, twelve teens band together to help a friend pull off the most epic apology of her life. But will they be able to make it happen, in spite of the storm?

No one is prepared for this whiteout. But then, we can’t always prepare for the magical moments that change everything.

NB: Co-authored with Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, and Ashley Woodfolk.

Author: Nicola Yoon
First Release: 2022
ISBN: 978-0063088153
Publisher: Quill Tree Books

Omnibus Books

Everything, Everything / The Sun Is Also a Star

Maddy and Olly. Natasha and Daniel. Two captivating love stories from Nicola Yoon are paired for the first time in this collectible boxed set, which includes hardcover editions of Everything, Everything, a #1 New York Times bestseller, and The Sun Is Also a Star, a #1 New York Times bestseller and National Book Award Finalist, in a custom-designed case.

In Everything, Everything, Maddy is a girl who's literally allergic to the outside world, and Olly is the boy who moves in next door . . . and becomes the greatest risk she's ever taken. In The Sun Is Also a Star, Natasha and Daniel are brought together just when it seems like the universe is sending them in opposite directions. Falling in love doesn't seem possible, but fate has something extraordinary in store.

Author: Nicola Yoon
First Release: 2018
ISBN: 978-0593176795
Publisher: Ember