Dustin Thao

Dustin Thao is a Vietnamese American writer of contemporary young adult fiction with elements of magic realism, based in New York City. He earned a B.A. in political science from Amherst College and has studied critical media literacy at Northwestern University. His debut novel, You've Reached Sam (2021), was a New York Times and USA Today bestseller.

It was followed by When Haru Was Here (2024) and the companion novel You've Found Oliver (2025), and he contributed the short story The Price of Admission to the audio series The Edge of Everything.