Nina LaCour

Nina LaCour is an American author of young adult novels, adult fiction and picture books. Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, she studied at San Francisco State University and earned an MFA in creative writing from Mills College.

Her debut, Hold Still (2009), grew out of her graduate thesis and was a William C. Morris Award honor book. We Are Okay (2017) won the 2018 Michael L. Printz Award. Her other books include The Disenchantments, Everything Leads to You, Watch Over Me, You Know Me Well (co-written with David Levithan) and, for adults, Yerba Buena.

She lives in the Bay Area with her wife and daughter.