Color Outside the Lines
Sangu Mandanna is an Indian-British author born in Bengaluru, India, and now based in Norwich, England. A graduate of Lancaster University, she writes across adult, YA, and middle-grade fiction, and is best known for her cozy fantasy romance The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches and its follow-up, A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping.
Anna-Marie McLemore (they/them) is a Mexican-American author of young adult magical realism and fairy-tale retellings with queer and Latine characters. They were born in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in California. Their debut novel, The Weight of Feathers, was published in 2015, followed by When the Moon Was Ours, Wild Beauty, Blanca & Roja, Dark and Deepest Red and Lakelore, plus Miss Meteor with Tehlor Kay Mejia and Venom & Vow with Elliott McLemore. When the Moon Was Ours won th...
Karuna Riazi is the author of "For the Rest of Us." Her writing explores themes that resonate with many readers.
Lydia Kang is an author of young adult fiction, adult fiction and non-fiction, and poetry. She graduated from Columbia University and New York University School of Medicine, completing her residency and chief residency at Bellevue Hospital in New York City. She is a practicing physician who has gained a reputation for helping fellow writers achieve medical accuracy in fiction. Her poetry and non-fiction have been published in JAMA, The Annals of Internal Medicine, Canadian Medical Association Jo...
L. L. McKinney is a fantastic author known for her fresh takes on fantasy, from the urban magic of A Blade So Black to her Wonderland series. She also brings her unique vision to superhero comics like Captain America and Nubia.
Tara Sim is the author of the fantasy novel City of Dusk. If you enjoy atmospheric stories with a touch of darkness, you'll want to check out her work.
Caroline Tung Richmond writes stories that often blend food and culture. She is a contributor to the popular young adult anthology, Hungry Hearts.
Samira Ahmed writes young adult fiction that focuses on the Muslim-American experience, including the dystopian novel Internment. Her stories often follow teen protagonists as they navigate identity and social justice.
Adam Silvera (born June 7, 1990) is an American author of young adult fiction who grew up in the South Bronx, New York City. His novels center queer protagonists and explore identity, grief and mortality, and include More Happy Than Not, History Is All You Left Me, the #1 New York Times bestseller They Both Die at the End and its sequels, and the Infinity Cycle series. He co-wrote What If It's Us and its sequel Here's to Us with Becky Albertalli.
This record blends multiple different people named Eric Smith. One identifiable Eric Smith is a Philadelphia-based literary agent and Young Adult author whose novels include Don't Read the Comments (2020) and You Can Go Your Own Way (2021). Other works attached here, including political-science and reference titles, belong to different, unrelated authors who share only the common name and should be split into separate author records.
Lori M. Lee was born in Laos in 1982 and lives in Wisconsin with her husband, kids, and a shih tzu. She is the author of the Shamanborn series (Forest of Souls, Broken Web, Calling of Light) and Gates of Thread and Stone, and a contributor to the anthologies A Thousand Beginnings and Endings and Color Outside the Lines. Her book Pahua and the Soul Stealer won the 2022 Mythopoeic Award for Fantasy Award for Children's Literature.
