Tour Dates
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9/22 at 3:30, National Book Festival, Washington, DC
9/22 at 6:30 p.m., Politics & Prose, Washington, D.C., Appearing with Jacqueline Woodson
9/28 at 7:00 p.m., Anderson's Bookshop, Naperville, IL, Appearing on YA author panel
9/29 at Anderson's YA Literature Conference, Naperville, IL (Ticketed event)
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Knopf, 2012
Every day a different body. Every day a different life. Every day in love with the same girl.
DESCRIPTION
Every morning, A wakes in a different person’s body, a different person’s life. There’s never any warning about where it will be or who it will be. A has made peace with [...]
Knopf, 2011
A story in words and images, with photographs by Jonathan Farmer.
DESCRIPTION
In this high school-set psychological tale, a tormented teen named Evan starts to discover a series of unnerving photographs—some of which feature him. Someone is stalking him . . . messing with him . . . threatening him. Worse, ever since [...]
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011
My first book about post-teenagers. A love story told in dictionary entries.
DESCRIPTION
How does one talk about love? Is it even possible to describe something at once utterly mundane and wholly transcendent, that has the power to consume our lives completely, while making us feel part of something infinitely larger [...]
Dutton, 2011
Written with John Green. Two boys with the same name – that’s how the idea for Will Grayson, Will Grayson began.
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One cold night, in a most unlikely corner of Chicago, Will Grayson crosses paths with . . . Will Grayson. Two teens with the same name, running in two very different circles, [...]
Knopf, 2009
The story of three teenagers in New York on 9/11, and how their lives intertwine in the days and weeks and months that follow.
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The lives of three teens—Claire, Jasper, and Peter—are altered forever on September 11, 2001. Claire, a high school junior, has to get to her younger brother [...]
Knopf, 2010
Written with Rachel Cohn. An intense correspondence.
DESCRIPTION
“I’ve left some clues for you. If you want them, turn the page. If you don’t, put the book back on the shelf, please.”
So begins the latest whirlwind romance from the New York Times bestselling authors of Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist. Lily has left a red notebook [...]
Knopf, 2008-2010
(As David Van Etten)
Originally published as separate hardcover novels, all three Likely Story novels are available in one sizzling volume.
David Van Etten is actually three writers: Chris Van Etten is a full-time writer for ABC’s One Life to Live; David Ozanich is a freelance writer and playwright; and David Levithan.
Buy [...]
Knopf, 2008
Eighteen stories, all about love, and about all kinds of love.
DESCRIPTION
From the aching for the one you pine for, to standing up and speaking up for the one you love, to pure joy and happiness, these love stories run the gamut of that emotion that at some point has [...]
Knopf, 2007
In this second novel collaboration with Rachel Cohn, things become very complicated when Ely kisses his best friend Naomi’s boyfriend.
DESCRIPTION
Naomi and Ely are best friends. Naomi loves and is in love with Ely, and Ely loves Naomi, but prefers to be in love with boys. So they create their [...]
Knopf 2006
Love, tolerance, and activism each play their part when a gay teen couple travels to Kansas to fight political injustice.
DESCRIPTION
In the not-too-impossible-to-imagine future, a gay Jewish man has been elected president of the United States. Until the governor of one state decides that some election results in his state [...]
Knopf, 2006
Adapted into a major motion picture, this novel collaboration with Rachel Cohn tells the story of one night in New York as two teens navigate past and future loves.
DESCRIPTION
It all starts when Nick asks Norah to be his girlfriend for five minutes. He only needs five minutes to avoid his ex-girlfriend, [...]
Dial, 2005
A Valentine’s Day retelling of the Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol, illustrated by Brian Selznick.
DESCRIPTION
Ben is dealing with just about the hardest thing you can think of. His girlfriend Marly has died. A life that was once filled with love and vibrancy is now gray and meaningless. When Marly and several other [...]
Knopf, 2006
A New Generation of Writing About Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Other Identities (Edited with Billy Merrell)
Awards: The Full Spectrum received a 2006 Lambda Literary Award!
DESCRIPTION
Teens are more aware of sexuality and identity than ever, and they’re looking for answers and insights, as well as a community [...]
Knopf, 2005
How to deal with a brother, in many hard and funny steps, starting with a trip to Italy.
DESCRIPTION
Sixteen-year-old Elijah is completely mellow and his 23-year-old brother Danny is completely not, so it’s no wonder they can barely tolerate one another. So what better way to repair their broken [...]
Knopf, 2004
Twenty kids. One school. Many, many intersections.
DESCRIPTION
Here’s what I know about the realm of possibility— it is always expanding, it is never what you think it is. Everything around us was once deemed impossible. From the airplane overhead to the phones in our pockets to the choir girl putting [...]
Knopf, 2003
A dippy happy gay teen book.
DESCRIPTION
This is the story of Paul, a sophomore at a high school like no other: The cheerleaders ride Harleys, the homecoming queen used to be a guy named Daryl (she now prefers Infinite Darlene and is also the star quarterback), and the gay-straight alliance [...]
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A love story told in dictionary entries.
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