Adib Khorram
{{Short description|American author}}
Adib Khorram is an Iranian-American author who mainly writes young adult fiction.{{Cite web |title=Adib Khorram |url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17199325.Adib_Khorram |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=www.goodreads.com}}{{Cite web |last=DeTaeye |first=Lily |date=2022-10-13 |title=Five questions with author Adib Khorram, who explores queerness through the lens of a boy band in his latest YA novel |url=https://littlevillagemag.com/five-questions-with-author-adib-khorram/ |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=Little Village |language=en-US}} He is most well known for his books Darius the Great is Not Okay, Darius the Great Deserves Better, and Kiss & Tell.{{Cite web |title=Adib Khorram {{!}} Penguin Random House |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2168173/adib-khorram |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=PenguinRandomhouse.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Adib Khorram |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/author/adib-khorram/ |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}
Career
Khorram studied technical theater and design at Southern Illinois University before attending Vancouver Film School.{{Cite web |date=2018-08-27 |title=An Indies Introduce Q&A With Adib Khorram |url=https://www.bookweb.org/news/indies-introduce-qa-adib-khorram-105413 |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=the American Booksellers Association}}{{Cite web |title=Bio |url=https://adibkhorram.com/bio |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=Adib Khorram Writes Books |language=en-US}}
Khorram published his first novel, Darius the Great is Not Okay, in 2018 followed by the sequel, Darius the Great Deserves Better, in 2020.
= Accolades =
- 2019 William C. Morris Debut Award{{Cite web |title=Adib Khorram {{!}} AdLit |url=https://www.adlit.org/profile/adib-khorram |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=www.adlit.org |language=en}}
- 2018{{Ndash}}2019 Asian/Pacific American Award for Young Adult Literature{{Cite web |date=2019-01-28 |title=2019 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature Winners Selected – APALA |url=https://www.apalaweb.org/2019-asian-pacific-american-award-for-literature-winners-selected/ |access-date=2023-06-09 |language=en-US}}
- Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor
Personal life
Khorram was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, where he still lives.{{Cite web |last= |date=2020-01-28 |title=Talking with Bestselling YA Author Adib Khorram |url=https://tscpl.org/books-movies-music/talking-with-bestselling-ya-author-adib-khorram |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=bnadmin |date=2021-08-11 |title=Adib Khorram List of Books |url=https://www.booknotification.com/authors/adib-khorram/ |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=Book Notification |language=en-US}} He is gay{{Cite web |last=Schulman |first=Martha |title=Q & A with Adib Khorram |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/88724-q-a-with-adib-khorram.html |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=PublishersWeekly.com |language=en}} and biracial.{{Cite web |date=2020-08-24 |title=Darius Deserves Better author Adib Khorram benefits from strong writing community |url=https://www.thepitchkc.com/darius-deserves-better-author-adib-khorram-benefits-from-strong-writing-community/ |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=The Pitch |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Adib Khorram Is Okay (Now): A Young-Adult Author Comes To Terms With Being Different |url=https://www.kcur.org/show/central-standard/2018-07-20/adib-khorram-is-okay-now-a-young-adult-author-comes-to-terms-with-being-different |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=KCUR - Kansas City news and NPR |language=en}}
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Category:American writers of Iranian descent
Category:Southern Illinois University alumni