Deposing Nathan
{{short description|American fiction book published 2019}}
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Deposing Nathan is a 2019 young adult fiction book by American author Zack Smedley (born 1995).
Book
Deposing Nathan was published by Page Street in May 2019.{{Cite web|title=Rights Report: Week of April 9, 2018|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/76586-rights-report-week-of-april-9-2018.html|access-date=2021-07-06|website=PublishersWeekly.com|language=en}} It tells the story of two teen boys who become best friends but eventually have a deadly falling-out, resulting in one of them being deposed and made to tell the story of what happened between them.{{Cite web|title=13 Spectacular Young Adult Books From Independent Publishers|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/dahliaadler/young-adult-from-independent-publishers|access-date=2021-07-06|website=BuzzFeed News|language=en}} Smedley conducted extensive research on the book's wide variety of subjects, including spending nearly six months studying law and completing several medical courses at his university.
Reviews
Deposing Nathan earned a starred review from Kirkus Magazine{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/zack-smedley/deposing-nathan/|title=DEPOSING NATHAN {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en}} and was praised by the New York Times as "a superb story, told in an original and masterly way."{{Cite news|last=Franklin|first=Mj|date=2019-04-26|title=Y.A. Novels That Let Teenage Boys Be Vulnerable|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/26/books/review/ya-fiction-teenage-boys.html|access-date=2021-07-06|issn=0362-4331}} School Library Journal also reviewed the book favorably, writing, "At its heart a story about complex relationships, the structure adds layers of suspense that will have readers constantly reevaluating events."{{Cite web|last=Zack|first=SMEDLEY|title=Deposing Nathan|url=https://www.slj.com/?reviewDetail=deposing-nathan|access-date=2021-07-06|website=School Library Journal}} The book was included on several year-end lists, including Kirkus's Best YA Books of 2019{{Cite web|title=Best YA Books of 2019 That Tackle Hard Truths|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-lists/best-ya-books-of-2019-that-tackle-hard-truths/|access-date=2021-07-06|website=Kirkus Reviews|language=en}} and ALA's 2020 Rainbow List.{{Cite web|title=The 2020 Rainbow Book List|url=https://glbtrt.ala.org/rainbowbooks/archives/1331|access-date=2021-07-06|website=Rainbow Book List|language=en-US}} It was a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award{{Cite web|title=Lambda Literary announces 25 winning books for annual Lammy Awards|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/best-lgbtq-books-lammy-awards-lambda-literary-n1215746|access-date=2021-07-06|website=NBC News|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Hart|first=Michelle|date=2020-03-10|title=Here are the Finalists For the 2020 Lambda Literary Awards|url=https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/books/a31261320/lambda-literary-awards-finalists-2020/|access-date=2021-07-06|website=Oprah Daily|language=en-US}} and was the winner of the 2019 YA Bisexual Book Award.{{Cite web|title=The Bi Writers Association - Finalists & Winners|url=https://www.biwriters.org/finalists-winners/|access-date=2021-07-06|website=www.biwriters.org|language=en}}
Author
Smedley was born in 1995 in Southern Maryland and attended the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, where he earned a degree in chemical engineering.{{Cite web|date=2019-09-13|title=Part-Time Novelist Wins New York Times Praise|url=https://magazine.umbc.edu/part-time-novelist-wins-new-york-times-praise/|access-date=2021-07-06|website=UMBC Magazine|language=en-US}} He wrote his first full manuscript in eighth grade{{Cite web|last=Vee|date=2019-12-06|title=YA Pride Issue #2 - The Power of Teens|url=http://www.yapride.org/2019/12/ya-pride-issue-2-the-power-of-teens/|access-date=2021-07-06|website=YA Pride|language=en-US}} and began querying it at the end of his junior year of high school, to which it was "rejected unanimously." Smedley cycled through several more projects before writing what would become his debut novel, Deposing Nathan, during his senior year of college.
He is openly bisexual.{{Cite web|title=Zack Smedley|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-features/articles/zack-smedley/|access-date=2021-07-06|website=Kirkus Reviews|language=en}}
Smedley's sophomore novel, Tonight We Rule the World, is scheduled to be published in Fall 2021.{{Cite web|title=Rights Report: Week of July 20, 2020|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/83911-rights-report-week-of-july-20-2020.html|access-date=2021-07-06|website=PublishersWeekly.com|language=en}}
Accolades
Won
- 2019 YA Bisexual Book Award for Deposing Nathan (Page Street, 2019)
Nominated
- 2020 Lambda Literary Award for Deposing Nathan (Page Street, 2019)