Jandy Nelson

Nelson and her mother moved to California when she was twelve years old. She currently lives in San Francisco.[http://www.walker.co.uk/contributors/Jandy-Nelson-9015.aspx Walker Books: Jandy Nelson]. Retrieved 13 April 2016

Nelson's 2010 novel, The Sky Is Everywhere, follows seventeen-year-old Lennie Walker as she copes with her sister's death. Torn between loss and self-discovery, Lennie must learn to be the lead player in her own life. The Sky Is Everywhere was a Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) selection for Best Fiction for Young Adults;{{cite web|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklistsawards/booklists/bestficya/bfya2011|title=Search results - YALSA Book Finder|first=YALSA Book|last=Finder|website=www.ala.org}} made numerous appearances on best-of-the-year lists, including those for NPR,{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2010/12/30/131442476/oh-to-be-young-the-year-s-best-teen-reads|title=Oh, To Be Young: The Year's Best Teen Reads|newspaper=NPR.org|publisher=}} the Chicago Public Library,{{cite web|url=https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/list/share/200121216_chipublib_teens/203935107|title=Best Teen Fiction of 2010 - Chicago Public Library|website=BiblioCommons}} The Horn Book Magazine,{{Cite web |url=http://archive.hbook.com/resources/books/fanfare/fanfare11.asp |title=Horn Book Fanfare |access-date=2015-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121030932/http://archive.hbook.com/resources/books/fanfare/fanfare11.asp |archive-date=2015-01-21 |url-status=dead }} and the Children's Book Committee (CBC) of Bank Street College of Education;{{Cite web |title=Best Children's Books of the Year |url=https://www.bankstreet.edu/library/center-for-childrens-literature/childrens-book-committee/best-childrens-books-of-the-year/ |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=Bank Street College of Education |language=en-US}} and as of April 2015 had been published in over 20 countries.

Nelson's second novel, New York Times bestseller I'll Give You the Sun, was published in 2014; it is about close but highly competitive twins Noah and Jude. A series of family tragedies, cruelties and misunderstandings creates a rift between the two; only after they come back together do they begin to understand themselves and set their world right again. I'll Give You the Sun won the Printz Award and the CBC's Josette Frank Award for older readers (sharing the award for younger readers with Ann M. Martin's Rain Reign),{{cite web |date=May 2023 |title=Bank Street - Awards |url=http://www.bankstreet.edu/center-childrens-literature/childrens-book-committee/awards/ |website=www.bankstreet.edu}} plus was a Stonewall Book Award Honor Book.{{cite web |last=JCARMICHAEL |date=6 February 2015 |title=American Library Association announces 2015 youth media award winners |url=http://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2015/02/american-library-association-announces-2015-youth-media-award-winners |publisher=}} It was a 2014 California Book Awards Young Adult Finalist.{{cite web|url=http://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/special-events/california-book-awards|title=84th Annual California Book Awards Winners}} It was listed on numerous best-of-the-year lists, including the 2015 YALSA Top 10 Best Fiction for Young Adults,{{cite web|url=http://www.ala.org/yalsa/2015-top-ten-best-fiction-young-adults|title=2015 Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults|last=NGILBERT|date=3 February 2015|publisher=}} NPR's Guide To 2014's Great Reads,{{cite web|url=http://apps.npr.org/best-books-2014/#/book/ill-give-you-the-sun|title=NPR's Book Concierge|publisher=}} Time magazine's Top 10 YA Books,{{cite news| url=http://time.com/3600001/top-10-ya-books/ | magazine=Time | title=Top 10 YA Books of 2014 | date=2 December 2014}} the ALA Rainbow Book List Top 10,{{cite web|url=http://glbtrt.ala.org/rainbowbooks/archives/1161|title=2015 Rainbow Book List|publisher=}} and CBC's Best Children's Book of the Year with Outstanding Merit.{{Cite web |title=Best Children's Books of the Year |url=https://www.bankstreet.edu/library/center-for-childrens-literature/childrens-book-committee/best-childrens-books-of-the-year/ |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=Bank Street College of Education |language=en-US}} As of April 2015, I'll Give You the Sun had been published in 25 countries and optioned by Warner Bros. for a film to be written by Natalie Krinsky and produced by Denise Di Novi and Allison Greenspan.{{cite news| url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/ill-give-you-the-sun-movie-adaptation-warner-bros-jandy-nelson-1201245408/ | work=Variety | first=Dave | last=McNary | title=Jandy Nelson's 'I'll Give You the Sun' Movie in the Works at Warner Bros | date=24 June 2014}}

• The Sky Is Everywhere (2010)
• I'll Give You the Sun (2014)
• When the World Tips Over (2024)

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• [http://jandynelson.com/ Official Website]
• [http://pippinproperties.com/ Pippin Properties]
• [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3850562/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1/ I'll Give You the Sun on IMDB]
• [https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2015/may/01/jandy-nelson-ill-give-you-the-sun-interview Interview with Jandy Nelson], The Guardian, 1 May 2015

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