Nina LaCour:
American author, primarily known for writing young adult literature with queer, romantic story lines. Her novel We Are Okay won the Printz Award in 2017.
LaCour was born in 1983 and raised in the San Francisco Bay area. Her family instilled in her an appreciation for the arts and education: “her grandmother taught china painting classes; her father was a teacher and then school principal; and her mother taught high school photography
She attended Campolindo High School and graduated in 2000. She received her bachelor’s degree from San Francisco State University and a master of fine arts in creative writing from Mills College.
I never realized what a big deal that was. How amazing it is to find someone who wants to hear about all the things that go on in your head.
