Emery Lord

Emery Lord is a Midwestern girl who writes stories about high school and best friends and weird families and the crushes that make you feel combustible alive and also more awkward than you thought was possible. Her young adult books published by Bloomsbury include Open Road Summer , The Start of Me and You, and When We Collided, which was awarded the 2017 Schneider Teen Book Award, The Names They Gave Us, The Map from Here to There, and her latest release All That’s Left to Say. If you’re not sure how to pronounce Emery, try slurring the name “Emily,” and that will get you really close.

She lives in Cincinnati with her BFF/husband, a closet full of dresses, and lots of books. If karaoke-ing in grocery store aisles or guzzling coffee while impulse shopping were illegal, Emery would be writing her overemotional YA books from jail. Also, she makes up words sometimes. Like combustibly.

Visit her on the web http://www.emerylord.com/, or follow her on twitter @emerylord

Praise for Emery Lord:

“A natural successor to Sarah Dessen’s The Truth about Forever … [The Names They Gave Us] explores the hardships in both Lucy’s life and the lives of the people around her without forgetting about the joys of ordinary life, summer love, and the pitfalls of growing up, all while offering a beautiful, all-too-rare portrait of a religion that accepts instead of condemns. Comfortingly familiar, vibrant, and, at times, wrenching, this belongs on all shelves.” — Booklist, Starred Review! 

When We Collided is the winner of the 2017 Schneider Family Book Award, Teen Book!
http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/schneider-family-book-award

“[An] absolute tearjerker romance with a powerful message about weightier topics of grief and mental illness.” – School Library Journal, Starred Review

Check out this amazing interview with Emery on the B&N Teen Blog:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/teen/emery-lord-on-when-we-collided-mental-health-and-her-top-choice-vespa/