Asian Authors Directory
David Yoon
David Yoon is the author of the New York Times bestseller Frankly In Love, a William C. Morris Award finalist and Asian/Pacific American Award for Young Adult Literature Honor book, the IndieBound YA bestseller Super Fake Love Song, a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection, and the adult thriller Version Zero. He also drew the illustrations for his wife Nicola Yoon’s #1 New York Times bestseller Everything, Everything. David grew up in Orange County, California, and lives in Los Angeles with Nicola and their daughter.
Book Title(s):
Frankly In Love (Penguin Putnam, 2019)
Super Fake Love Song (Penguin Putnam, 2020)
Version Zero (Penguin Putnam, 2021)
Award(s) and Accolade(s):
- New York Times bestseller
- IndieBound #1 bestseller
- 2020 Morris Award finalist
- 2019 APALA honor title
- 2020 California Book Award winner
- 2020 Childrens & Teen Choice Book Awards finalist
- 2019 Goodreads Choice Awards Semifinalist
- 2019 Epic Reads Book Shimmy Awards finalist
- Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
- Indies Introduce selection
- Starred reviews:
- Publishers Weekly
- Kirkus
- Booklist
- School Library Journal
- BCCB
- Year end best-of selections:
- New York Times
- Amazon
- Kirkus
- NPR
- SLJ
- Bookpage
- Chicago Public Library
- Audiofile
- Refinery 29
- Other lists:
- 2019 NBC Asian Pacific American Heritage Pick
- 2019 Time Most Anticipated
- 2019 Paste Best of YA selection
- Fall 2019 ABA Indie Next selection
Identity:
Korean-American
Age Categories:
Middle Grade, New Adult, Picture Book, Young Adult
Genres:
Contemporary, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Thriller , Adult Literary Publicity Information:
Elyse Marshall (emarshall@penguinrandomhouse.com)