Author | Zach Smedley |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Young adult fiction |
Published | 2019 |
Publisher | Page Street |
ISBN | 978-1624147357 |
Deposing Nathan is a 2019 young adult fiction book by American author Zack Smedley (born 1995).
Deposing Nathan was published by Page Street in May 2019. [1] 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. [2] 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. [3]
Deposing Nathan earned a starred review from Kirkus Magazine [4] and was praised by the New York Times as "a superb story, told in an original and masterly way." [5] 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." [6] The book was included on several year-end lists, including Kirkus's Best YA Books of 2019 [7] and ALA's 2020 Rainbow List. [8] It was a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award [9] [10] and was the winner of the 2019 YA Bisexual Book Award. [11]
Smedley was born in 1995 in Southern Maryland and attended the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, where he earned a degree in chemical engineering. [3] He wrote his first full manuscript in eighth grade [12] and began querying it at the end of his junior year of high school, to which it was "rejected unanimously." [12] Smedley cycled through several more projects before writing what would become his debut novel, Deposing Nathan, during his senior year of college. [3]
He is openly bisexual. [13]
Smedley's sophomore novel, Tonight We Rule the World, is scheduled to be published in Fall 2021. [14]
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Author | Zach Smedley |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Young adult fiction |
Published | 2019 |
Publisher | Page Street |
ISBN | 978-1624147357 |
Deposing Nathan is a 2019 young adult fiction book by American author Zack Smedley (born 1995).
Deposing Nathan was published by Page Street in May 2019. [1] 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. [2] 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. [3]
Deposing Nathan earned a starred review from Kirkus Magazine [4] and was praised by the New York Times as "a superb story, told in an original and masterly way." [5] 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." [6] The book was included on several year-end lists, including Kirkus's Best YA Books of 2019 [7] and ALA's 2020 Rainbow List. [8] It was a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award [9] [10] and was the winner of the 2019 YA Bisexual Book Award. [11]
Smedley was born in 1995 in Southern Maryland and attended the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, where he earned a degree in chemical engineering. [3] He wrote his first full manuscript in eighth grade [12] and began querying it at the end of his junior year of high school, to which it was "rejected unanimously." [12] Smedley cycled through several more projects before writing what would become his debut novel, Deposing Nathan, during his senior year of college. [3]
He is openly bisexual. [13]
Smedley's sophomore novel, Tonight We Rule the World, is scheduled to be published in Fall 2021. [14]
Won
Nominated