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Daniel Nayeri
Daniel Nayeri is an Iranian-American author whose works have earned the National Book Award and Newbery Honors.
Nayeri was born in Iran and fled the country with his sister Dina, and their mother, a doctor, after a fatwa had been issued against her. They lived for three years in refugee camps in Dubai and Rome before settling in 1990—when Nayeri was eight years old—in Edmond, Oklahoma. Nayeri attended Edmond Memorial High School, and New York University, where he studied writing.
Nayeri was publisher of Odd Dot, a children's publishing group at Macmillan Publishers, before leaving in 2020 to pursue full-time writing.
Nayeri lives with his wife and son in New Jersey.
Nayeri's printed works include:
In 2020, Everything Sad Is Untrue received a Michael L. Printz Award for best book written for teens, and was one of two honorees in the younger readers category for a Walter Dean Myers Award. In 2021, the book received a Christopher Award in the young adult category, and was a finalist for an Audie Award for Young Adult Title. In 2023, the book was nominated for a Young Reader's Choice Award.
Everything Sad Is Untrue was listed as one of the best children's books of 2020 by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Today, and Booklist Editors' Choice.
In 2024, The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams was selected as a Newbery Honor book.
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Daniel Nayeri
Daniel Nayeri is an Iranian-American author whose works have earned the National Book Award and Newbery Honors.
Nayeri was born in Iran and fled the country with his sister Dina, and their mother, a doctor, after a fatwa had been issued against her. They lived for three years in refugee camps in Dubai and Rome before settling in 1990—when Nayeri was eight years old—in Edmond, Oklahoma. Nayeri attended Edmond Memorial High School, and New York University, where he studied writing.
Nayeri was publisher of Odd Dot, a children's publishing group at Macmillan Publishers, before leaving in 2020 to pursue full-time writing.
Nayeri lives with his wife and son in New Jersey.
Nayeri's printed works include:
In 2020, Everything Sad Is Untrue received a Michael L. Printz Award for best book written for teens, and was one of two honorees in the younger readers category for a Walter Dean Myers Award. In 2021, the book received a Christopher Award in the young adult category, and was a finalist for an Audie Award for Young Adult Title. In 2023, the book was nominated for a Young Reader's Choice Award.
Everything Sad Is Untrue was listed as one of the best children's books of 2020 by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Today, and Booklist Editors' Choice.
In 2024, The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams was selected as a Newbery Honor book.