Lamar Giles

Lamar Giles is the critically acclaimed author of Ruin Road ; The Getaway, a YALSA Top Ten Best Fiction title and a Quick Pick; Spin , which was a New York Times Editors' Choice and a YALSA Quick Pick; Overturned , which was also a YALSA Quick Pick; Not So Pure and Simple ; Fake ID , which was an Edgar Award finalist and a YALSA Quick Pick; and Endangered , which was also an Edgar Award finalist, as well as numerous middle-grade novels and comics. He is the editor of the anthology Fresh Ink ....See more

Lamar Giles is the critically acclaimed author of Ruin Road ; The Getaway, a YALSA Top Ten Best Fiction title and a Quick Pick; Spin , which was a New York Times Editors' Choice and a YALSA Quick Pick; Overturned , which was also a YALSA Quick Pick; Not So Pure and Simple ; Fake ID , which was an Edgar Award finalist and a YALSA Quick Pick; and Endangered , which was also an Edgar Award finalist, as well as numerous middle-grade novels and comics. He is the editor of the anthology Fresh Ink . Lamar is a founding member of We Need Diverse Books. He resides in Virginia with his family. See less