Thanhha Lai

Thanhhà Lai is a Vietnamese-American writer of middle-grade and young adult novels. She lives in upstate New York with her husband and daughter. Her first novel, Inside Out & Back Again (2011) , won the National Book Award and a Newbery Honor, and was a New York Times bestseller. Other books include Listen, Slowly (2015) and Butterfly Yellow (2019), her YA debut. Hundred Years of Happiness (2022), Thanhhà's first picture book, is out now.

Thanhhà Lai is a Vietnamese-American writer of middle-grade and young adult novels. She lives in upstate New York with her husband and daughter. Her first novel, Inside Out & Back Again (2011) , won the National Book Award and a Newbery Honor, and was a New York Times bestseller. Other books include Listen, Slowly (2015) and Butterfly Yellow (2019), her YA debut. Hundred Years of Happiness (2022), Thanhhà's first picture book, is out now. See less