Английская Википедия:Deposing Nathan
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox book Deposing Nathan is a 2019 young adult fiction book by American author Zack Smedley (born 1995).
Book
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]
Reviews
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]
Author
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]
Accolades
Won
- 2019 YA Bisexual Book Award for Deposing Nathan (Page Street, 2019)
Nominated
- 2020 Lambda Literary Award for Deposing Nathan (Page Street, 2019)
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