I'll Give You the Sun (Nelson)

Author Bio
• Birth—June 24, 1965
• Where—New York, New York, USA
• Education—B.A. Cornell University; M.F.A., Brown University; M.F.A., Vermont College
• Awards—Michael L. Printz Award
• Currently—lives in San Francisco


Jandy Nelson is an American writer for young adults and a literary agent.

She received a BA from Cornell, an MFA from Brown in poetry, and another MFA from Vermont College in writing for children and young adults. The Sky Is Everywhere is her first novel and was noted as one of YALSA's 2011 Best Fiction for Young Adults. Her second novel, I'll Give You The Sun, was published in June 2014 and won the 2015 Michael L. Printz Award for excellence in young adult literature. Nelson lives in San Francisco.

At the annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, Nelson participated in panel discussions. She was on the panel "Young Adult Fiction: Teens and Turmoil" with Gayle Forman, Cynthia Kadohata and moderator Sonya Sones during the 2010 event. (From Wikipedia. Retrieved 2/11/2015.)