Deposing Nathan

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Deposing Nathan
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AuthorZach Smedley
LanguageEnglish
GenreYoung adult fiction
Published2019
PublisherPage Street
Publication placeUnited States
ISBN 978-1624147357

Deposing Nathan is a 2019 young adult fiction book by American author Zack Smedley (born 1995).

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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]

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References

  1. ↑ "Rights Report: Week of April 9, 2018". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  2. ↑ "13 Spectacular Young Adult Books From Independent Publishers". BuzzFeed News. September 8, 2020. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 "Part-Time Novelist Wins New York Times Praise". UMBC Magazine. September 13, 2019. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  4. ↑ DEPOSING NATHAN | Kirkus Reviews.
  5. ↑ Franklin, Mj (April 26, 2019). "Y.A. Novels That Let Teenage Boys Be Vulnerable". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  6. ↑ Zack, SMEDLEY. "Deposing Nathan". School Library Journal. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Best YA Books of 2019 That Tackle Hard Truths". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  8. ↑ "The 2020 Rainbow Book List". Rainbow Book List. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Lambda Literary announces 25 winning books for annual Lammy Awards". NBC News. June 2020. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  10. ↑ Hart, Michelle (March 10, 2020). "Here are the Finalists For the 2020 Lambda Literary Awards". Oprah Daily. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  11. ↑ "The Bi Writers Association - Finalists & Winners". www.biwriters.org. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  12. 1 2 Vee (December 6, 2019). "YA Pride Issue #2 - The Power of Teens". YA Pride. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  13. ↑ "Zack Smedley". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  14. ↑ "Rights Report: Week of July 20, 2020". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
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