Pintip Dunn

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Pintip Dunn is a New York Times best-selling author of young adult fiction. Her Forget Tomorrow series has been translated into four languages.[ citation needed ] She is a two-time recipient of the RITA Award.

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Pintip Dunn
EducationA.B. in English Literature and Language, J.D. in Law
Alma materHarvard, Yale Law School
Genreyoung adult
Years active2015-now
Notable worksForget Tomorrow
Notable awards2016 RITA Award for Best First Book, 2018 RITA Award for Young Adult Romance
Website
pintipdunn.com

Personal life

Dunn is the daughter of Thai immigrants and grew up in Parsons, Kansas. She attended Harvard University to study English Literature and Language, earning an A.B., and received her J.D. from Yale Law School. [1] [2]

Career

Forget Tomorrow series

Dunn's debut young adult novel, Forget Tomorrow, the first in a series, is set in a sci-fi world in which people can see their own future, where sixteen-year-old Callie sees herself murder her own sister. [3] It was published by Entangled: Teen in 2015 and hit the New York Times Young Adult E-Books Bestseller Lis t at #4. [4] The second book in the series is set ten years later and follows Jessa, Callie's sister, while she tries to prevent a massacre. It was published in 2016. [5] A prequel to the series, Before Tomorrow, was also published in 2016. The third book in the series, Seize Today, was published in 2017. [6]

Star-Crossed series

The first book in her second young adult series, Star-Crossed, was published in 2018 by Entangled: Teen. It's about a princess who lives on a planet where food is rare and who has to undergo a procedure that takes sixty years off her life but enables her colony to survive via nutrition pills, while her father, the king, is dying. [7]

A sequel, Sky-Kissed, was set to follow in 2019. [1]

Standalone novels

Dunn's first young adult thriller, The Darkest Lie, is about a teen who investigates her mother's death, who has died by suicide following the accusation that she slept with a high school quarterback. [8] Her second thriller, Girl on the Verge, tells the story of a second-generation immigrant Thai-American teen whose family takes in a white girl who turns her life upside down [9] It was published in 2017 by Kensington. [10] Her third standalone novel, Malice, about a girl who finds out that a student in her school will create a virus that will kill millions in the future, was published by Entangled: Teen in 2020. [7] [11]

Her first rom-com, Dating Makes Perfect, about a Thai-American teen who starts dating against her family's wishes, was published in August 2020 and was favorably received by critics, earning a starred review from Kirkus Reviews. [12] Dunn says she was inspired to write the novel after having conversations with other Asian and Thai-Americans whose families were adamant about them not dating only to change their mind later and ask them about relationships statuses and grandchildren. [2]

Awards

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2016

2018

Nominations

2016

2017

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References

  1. 1 2 "Interview: Pintip Dunn, Author of Star-Crossed". The Nerd Daily. 2018-10-29. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
  2. 1 2 "Q&A: Pintip Dunn, Author of 'Dating Makes Perfect'". The Nerd Daily. 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  3. ↑ Forget Tomorrow by Pintip Dunn | Kirkus Reviews.
  4. ↑ "Young Adult E-Book Books - Best Sellers - August 21, 2016 - The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
  5. ↑ Remember Yesterday by Pintip Dunn | Kirkus Reviews.
  6. ↑ SEIZE TODAY by Pintip Dunn | Kirkus Reviews.
  7. 1 2 "Exclusive Interview: Pintip Dunn talks STAR-CROSSED - The Fandom". The Fandom. 2018-09-26. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
  8. ↑ "Children's Book Review: The Darkest Lie by Pintip Dunn. Kensington, $9.95 trade paper (256p) ISBN 978-1-4967-0358-3". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
  9. ↑ "Girl on the Verge, by Pintip Dunn | Booklist Online". www.booklistonline.com. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
  10. ↑ GIRL ON THE VERGE by Pintip Dunn | Kirkus Reviews.
  11. ↑ MALICE by Pintip Dunn | Kirkus Reviews.
  12. ↑ DATING MAKES PERFECT | Kirkus Reviews.
  13. ↑ "myRWA : Blogs : 2016 RITA & Golden Heart Finalists Announced". www.rwa.org. Archived from the original on 2018-06-16. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
  14. ↑ "myRWA : Blogs : 2018 RITA Awards Winners Announced". www.rwa.org. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
  15. ↑ "Young Adult Contemporary". RT Book Reviews. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
  16. ↑ "Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire 2017 Winners". Locus Online. 2017-06-05. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
  17. ↑ "For The 'Oscars Of Romance,' Representation Matters". NPR .
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