Draft:Lauren Gibaldi

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Lauren Gibaldi
NationalityAmerican
Alma materFlorida State University
Genreyoung adult fiction
Years active2015 - now
Notable worksAutofocus
Notable awardsFlorida Book Award
Website
laurengibaldi.com

Lauren Gibaldi is an American author of young adult fiction and a librarian. She won the Florida Book Award for her 2016 novel Autofocus[1].[citation needed]

Career[edit]

Gibaldi's debut novel The Night We Said Yes, was published by HarperTeen in 2015.[2].

Gibaldi's second novel, Autofocus, was published by HarperTeen in 2016 and won the Florida Book Award Silver Medal in 2017[3].[citation needed] Her third and most recent novel, This Tiny Perfect World was published by HarperTeen in 2017[4].[citation needed]

Her anthologies, co-edited with Eric Smith, were published in 2021 and 2023 respectively with Candlewick Press. This includes Battle of the Bands, which featured Motion City Soundtrack singer Justin Courtney Pierre, and was a National Education Association Read Across America selection[5], and First-Year Orientation, featuring actress and author Dana Davis[6].[citation needed]

Bibliography[edit]

Young Adult novels

  • The Night We Said Yes (HarperTeen, 2015)
  • Autofocus (HarperTeen, 2016)
  • This Tiny Perfect World (HarperTeen, 2017)

Anthologies

  • Battle of the Bands (Candlewick, 2021)
  • First-Year Orientation (Candlewick, 2023)

Short fiction

  • "What We Love" in Color Outside the Lines, edited by Sangu Mandanna (Soho Teen)[7]

Awards[edit]

2017

References[edit]

  1. ^ Patronis, Amy Farnum (2017-02-17). "2016 Florida Book Awards Winners Announced". Florida State University News. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  2. ^ Gibaldi, Lauren (June 14, 2016). The Night We Said Yes. HarperCollins. ISBN 9780062302205.
  3. ^ Patronis, Amy Farnum (2017-02-17). "2016 Florida Book Awards Winners Announced". Florida State University News. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  4. ^ Lauren, GIBALDI. "This Tiny Perfect World". School Library Journal. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  5. ^ Smith, Lauren Gibaldi and Eric. "Battle of the Bands | NEA". www.nea.org. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  6. ^ "First-Year Orientation: 9781536224498 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  7. ^ "Color outside the Lines: 9781641291743 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  8. ^ "Autofocus | The Florida Book Awards". www.floridabookawards.org. Retrieved 2024-02-06.



Category:Living people Category:Women writers of young adult literature Category:21st-century American women writers Category:Florida State University alumni Category:Librarians

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