Daniel Nayeri is an Iranian-American author. His 2020 autobiographical novel, Everything Sad Is Untrue, received a Michael L. Printz Award, a Walter Dean Myers Award, and a Christopher Award.
Biography
Nayeri was born in Iran, and fled the country with his sister Dina, and their mother, a doctor, after a Fatwa had been issued against her. They lived for three years in refuge camps in Dubai and Rome before settling in 1990—when Nayeri was eight years old—in Edmond, Oklahoma. Nayeri attended Edmond Memorial High School, and New York University, where he studies writing.
Nayeri was publisher of Odd Dot, a children's publishing group at Macmillan Publishers, before leaving in 2020 to pursue full-time writing.
Nayeri lives with his wife and son in New Jersey.
Works
Nayeri's printed works include:
Mirror Town, 2023
The Many Assassinations Of Samir, The Seller Of Dreams, 2023
Everything Sad Is Untrue, 2020
Sasha And Puck And The Brew For Brainwash, 2020
Sasha And Puck And The Potion Of Luck, 2021
Sasha And Puck And The Cure For Courage, 2019
Sasha And Puck And The Cordial Cordial, 2019
The Most Dangerous Book : An Illustrated Introduction To Archery, 2017
How To Tell A Story, 2015
Another Jekyll, Another Hyde, 2013
Straw House, Wood House, Brick House, Blow, 2011
Another Pan, 2010
Another Faust, 2009
Awards
In 2020, Everything Sad Is Untrue received a Michael L. Printz Award for best book written for teens, and was one of two honorees in the younger readers category for a Walter Dean Myers Award. In 2021, the book received a Christopher Award in the young adult category, and was a finalist for an Audie Award for Young Adult Title. In 2023, the book was nominated for a Young Reader's Choice Award.
Everything Sad Is Untrue was listed as one of the best children's books of 2020 by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Today, and Booklist Editors' Choice.
References
External links
American young adult novelists
American writers of Iranian descent
New York University alumni
People from Edmond, Oklahoma
Year of birth missing (living people) Living people