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Thanhhà Lại


Vietnam (b.1965)

Thanhha Lai was born in Vietnam. At the end of the war, she fled with her family to Alabama. There, she learned English from fourth graders. She then spent the next decade correcting her grammar. Starting her writing life as journalist, she worked at The Orange County Register. She switched to fiction, leading to an MFA from New York University and short story publications in various journals and anthologies. Lai lives with her husband, daughter and a little white dog in New York City.
 

Genres: Children's Fiction, Young Adult Fiction
 
Novels
   Inside Out and Back Again (2011)
   Listen, Slowly (2015)
   Butterfly Yellow (2019)
   When Clouds Touch Us (2023)
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The Assignment (2020)
Liza Wiemer
"This wise and nuanced novel has loving arms that, while hugging two teens who must confront a popular teacher, also can reach all those who are belittled and unheard."

Anthologies containing stories by Thanhhà Lại

Awards
Newbery Medal Best Novel nominee (2012) : Inside Out and Back Again


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