Giles' debut young adult novel, Fake ID, was published by HarperCollins in 2014. He lives with his wife in Chesapeake, Virginia. Giles was a judge for the 2018 National Book Awards and is a faculty member in the Spalding University MFA program. Giles is a founding member of the non-profit We Need Diverse Books, their former VP of Communications, and was on their 2017 advisory board. He sold what would become his first novel, Fake ID, at 31. Giles worked as a real estate agent for a while before being awarded a fellowship from the Virginia Commission of the Arts in 2006. He also independently published novels and short stories as L.R. He started wanting to become a published writer after reading Stephen King's On Writing in college, and sold his first short story at age 21. in communications with a Minor in English from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. He wrote his first novel at 14 and graduated from Hopewell High School in 1997. Giles grew up next to an army base in Hopewell, Virginia. He is also one of the founding members of the American non-profit We Need Diverse Books. He best known for his award-winning novels with his most popular being Fake ID, SPIN, Not So Pure and Simple, and The Legendary Alston Boys middle grade fantasy series. Lamar Giles (born November 14, 1979) is an American author of young adult novels and short stories. in Communications, minor in English įake ID, Spin, The Last Last-Day-of-Summer, Not So Pure and Simple
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