Jandy Nelson

Stonewall Honor 2015 I'll Give You the Sun Jandy Nelson (born November 25, 1965) is an American author.

The Sky Is Everywhere was a Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) selection for Best Fiction for Young Adults;[2] made numerous appearances on best-of-the-year lists, including those for NPR,[3] the Chicago Public Library,[4] The Horn Book Magazine,[5] and the Children's Book Committee (CBC) of Bank Street College of Education;[6] and as of April 2015 had been published in over 20 countries.

Nelson's second novel, New York Times bestseller I'll Give You the Sun, was published in 2014; it is about close but highly competitive twins Noah and Jude.

A series of family tragedies, cruelties and misunderstandings creates a rift between the two; only after they come back together do they begin to understand themselves and set their world right again.

[14] As of April 2015, I'll Give You the Sun had been published in 25 countries and optioned by Warner Bros. for a film to be written by Natalie Krinsky and produced by Denise Di Novi and Allison Greenspan.