Nest of Tongues,

Randy Ribay (he/him) writes stories for young people and the young at heart. He's the author of Patron Saints of Nothing; Everything We Never Had; Avatar, the Last Airbender: The Reckoning of Roku; and more. He's a two-time National Book Award nominee, a co-winner of the Michael L. Printz award, and a recipient of the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association book award. His books have appeared on the New York Times, Indie, and USA Today best-sellers lists.

Born in the Philippines and raised in Michigan and Colorado, Randy earned his BA in English Literature from the University of Colorado at Boulder and his Ed.M. in Language and Literacy from Harvard Graduate School of Education. He currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife, son, and cat-like dog.

(You can pronounce his last name correctly by saying it like REE-bye.)

(Website: www.randyribay.com)