Thanhhà Lại (2024)

Thanhhà Lại is a Vietnamese-American writer of middle-grade and young adult novels. She lives in upstate New York with her husband and daughter. Her first novel, Inside Out & Back Again (2011), which won the National Book Award and a Newbery Honor, was partly based on her childhood as a refugee growing up in the southern United States. Other books include Listen, Slowly (2015), a middle-grade novel, and Butterfly Yellow (2019), her young adult debut. Hundred Years of Happiness (2022) is Thanhhà’s first picture book. Her latest novel is When Clouds Touch Us (2023), the long-awaited sequel to Inside Out & Back Again. Learn more on Thanhhà Lại’s website.