Nicola Yoon is the author of Everything, Everything, an instant New York Times bestseller, making her the first Black woman to hit #1 on the New York Times Young Adult list. She is also the author of The Sun Is Also a Star, which also hit #1 on the New York Times bestseller list and was a National Book Award finalist. Both novels have been made into major motion pictures. She lives in New York with her husband, novelist David Yoon and their daughter. Her latest book is Instructions for Dancing.