Alaya Dawn Johnson (born 1982) is an American writer of speculative fiction. ALAYA DAWN JOHNSON has been recognized for her short fiction and YA novels, winning the 2015 Nebula Award for Best Novelette for “A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai’i,” which also appears in The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy(2015), guest edited by Joe Hill.Her debut YA novel, The Summer Prince, was longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. About Alaya Dawn Johnson: Alaya Johnson graduated from Columbia University in 2004 with a BA in East Asian Languages and Cultures. ALAYA DAWN JOHNSON has been recognized for her short fiction and YA novels, winning the 2015 Nebula Award for Best Novelette for “A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai’i,” which also appears in The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy(2015), guest edited by Joe Hill.Her debut YA novel, The Summer Prince, was longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. Page 1; By Alaya Dawn Johnson, Ellen Kushner, Joel Derfner, Malinda Lo, Patty Bryant, Paul Witcover (guest author) and Racheline Maltese.
She publishes a monthly newsletter via TinyLetter, which you can subscribe to here.It features writing advice, observations of life and eating in Mexico, and, of course, the latest news of her publications. Lana, the heroine, has become the black ange l a harbinger of destruction unheard of in the islands for 500 years. Alaya Dawn Johnson is an award-winning author of speculative fiction for adults and young adults. She is also the author of Love Is the Drug. Alaya Dawn Johnson's first novel for young adults, The Summer Prince, received three starred reviews, was longlisted for the National Book Award, and was a Kirkus Best Book of the Year. Alaya Dawn Johnson Teen & Young Adult | Mystery, Thriller & Suspense | Science Fiction & Fantasy Alaya (pronounced ah-lie-ah) lives, writes, cooks and (perhaps most importantly) eats in New York City. By Alaya Dawn Johnson. Her most recent novel for adults, Trouble the Saints, is forthcoming in July 2020 from Tor books. Alaya Dawn Johnson. Alaya Dawn Johnson. The Burning City. What it really became was a look at change and revolution and how far you should go to change a broken system. A short story collection, Reconstruction and Other Stories, is forthcoming from Small Beer Press in Fall 2020. Alaya Dawn Johnson's The Summer King pulled me in with the promise of a dystopian novel not set in the US or the UK. ALAYA DAWN JOHNSON has been recognized for her short fiction and YA novels, winning the 2015 Nebula Award for Best Novelette for “A Guide to the Fruits of Hawai’i,” which also appears in The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy (2015), guest edited by Joe Hill. She grew up in Washington, DC, attended Columbia University, and now lives in … Alaya Dawn Johnson is a great author.