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Ryan La Sala is the bestselling author of books about surreal things happening to queer people, known for his genre defying and defining YA horrors The Honeys, and Beholder. His work has been featured in The New York Times, NPR, and Entertainment Weekly. He lives in small NYC apartment with his cat, Haunted Little Girl.
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Ryan La Sala writes about surreal things happening to queer people. He is the author behind the luminous and terrifying bestselling horror novel The Honeys, which is in development to become a major motion picture with Anonymous Content, and the highly anticipated supernatural thriller Beholder. His previous titles include Reverie and Be Dazzled, both of which made the Kids’ Indie Next List. He has been featured in The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, and NPR. Ryan is the host of the infamous Bad Author Book Club Podcast, and a frequent speaker at events/conferences. When not writing, Ryan does arts & crafts, supervised by his cat, Haunted Little Girl.
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Ryan La Sala writes about surreal things happening to queer people.
Ryan resides in New York City, but only physically. Flighty to a fault, he spends most of his time in the astral planes and only takes up corporeal form for special occasions, like brunch and to watch anime (which is banned on the astral planes).
Ryan La Sala writes about surreal things happening to queer people. He is the author behind the luminous and terrifying bestselling horror novel The Honeys, which is in development to become a major motion picture with Anonymous Content, and the highly anticipated supernatural thriller Beholder. His previous titles include Reverie and Be Dazzled, both of which made the Kids’ Indie Next List. He has been featured in The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, and NPR. Ryan is the host of the infamous Bad Author Book Club Podcast, and a frequent speaker at events/conferences. When not writing, Ryan does arts & crafts, supervised by his cat, Haunted Little Girl.
Ryan grew up in a quaint suburb of Connecticut with his three siblings and three parents. He studied Anthropology and Neuroscience at Northeastern University in Boston before working a recruiter, then a project manager at a web design agency. He currently lives in Manhattan, but as little as possible.
Ryan’s books are represented by Peter Knapp at Park & Fine.
Ryan’s TV/Film projects are represented by Debbie Deuble Hill at APA.
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THE HONEYS Information
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HONORS
- Award: Odyssey Medal for Excellence – audiobook
- Best of 2023 – Children’s Book Council – link
- Best of 2022 – NPR
- Best of 2022 – New York Public Library
- Best of 2022 – School Library Journal
- Best of 2022 – Publisher’s Weekly
- Best of 2022 – Barnes & Noble
- Best of 2022 (audio) – Audiofile Magazine
- Editor’s Pick – Amazon
- Starred review – Publisher’s Weekly
- Starred review – School Library Journal
- Starred review – Booklist
- Starred review (audio) – Booklist
- Feature: 7 Terrifying Horror Novels Perfect for Teens – The New York Times
- MA Teen Choice Award Nominee
- Green Mountain Book Award Nominee
- Garden State Teen Book Award Nominee
Interviews
- News is Out – LGBTQ+ Changemaker: Author Ryan La Sala
- Campfire –Ryan La Sala: Finding Your Writing Process
REVERIE Information
Cover Artist: Leo Nickolls | website
Cover Designer: Nicole Hower | website
SYNOPSIS
All Kane Montgomery knows for certain is that the police found him half-dead in the river. He can’t remember anything since the accident robbed him of his memories a few weeks ago. And the world feels different…reality itself seems different.
So when three of his classmates claim to be his friends and the only people who can truly tell him what’s going on, he doesn’t know what to believe or who he can trust. But as he and the others are dragged into unimaginable worlds that materialize out of nowhere—the gym warps into a subterranean temple, a historical home nearby blooms into a Victorian romance rife with scandal and sorcery—Kane realizes that nothing in his life is in accident, and only he can stop their town from unraveling.
HONORS
- Barnes & Noble YA Book Club Pick – January 2020
- Indie Next pick for Winter 2020
- Readerlink Teen Buzz pick
- Amazon Best of the Month Editor’s Pick
- YA Book of the Month pick (BOTM)
- Named a ‘Best Young Adult Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror of 2019’ pick by Tor.com
- Big Library Read Selection for Winter 2020
BE DAZZLED Information
Cover Art Concept: Maricor/Maricar | website
Cover Designer: Nicole Hower | website
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Synopsis
Project Runway goes to Comic Con in an epic queer love story about creativity, passion, and finding the courage to be your most authentic self.
Raffy has a passion for bedazzling. Not just bedazzling, but sewing, stitching, draping, pattern making–for creation. He’s always chosen his art over everything–and everyone–else and is determined to make his mark at this year’s biggest cosplay competition. If he can wow there, it could lead to sponsorship, then art school, and finally earning real respect for his work. There’s only one small problem… Raffy’s ex-boyfriend, Luca, is his main competition.
Raffy tried to make it work with Luca. They almost made the perfect team last year after serendipitously meeting in the rhinestone aisle at the local craft store–or at least Raffy thought they did. But Luca’s insecurities and Raffy’s insistence on crafting perfection caused their relationship to crash and burn. Now, Raffy is after the perfect comeback, one that Luca can’t ruin.
But when Raffy is forced to partner with Luca on his most ambitious build yet, he’ll have to juggle unresolved feelings for the boy who broke his heart, and his own intense self-doubt, to get everything he’s ever wanted: choosing his art, his way.
Honors
- Indie Next pick for Winter 2020-2021
- Blue Willow Teen Advisory Bord Selection – January 2021
- Starred Review from Publisher’s Weekly
- Baker and Taylor Teen Book Club Selection – February 2021
INTERVIEWS
- PASTE Magazine – Exclusive Cover Reveal + Excerpt: Inception Meets The Magicians in Ryan La Sala’s Reverie
- YA SH3LF – in which I talk about characters from my 2020 debut REVERIE, and how the book got its name
- The Writing Barn
– in which I talk about my awesome experience at the Rainbow Writers
Intensive Weekend at a cute barn in Texas, and refer to myself as the
microwave dinner of book deals. - Write or Die Podcast – the story of how Ryan used thirst traps to get a book deal.
- The Sewers of Paris Podcast – on Ryan’s obsession with Sailor Moon, and constantly lying about having magic powers as a child at camp
- #DVPit Blog – How Ryan got his agent via the best Twitter contest in the world
- First Draft Podcast with Sarah Enni – Upcoming!
CONTACT
General contact form: http://www.ryanlasala.com/about/contact/
Film/TV Rights: Debbie Dueble Hill @ APA
Publicity/Interviews/Events: http://www.ryanlasala.com/about/contact/