Standalone novels ĭunn's first young adult thriller, The Darkest Lie, is about a teen who investigates her mother's death, who has died by suicide following the accusation that she slept with a high school quarterback. Ī sequel, Sky-Kissed, was set to follow in 2019. It's about a princess who lives on a planet where food is rare and who has to undergo a procedure that takes sixty years off her life but enables her colony to survive via nutrition pills, while her father, the king, is dying. The first book in her second young adult series, Star-Crossed, was published in 2018 by Entangled: Teen. The third book in the series, Seize Today, was published in 2017. A prequel to the series, Before Tomorrow, was also published in 2016. The second book in the series is set ten years later and follows Jessa, Callie's sister, while she tries to prevent a massacre. It was published by Entangled: Teen in 2015 and hit the New York Times Young Adult E-Books Bestseller List at #4. Career Forget Tomorrow series ĭunn's debut young adult novel, Forget Tomorrow, the first in a series, is set in a sci-fi world in which people can see their own future, where sixteen-year-old Callie sees herself murder her own sister. She attended Harvard University to study English Literature and Language, earning an A.B., and received her J.D. in LawĢ016 RITA Award for Best First Book, 2018 RITA Award for Young Adult Romanceĭunn is the daughter of Thai immigrants and grew up in Parsons, Kansas.

Star-Crossed by Pintip Dunn