Aiden Thomas
Aiden Thomas is a New York Times bestselling author celebrated for writing heartfelt, genre-blending young adult fantasy that centers queer and Latinx characters. Their debut novel, Cemetery Boys, became a New York Times bestseller, was a finalist for the Lodestar Award, and was longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature.
They have since authored multiple bestsellers, including Lost in the Never Woods, The Sunbearer Trials, and its sequel Celestial Monsters. Aiden is a passionate advocate for trans and Latinx representation in literature, and has taught with organizations such as Tin House and Lambda Literary. Their work is widely praised for its joyful defiance, immersive worldbuilding, and celebration of chosen family.
Trade Paperback
|
A trans boy determined to prove his gender to his traditional Latinx family summons a ghost who refuses to leave in Aiden Thomas's New York Times-bestselling paranormal YA debut Cemetery Boys, described by Entertainment Weekly as "groundbreaking."...Read More
|
Hardback
|
New York Times-bestselling author Aiden Thomas returns to the beloved world of The Sunbearer Trials in Celestial Monsters, a heart-stopping duology finale, in which Teo, Aurelio, and Niya must battle the Obsidian gods in order to return Sol to the sky....Read More
|
Trade Paperback
|
Welcome to The Sunbearer Trials, where teen semidioses compete in a series of challenges with the highest of stakes, in this electric new Mexican-inspired fantasy from Aiden Thomas, the New York Times bestselling author of Cemetery Boys....Read More
|
Hardback
|
When children start to go missing in the local woods, a teen girl must face her fears and a past she can't remember to rescue them in this atmospheric YA novel, Lost in the Never Woods, from the author of Cemetery Boys....Read More
|
An Afternoon with Aiden Thomas
Aiden discusses their work and writing process, illustrating themes of joyful defiance, immersive worldbuilding, and celebration of chosen family.
“Cemetery Boys” Is Normalizing Queer, Latinx Representation in YA Novels”
“This groundbreaking (and paranormal) YA novel explores trans Latinx identity”
Cemetery Boys on “most anticipated” lists of 2020:
Remezcla, January 2020:”15 Books by Latino & Latin American Authors to Add to Your 2020 Reading List”
Book This Speaker
x
