Adam Silvera (born June 7, 1990) is an American author of

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novels, known for his bestselling novels ''

They Both Die at the End ''They Both Die at the End'' is a young adult novel written by American author Adam Silvera and published on September 5, 2017, by HarperTeen. It is Silvera's third novel and focuses on two teenage boys, Mateo and Rufus, who discover that they o ...

'', '' More Happy Than Not'', and '' History Is All You Left Me.''

Life and career

Adam Silvera was born and raised in the South Bronx in

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. His mother, Persi Rosa, is Puerto Rican and a social worker. Silvera started writing when he was around 10 or 11, initially working on fan fiction. Silvera has worked as a barista, bookseller, and reviewer for

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before becoming a published writer. Silvera is open about his struggles with depression and revealed he has been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. He is gay. Silvera's first novel, '' More Happy Than Not'', was published in published June 2, 2015 by

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. The book is a ''New York Times'' best seller and was shortlisted for the

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. As of 2020,

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was developing ''More Happy Than Not'' as a one-hour series, with Drew Comins and Silvera serving as executive producers on the project. His second novel, '' History Is All You Left Me'', was published January 17, 2017 by Soho Teen. The same year, ''

'' was published by

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on September 5, 2017. Originally optioned by HBO in 2019 to be developed into a series written by Chris Kelly and executive produced by

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, Adam Silvera has since announced he will be serving as creator, screenwriter, and executive producer for a TV series adaptation of his novel ''They Both Die at the End''. Silvera's fourth novel, '' What If It's Us'', was co-authored with

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and published in 2018 by HarperTeen. Movie rights to the book sold to

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in 2018, with

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as the screenwriter. Silvera's ''Infinity Cycle'' fantasy series began with ''Infinity Son'', published in 2020. In June 2020, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the first

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Pride parade, '' Queerty'' named Silvera among the fifty heroes "leading the nation toward equality, acceptance, and dignity for all people".

Publications

Novels

Standalone books

* '' More Happy Than Not'' (

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, 2015) ** ''More Happy Ending'' - a deluxe edition of ''More Happy Than Not'' which includes an additional final chapter, a foreword by

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and an afterword by Silvera (2020) * '' History Is All You Left Me'' (SoHo Teen, 2017)

''Death-Cast'' series

* ''

'' (

, 2017) * ''The First to Die at the End'' (2022)

''What If It's Us'' series

* '' What If It's Us'', co-authored with

(HarperTeen, 2018) * ''Here's To Us'', co-authored with Becky Albertalli (HarperTeen/Balzer + Bray, 2021)

''The Infinity Cycle'' series

* ''Infinity Son'' (2020) * ''Infinity Reaper'' (2021)

Short stories

* ''Because You Love to Hate Me: 13 Tales of Villainy'' (contributing writer) ( Bloomsbury, 2017) * ''(Don't) Call Me Crazy'' (contributing writer) (

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, 2018) * ''Color Outside the Lines'' (SoHo Teen, 2019)

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