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BRIANNA BOURNE is the Carnegie-nominated author of three YA novels: Meet Me at Midnight, The Half-Life of Love, and You and Me at the End of the World. She lives in Texas with her husband and two daughters.

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BRIANNA BOURNE writes books about teenagers that meet in impossible situations – and then try very hard not to kiss. Her debut novel You and Me at the End of the World was recommended by The New York Times on their summer YA reading list, and was later called “Stunning” by bestselling novelist Emily Henry.

Bri’s heart-wrenching sophomore novel, The Half-Life of Love, was shortlisted for The Cybils Award and placed on the OLA Sequoyah Masterlist, and was recently nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Writing. Bri lives in Houston, Texas with her husband and two young daughters.

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And now - here’s the fun bio for YOU:

Thanks so much for visiting my website!

The header up there says Brianna, but you can call me Bri.

I was born in Texas but I moved abroad when I was six weeks old, and I've been continent-hopping ever since. I spent my toddler years in Indonesia, went to middle school in Egypt, and came back to Houston for high school. After college, I met a tall, pale and handsome Englishman and lived in the UK for fifteen years - the longest I'd been in one place!—before moving back to Houston with my husband and two little girls in tow. I worked as a stage manager for ballet companies for ten+ years before turning to focus on my writing.

When I'm not outlining/drafting/editing, I can be found building LEGO with my two little girls, listening to Taylor Swift or Hozier songs, playing retro video games, or reading textbooks about Ancient Egypt just for fun.

I'm represented by the fabulous Chloe Seager at the Madeleine Milburn Agency in London. My Contemporary YA novels, YOU AND ME AT THE END OF THE WORLD and the Carnegie nominated THE HALF-LIFE OF LOVE, are published by Scholastic in the US and UK, and I can’t wait for you to read my upcoming dreamy love story, MEET ME AT MIDNIGHT, out with Peguin Random House / Delacorte on June 30th, 2026.

photos: barnaby aldrick (barnabyaldrick.com)