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BRIANNA BOURNE is the Carnegie-nominated author of the YA novels The Half-Life of Love and You and Me at the End of the World, which have been translated into seven languages. Originally from Texas, she grew up in Indonesia and Egypt and now lives in the U.K.

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BRIANNA BOURNE is an American author who 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 is currently working on her third YA novel (and listening to Taylor Swift’s Midnights album on repeat).

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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, middle school in Egypt, and wound up back in Houston for high school. After college, I met a tall, pale and handsome Englishman and moved to the UK, where I still live - the longest I've been in one place! 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 on winding English roads, playing retro video games on my decrepit N64, 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 have been translated into seven languages.

photos: barnaby aldrick (barnabyaldrick.com)