Since he was brought up in blue-collar settings, he believed anything that he could tolerate to support himself would be fine. Lamar had always wanted to become an author though it was not until he was in his twenties that he thought he could make a career of it. He currently lives with his wife in Chesapeake, Virginia and when he is not writing he is playing video games and reading. His work has also been featured on Mother Nature Network, NPR, Flavorwire, CNN, Kirkus Reviews and Publishers Weekly among others. Giles has taught and spoken at several prestigious conferences, high schools, middle schools and organizations such as BookExpo America, Virginia Children’s Book Festival and Society for Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. Lamar has also won several awards including the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award in 2015 and a 2016 Readers Choice List from the Virginia State Reading Association. “Fake ID” his debut young adult novel was published in 2011 and went on to achieve critical acclaim. From there, his short fiction went on to be featured in the anthology “Dark Dreams.” He was also a Top 10 finalist in the TorUK/ScifiNow International War of the Worlds Competition and was a fellow of the Virginia Commission of the Arts.
He wrote and sold his first short story when he was twenty-one years old. After he graduated from high school, he went to Old Dominion University and it was while he was there that he got interested in a career as an author. He loved stories and storytelling right from the time he was growing up in Hopewell, Virginia his hometown. Lamar Giles is a young adult thriller, fantasy author, speaker and founder of We Need Diverse Books, an organization set up to change the face of publishing.
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