Her fifth novel, Lost Canyon, was published in August, 2015. Publishers Weekly described it as “remarkable…an accomplished story of family and the dangers of complacency in the face of questionable justice and Booklist called it “a shattering northern variation on To Kill a Mockingbird.”

It was a Booklist Editors Choice for 2011 and an O: Oprah Magazine’s “Book to Watch For,” and has won an Indie Booksellers Choice Award and the Midwest Booksellers Choice Award.

Nina’s fourth novel, Wingshooters, was published in 2011. Publishers Weekly called it “enormously satisfying ” Library Journal described it as “Fast-moving, riveting, unpredictable and profound,” and Los Angeles Magazine wrote that “Nina Revoyr…is fast becoming one of the city’s finest chroniclers and myth-makers.” Nina’s third book, The Age of Dreaming, was a finalist for the 2008 Los Angeles Times Book Prize. history,” and the LAist recently named it one of “20 Novels that Dared to Define a Different Los Angeles.” Southland was the March, 2021 pick for the California Book Club. Weekly called it “Fascinating and heartbreaking…an essential part of L.A. Publishers Weekly called it “Compelling… never lacking in vivid detail and authentic atmosphere, the novel cements Revoyr’s reputation as one of the freshest young chroniclers of life in L.A.” L.A. Her second novel, Southland, was a Los Angeles Times bestseller and “Best Book of 2003,” a Book Sense 76 pick, an Edgar Award finalist, and the winner of the Ferro Grumley Award and the Lambda Literary Award. on the way home from work and keep plowing through until you’ve turned the last page at 3 a.m. Her first book, The Necessary Hunger, was described by Time magazine as “the kind of irresistible read you start on the subway at 6 p.m. Nina Revoyr was born in Japan to a Japanese mother and a white American father, and grew up in Tokyo, Wisconsin, and Los Angeles.

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