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Ava Dellaira

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Ava Dellaira's debut adult novel, Exposure, will be published by Zibby Books in September of 2024. Her young adult debut, Love Letters to the Dead, was named a Best Book of the Year by Apple, Google, BuzzFeed, the New York Public Library and the Chicago Public Library, and was also featured in Vanity Fair, Entertainment Weekly, USA Today, and The New York Times Book Review. Her young adult follow-up In Search of Us was the recipient of widespread critical acclaim. Her fiction has been translated into 24 languages. She is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where she was a Truman Capote Fellow. She grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and received her undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago. She lives in Altadena, CA with he ...more

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Ava Dellaira Yes! I am working on the screenplay for Love Letters right now, and soon after will go back to working on a second book. Thanks for asking!
Ava Dellaira Hi Lena,
I'm very happy that the book has been optioned by Fox 2000 and Temple Hill (who also produced the Fault In Our Stars among lots of other grea…more
Hi Lena,
I'm very happy that the book has been optioned by Fox 2000 and Temple Hill (who also produced the Fault In Our Stars among lots of other great movies), and I have been working on the screenplay with the producers. There's no guarantee yet that the movie will get made, but there's certainly a chance! Fingers crossed! (less)
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Exposure by Ava Dellaira
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This is one of those stories that, even after you’ve turned the last page or listened to the final words, you find yourself thinking back on it, pondering its intricacies and implications.

It is a somber book, with the theme of grief ever-present and" Read more of this review »
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"This is literary fiction which explores gray areas of thought and behavior and how they are adopted by various individuals. The flashbacks in time suggest when a do-over might have produced a different result. Descriptions of food and music and weath" Read more of this review »
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"Exposure by Ava Dellaira absolutely gutted me in the most beautiful way! The author’s ability to write grief and longing so intimately is amazing. This isn’t just a book just about loss, but how we try to hold on, and who we become in the aftermath. " Read more of this review »
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“I think a lot of people want to be someone, but we are scared that if we try, we won't be as good as everyone imagines we could be.”
Ava Dellaira, Love Letters to the Dead

“And maybe what growing up really means is knowing that you don't have to be just a character, going whichever way the story says. It's knowing you could be the author instead.”
Ava Dellaira, Love Letters to the Dead

“What I told you about saving people isn't true. You might think it is, because you might want someone else to save you, or you might want to save someone so badly. But no one else can save you, not really. Not from yourself. [...] You fall asleep in the foothills, and the wolf comes down from the mountains. And you hope someone will wake you up. Or chase it off. Or shoot it dead. But when you realize that the wolf is inside you, that's when you know. You can't run from it. And no one who loves you can kill the wolf, because it's part of you. They see your face on it. And they won't fire the shot.”
Ava Dellaira, Love Letters to the Dead

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Ava Dellaira Ava wrote: "Thank you so much for friending me! I absolutely loved Love Letters to the Dead. It is one of those few books that I truly feel like was written for me."

That's an amazing think to hear! So honored to know that it connected with you that way!


Cynthia Hi! Thanks for accepting my fr. I really enjoyed reading Love Letters to the Dead cause I realized how much I could relate to Lauren which was sooo me. Cannot wait to read more of your books in the future! :)


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Julia Hi Ava! Thank you so much for accepting my friend request! I'm really picky in terms of YA contemporaries but I'm loving Love Letters To The Dead. Hopefully we'll see more of your work soon.

Love, Jules


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