Lamar Giles
| Full Name: |
Lamar
R.
Giles |
| Born: |
November 14, 1979
Hopewell, Virginia, USA |
| Occupation: |
Writer, Teacher |
| Nationality: |
American |
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Biography
Lamar Giles is an American author of young adult novels, Ties, and short stories. He is also one of the founding members of the American non-profit We Need Diverse Books.
Giles grew up next to an army base in Hopewell, Virginia. He wrote his first novel at 14 and graduated from Hopewell High School in 1997. Giles has a B.S. in communications with a Minor in English from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. He started wanting to become a published writer after reading Stephen King's On Writing in college, and sold his first short story at age 21. He also independently published novels and short stories as L.R. Giles. Giles worked as a real estate agent for a while before being awarded a fellowship from the Virginia Commission of the Arts in 2006. He sold what would become his first novel, Fake ID, at 31.
Giles is a founding member of the non-profit We Need Diverse Books, their former VP of Communications, and was on their 2017 advisory board. Giles was a judge for the 2018 National Book Awards and is a faculty member in the Spalding University MFA program. He was named the inaugural writer-in-residence of William & Mary Libraries in 2025.
He lives with his wife in Chesapeake, Virginia.
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