While determined to keep up appearances, 17-year-old Coriolanus Snow, his cousin Tigris Snow and their grandmother (nicknamed 'Grandma’am') are running out of options and resources. The once-wealthy and powerful Snow family, whose patriarch, General Crassus Snow, led the Capitol's forces as a key strategist and war hero until he was killed in action, has fallen on hard times. Nina lives in Northeast Los Angeles with her partner, two rowdy dogs, and a pair of bossy cats.Set in the universe of The Hunger Games, 64 years before the first installment, the book follows young Coriolanus Snow, who is far from the cold, calculating dictator seen during the events of the original trilogy.įollowing a long and costly war with the Districts, in which the Capitol was under direct siege for several months, the Capitol remains heavily damaged and is only beginning to recover. She has also been an Associate Faculty member at Antioch University, and a Visiting Professor at Cornell University, Occidental College, and Pitzer College. Nina is the executive vice president of a large child and family service agency in Los Angeles. 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 is one of O: Oprah Magazine's 'Books to Watch For,' an IndieBound Indie Next Selection, and a Midwest Connections Pick. Nina's fourth novel, Wingshooters, was published in March, 2011. is fast becoming one of the city’s finest chroniclers and myth-makers.' 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. Nina’s third book, The Age of Dreaming, was a finalist for the 2008 Los Angeles Times Book Prize. 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.' 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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