Adib Khorram

About the Author

ADIB KHORRAM is the author of Darius the Great Is Not Okay, which earned the William C. Morris Debut Award, the Asian/Pacific American Award for Young Adult Literature, and a Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor, as well as a multitude of other honors and accolades. His follow-up, Darius the Great Deserves Better, received three starred reviews, was an Indie Bestseller, and received a Stonewall Honor. He also is the author of Kiss & Tell and the picture book Seven Special Somethings: A Nowruz Story.

When he isn’t writing, you can find him learning to do a Lutz jump, practicing his handstands, or steeping a cup of oolong. He lives in Kansas City, Missouri, where people don’t usually talk about themselves in the third person.

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Events

August 2024

  • Book Release Celebration for Adib Khorram

    Join us for the launch of Adib Khorram's first adult book, I'll Have What He's Having. Local author Sierra Simone will host a conversation with Adib before we have the signing.

    EL TORREON KC, Inc. 3101 Gillham Plaza Kansas City, MO 64109

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  • Hybrid Event: Double Launch with Nisha Sharma and Adib Khorram

    East City Bookshop welcomes Nisha Sharma (Marriage & Masti) and Adib Khorram (I'll Have What He's Having) for a special double launch event. This hybrid event will have both an in-person component with limited seating as well as a virtual broadcast via Zoom Webinar. Both in-person and virtual attendees will be able to pose questions to the authors during audience Q&A.

    East City Bookshop

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