ABOUT

Randy Ribay writes stories for young adults. He's the author of Patron Saints of Nothing; Everything We Never Had; Avatar, the Last Airbender: The Reckoning of Roku; and more. He's a two-time National Book Award nominee, a Freeman Book Award winner, and a co-winner of the Michael L. Printz award. He's also been a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize, Walden Book Award, Edgar Award, International Thriller Writers Award, and Carnegie Medal. His books have appeared on the New York Times, Indie, and USA Today best-sellers lists. 

Born in the Philippines and raised in Michigan and Colorado, Randy earned his BA in English Literature from the University of Colorado at Boulder and his Ed.M. in Language and Literacy from Harvard Graduate School of Education. He currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife, son, and cat-like dog. 
 
(You can pronounce his last name correctly by saying it like REE-bye.)

Photo by Leopoldo Macaya

NOVELS
NEST OF TONGUES 
(Forthcoming from Penguin Random House, 2026)
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AVATAR, THE LAST AIRBENDER: THE AWAKENING OF ROKU (Chronicles of the Avatar, Book 6)
(Forthcoming from Abrams Books, 2025)

AVATAR, THE LAST AIRBENDER: THE RECKONING OF ROKU (Chronicles of the Avatar, Book 5)
(Abrams Books, 2024)

EVERYTHING WE NEVER HAD
(Forthcoming from Kokila/Penguin Random House, Aug 2024)

PATRON SAINTS OF NOTHING
(Kokila/Penguin Random House, 2019)

AFTER THE SHOT DROPS
(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018)

AN INFINITE NUMBER OF PARALLEL UNIVERSES
(Merit Press/Simon Pulse, 2015)

SHORT STORIES
The Collectors, ed. by A.S. King (Dutton Books/Penguin Random House, 2023)

House Party, ed. by justin a. reynolds (Joy Revolution Books/Random House Kids, summer 2023) 

​Boundless, ed. by Rebecca Balcárcel & Ismée Williams 
(Inkyard Press, 2023)

The Grimoire of Grave Fates, ed. by Hanna Alkaf & Margaret Owen
(Delacorte, 2023)

You Are Here: Connecting Flights ed. by Ellen Oh (Allida/HarperCollins, winter 2023)

"Project Kawayan"
(Audible, June 2022) 

"Laban" 
The New York Times 
(2019)

"Ours" 
FORESHADOW
(2019) 

"Snow-Covered Sidewalks"
WELCOME HOME, edited by Eric Smith
(Flux Books, 2017)

"Mason, On His Way Home"
READING GLASSES, edited by Amy Holiday & Jessica Walsh
(Hypothetical Press, 2014)
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