Rebecca Stead

Rebecca Stead writes books for young people, including:

THE EXPERIMENT, a middle-grade novel (with aliens) NEW in 2025.

WHEN YOU REACH ME (NYT bestseller, 2010 Newbery Medal and Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for Fiction);

THE LIST OF THINGS THAT WILL NOT CHANGE (A 2020 Time Magazine Top Ten Children's Book of the Year);

LIAR & SPY (Winner of the Guardian Prize for Children's Fiction and a New York Times Notable Book for Children);

FIRST LIGHT (a Junior Library Guild Selection and a New York Public Library Best Book for Teens);

GOODBYE STRANGER (A New York Times Bestseller and New York Times Book Review Notable Book for Children);

ANYTHING, Illustrated by Caldecott-honoree Gracey Zhang (Six starred reviews and a JLG Selection)

And, co-written with Wendy Mass:

BOB and THE LOST LIBRARY (A #1 Indie pick and Amazon's Best Children's Book of 2023).