# Adam Silvera

Adam Silvera (born June 7, 1990) is an American author of young adult fiction novels, known for his bestselling novels They Both Die at the End, More Happy Than Not, and History Is All You Left Me.

## Early Life

Adam Silvera was born and raised in the South Bronx in New York City. His mother, Persi Rosa, is Puerto Rican and a social worker. Silvera started writing when he was around 10 or 11, initially working on fan fiction.
Silvera worked as a barista, bookseller, and reviewer for Shelf Awareness before becoming a published writer. He is open about his struggles with depression and revealed he has been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. He is also open about being gay.

## Career

Silvera's first novel, More Happy Than Not, was published in published June 2, 2015 by Soho Teen. The book is a New York Times best seller and was shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature. The novel follows the story of Aaron Soto, a young boy living in the Bronx. After his father committed suicide, Aaron spends time with a boy named Thomas. Once Aaron develops feelings for Thomas, he is confused and scared, so he explores a new memory procedure at Leteo Institute that is capable of erasing his memory. The book addresses topics that Silvera feels are important for young adults to be exposed to, such as homosexuality and depression. As of 2020, HBO Max was developing More Happy Than Not as a one-hour series, with Drew Comins and Silvera serving as executive producers on the project.
His second novel, History Is All You Left Me, was published January 17, 2017 by Soho Teen. The same year, They Both Die at the End was published by HarperTeen on September 5, 2017. Originally optioned by HBO in 2019 to be developed into a series written by Chris Kelly and executive produced by J.J. Abrams, Silvera has since announced he will be serving as creator, screenwriter, and executive producer for a TV series adaptation of his novel They Both Die at the End.
Silvera's fourth novel, What If It's Us, was co-authored with Becky Albertalli and published in 2018 by HarperTeen. Movie rights to the book sold to Anonymous Content in 2018, with Brian Yorkey as the screenwriter.
Silvera's Infinity Cycle fantasy series began with Infinity Son, published in 2020.
In June 2020, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the first LGBTQ Pride parade, Queerty named Silvera among the fifty heroes "leading the nation toward equality, acceptance, and dignity for all people".
Despite their popularity among young adult readers, many of Silvera’s novels have been involved or are currently involved in censorship debates at various schools. According to PEN America's Index of School Book Bans, More Happy Than Not has been banned from libraries and classrooms in three school districts in Florida in 2022-23.

## Publications
### Novels
#### Standalone books

* More Happy Than Not (SoHo Teen, 2015)
** More Happy Ending - a deluxe edition of More Happy Than Not which includes an additional final chapter, a foreword by Angie Thomas and an afterword by Silvera (2020)
* History Is All You Left Me (SoHo Teen, 2017)

#### Death-Cast series

* They Both Die at the End (HarperTeen, 2017)
** The Father Does Not Die at the End (short story), (2022), published as part of They Both Die at the End, Collector's Edition
* The First to Die at the End (2022) (prequel)
* The Survivor Wants to Die at the End (2025)
* No One Knows Who Dies at the End (2026)

#### What If It's Us series

* What If It's Us, co-authored with Becky Albertalli (HarperTeen, 2018)
* Here's To Us, co-authored with Becky Albertalli (HarperTeen/Balzer + Bray, 2021)

#### The Infinity Cycle series

* Infinity Son (2020)
* Infinity Reaper (2021)
* Infinity Kings (2024)

### Short stories

* Because You Love to Hate Me: 13 Tales of Villainy (contributing writer) (Bloomsbury, 2017)
* (Don't) Call Me Crazy (contributing writer) (Algonquin, 2018)
* Color Outside the Lines (SoHo Teen, 2019)