Nina Revoyr

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Nina Revoyr was born in Japan to a Japanese mother and a white American father, and grew up in Tokyo, Wisconsin, and Los Angeles. She is the author of four novels. 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. on the way home from work and keep plowing through until you've turned the last page at 3 a.m. in bed."

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. Publishers Weekly called it "Compelling... never lacking in vivid detail and authentic atmosphere, the novel cements Revoyr's reputation...more

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Average rating: 3.77 · 1,040 ratings · 286 reviews · 6 distinct works

	Wingshooters 3.77 avg rating — 488 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Southland 3.90 avg rating — 245 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Age of Dreaming 3.66 avg rating — 194 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Necessary Hunger 3.70 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Si Loin De Vous: Roman 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009	My rating:
	Literature for Life by X.J. Kennedy, Dana Gioia, Nina Revoyr 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	My rating:

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