Join us for a virtual event with Aaron Aceves, in conversation with Becky Albertalli, for the paperback release of THIS IS WHY THEY HATE US.

Aaron H. Aceves (he/him) is a bisexual, Mexican-American writer born and raised in East L.A. He graduated from Harvard College and received his MFA from Columbia University. His fiction has appeared in Epiphany, The Florida Review, and Passages North, among other places. He currently lives in Texas, where he serves as an Early Career Provost Fellow at UT Austin, and his debut young adult novel, This Is Why They Hate Us, was released by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. It received multiple starred reviews and was named a Best Young Adult Book of 2022 by Kirkus Reviews.

Becky Albertalli (she/her) is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of young adult novels, including William C. Morris Award winner and National Book Award longlist title, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (now a major motion picture, Love, Simon) and Imogen, Obviously. She lives with her family in Atlanta, and she’s still not tired of Oreos.

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Aaron Aceves in conversation with Becky Albertalli for THIS IS WHY THEY HATE US