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ⓘ About Nina LaCour
Nina LaCour is an American author best known writing writing young adult novels. She is the former winner of the Michael L. Printz Award and a Northern California Book Award for Children’s Literature. She has also written picture books, novels for adults, and collaborated with David Levithan on You Know Me Well. The authored was born and raised in the East Bay area of California in the United States. She ended not traveling far for university as she went to San Francisco to receive her undergraduate degree from San Francisco State University. Nina then went back to the Oakland area to Mills College where she earned her MFA in Creative Writing. Her graduate thesis was what ultimately became her first novel, Hold Still.
All Book Series by Nina LaCour
Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle
Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2022
Ella Josephine and the Perfectly Imperfect Day
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2026 Co-authored · Sònia Albert
Meet Cute: Count Down to Valentine's Day
Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2025
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Nina LaCour?
Nina LaCour is an American author best known writing writing young adult novels. She is the former winner of the Michael L. Printz Award and a Northern California Book Award for Children’s Literature.
Which Nina LaCour series should I start with?
The best place to start is The Apartment House on Poppy Hill series, the earliest of Nina LaCour's multi-book series: it opens with The Apartment House on Poppy Hill (2023) and runs to 3 books across 2023–2026, ending with Ella Josephine and the Perfectly Imperfect Day (2026).
How many books has Nina LaCour written?
Nina LaCour has 18 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2009 and 2026. 3 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being The Apartment House on Poppy Hill series with 3 books — and 15 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Nina LaCour's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Nina LaCour's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are The Apartment House on Poppy Hill (2023–2026, 3 books).
How are Nina LaCour's books organised into series?
This guide splits Nina LaCour's 18 books into 1 named series and 15 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: The Apartment House on Poppy Hill (3 books, 2023–2026).