Light from Uncommon Stars

Name: Light from Uncommon Stars
ISBN: 9781250789075

by Ryka Aoki

Stonewall Book · 2022 · HonorMythopoeic Fantasy · 2022 · Shortlist

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Tor BooksSeptember 28, 2021Literary Fiction Science Fiction & FantasyISBN 9781250789075

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Stonewall Book Award	2022	Honor	“Literature honor”
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature	2022	Shortlist	“Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki”

About This Book

Ryka Aoki's novel combines a story of a runaway transgender teenager, a violin teacher who has made a deal with the devil, and an alien family running a donut shop in San Gabriel Valley. Stonewall Book Award Honor Book for Literature.

About the Author

Ryka AokiAmerican

Ryka Aoki is an American author of novels, poetry, and essays, born to Japanese American parents and raised in Southern California's San Gabriel Valley. She earned an MFA in creative writing from Cornell University and teaches English at Santa Monica College and gender studies at Antioch University. Her notable works include the Lambda Literary Award finalist poetry collections Seasonal Velocities and Why Dust Shall Never Settle Upon This Soul, and the novels He Mele a Hilo and the award-winning Light from Uncommon Stars, nominated for the Hugo Award and winner of the Otherwise Award.