There’s Always Next Year

Told in two voices, this is the story of Andy--a serious journalism student adamant about reinventing herself--and her influencer cousin Dominique--who is on the verge of securing a major deal--who navigate their own respective love stories over the New Year.

George M. Johnson(they/them) is an Emmy nominated, award-winning, and bestselling Black nonbinary author and activist. Their debut memoir, All Boys Aren’t Blue, was a New York Times bestseller and garnered many accolades. It was the second-most banned book of 2022 in the United States, according to the American Library Association. For their work fighting book bans and challenges, the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) honored George with its Free Speech Defender Award, and TIME Magazine named them one of the ＂100 Next Most Influential People in the World.＂ They also wrote Flamboyants: The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I’d Known. Originally from Plainfield, New Jersey, they now live in Los Angeles, California.

Leah Johnson (she/her) is an eternal midwesterner and author of award-winning books for children and young adults. Her bestselling debut YA novel, You Should See Me in a Crown, was a Stonewall Honor Book, the inaugural Reese’s Book Club YA pick, and in 2021, named by TIME asone of the 100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time. She is also the author of the critically acclaimed middle grade novel, Ellie Engle Saves Herself, and the editor of the USA Todaybestselling anthology, Black Girl Power. When she’s not writing, you can find her at Loudmouth Books, her Indianapolis-based independent bookstore that specializes in highlighting the work of marginalized authors and uplifting banned or challenged books.