ADIB KHORRAM is the queer Iranian author of Iâll Have What Heâs Having, which was an instant USA Today bestseller. He is also the author of the young adult novel Darius the Great Is Not Okay, which earned the William C. Morris Debut Award, the Asian/Pacific American Award for Young Adult Literature, and a Boston GlobeâHorn Book Honor, and was named one of Time magazineâs 100 Best YA Novels of All Time; his other young adult novels Darius the Great Deserves Better, Kiss & Tell, and The Breakup Lists as well as the picture books Seven Special Somethings: A Nowruz Story and Bijan Always Wins, have garnered critical acclaim, starred reviews, and bestsellers.
He grew up in Kansas Cityâthe Milan of the Midwestâbut heâd rather be in the real thing, sitting on a patio, enjoying an aperitivo.