American · b. 1978
Shaun David Hutchinson is an American author of young adult fiction. He is known for novels that deal with grief, identity and survival, often with queer protagonists. His books include The Deathday Letter, Violent Ends, The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley and We Are the Ants, which won the Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ Children's and Young Adult fiction. He has also written the memoir Brave Face, about growing up gay and struggling with depression in the 1990s. He has written the Nowhere Near series and other novels, mixing realism with speculative elements. Hutchinson lives in the United States and is a regular speaker on LGBTQ+ representation in young adult literature.