Nicola and David Yoon launch Joy Revolution

Random House Children's Division has announced the launch of Joy Revolution, a publishing imprint devoted to publishing love stories about people of color for the young adult reader. The new division will be lead by authors Nicola and David Yoon.

Nicola Yoon, award winning author of Everything, Everything and The Sun is Also a Star, said "Joy Revolution is not focused on stories of Black pain or immigrant struggle. Our books won’t be issue-oriented or polemical. The Joy Revolution imprint is all about telling stories of big love. The characters in them have big ideas about the world and their place in it. I believe love stories are truly revolutionary. Because love has the power to unmake and remake the world.“

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