Stone says the inspiration for the novel was a Twitter headline about a shoplifting grandma in Atlanta who turned out to be an international jewel thief. It received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Booklist, and debuted on the Children's Middle Grade Hardcover New York Times bestseller list, at #5.

It tells the story of an 11-year-old Scoob, who goes on a roadtrip with his grandmother.

Her Middle Grade debut, Clean Getaway, illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile, was published by Crown in January 2020. but encouraged by her publisher, and decided to write a book about a ' black boy that everybody is afraid of.' Clean Getaway Stone says she was not planning on writing a sequel. Ī sequel, Dear Justyce, about an incarcerated teen who is on trial for murder charges, was published in October 2020. Two years after it was first published, Dear Martin again hit the New York Times bestseller list, for Young Adult Paperbacks and at #1, in February 2020. It has been published and translated in Germany, Brazil, Indonesia, The Netherlands, UK, Turkey, and Romania. Morris award in 2017 and received a starred review from Booklist. It was also chosen as a finalist for the William C. The book debuted on the New York Times bestseller list at #4.

Stone has stated she began writing her debut novel Dear Martin after the death of Jordan Davis, a 17-year-old black high school student who was fatally shot by a white man in a hate crime in 2017. after he has a dangerous encounter with racist police officers, was sold as a proposal in a two-book deal and published in 2017 by Crown Books for Young Readers. Her debut novel Dear Martin, about a high school senior in a predominantly white school who starts writing letters to Dr. That same book later landed her a literary agent. Stone wrote her first novel for young adults in 2017, inspired by American young adult novelist Veronica Roth's Divergent series because it was the first series featuring black characters that she encountered that lives until the end. Career ĭuring a trip to Israel in 2008, Stone discovered that she wanted to become a writer when encountering a family with a story that fascinated her. After college, she worked in teen mentoring and moved to Israel for a few years. She is African-American and is openly bisexual. She has a degree in Psychology from Spelman College.

Stone was born and raised in a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia. Her novels have been translated into six languages. Andrea Nicole Livingstone (born July 10, 1985), known as Nic Stone, is an American author of young adult fiction and middle grade fiction, best known for her debut novel Dear Martin and her middle grade debut, Clean Getaway.

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