Randy Ribay
Randy Ribay is a Filipino American author of middle grade and young adult fiction. Born in the Philippines and raised in the U.S. Midwest, Ribay is the author of An Infinite Number of Parallel Universes, After the Shot Drops, Patron Saints of Nothing, Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Reckoning of Roku, and Everything We Never Had (ISBN 9780593461419). His work has received starred reviews and multiple honors, including the Freeman Book Award; Patron Saints of Nothing was a finalist for the 2019 National Book Award. Ribay holds a BA in English Literature from the University of Colorado Boulder and an Ed.M. in Language and Literacy from Harvard Graduate School of Education. He lives and teaches in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Awards
['Freeman Book Award (2019)', "National Book Awards, Young People's Literature — Finalist (2019)", 'Asian/Pacific American Award for Young Adult Literature (Everything We Never Had, 2025)', 'Contributor to The Collectors (Printz Award-winning anthology, 2024)']
Notable Works
['Patron Saints of Nothing', 'After the Shot Drops', 'An Infinite Number of Parallel Universes', 'Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Reckoning of Roku', 'Everything We Never Had']
