Assistant Professor & Author
The Ohio State University
Ashley Hope Pérez is an assistant professor of world literature at The Ohio State University and the author of three novels including Out of Darkness (2015), which was #4 on the American Library Association’s list of Top 10 Most Challenged Books of 2021. Out of Darkness was described by The New York Times Book Review as a “layered tale of color lines, love and struggle in an East Texas oil town” It received a 2016 Michael L. Printz Honor, the 2016 Tomás Rivera Book Award, and the 2016 Américas Award. Out of Darkness was selected as a best book of the year by both Kirkus Reviews and School Library Journal, and Booklist named it one of "50 Best YA Books of All Time."
Saturday, June 24, 2023
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM CT