A special note of gratitude to Bethany Strout for our fateful dinner in Denver, where she told (commanded) me to continue writing. Dr. Margarida Goncalo and Dr. Keen Lawlor, my medical go-to team on two continents, who shared their thoughts and research on all things photosensitivity. Dr. Tsippora Shainhouse and Dr. Kathryn Boling for their close reads and feedback on solar urticaria. Any medical errors are wholly mine. Nicole Miller and George Stathakopoulos for helping me with all things cybersecurity, crisis management, and the stars. Ryan Penagos for sharing his love of Marvel and storytelling with me. Katie Williams for the fabulous playlists in this book. Deb Cragen-Larsen for enabling me to write everything in my heart. Sue Bevington for our memorable adventure in Iceland. Sue Lim for being my steadfast non-Roz of a sister. And finally, Paul Taylor and Josh Selig, at long (long) last, the proper thanks for your heroic protection in a hard, sad time.
As ever, my children, Tyler and Sofia Headley, light my heart. So grateful that we found our way home to Dan, Alex, and Zoe Johnson, our dearest sequel.
Storytelling runs in Justina Chen’s blood. After all, her middle name means illuminate, which is what story does: It throws light on life. Her debut novel, Nothing but the Truth (and a Few White Lies), won the Asian/Pacific American Award for Youth Literature, and her novel North of Beautiful was named one of the Best Books of the Year by Kirkus Reviews and was a finalist for nine state book awards. Justina is also the co-founder of Chen & Cragen and a story strategist to leaders. While her home is in Seattle, she feels at ease wherever she goes so long as she has her coconut black tea, journal, and pen. Please visit her at justinachen.com.
Copyright © 2018 by Justina Chen
Cover photography © 2018 by Michael Frost
Cover design by Elizabeth B. Parisi
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Chen, Justina, 1968– author.
Title: Lovely, dark, and deep / Justina Chen.
Description: First edition. | New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, Scholastic Inc., 2018. | Summary: Teenager Viola Li and her sister Roz are selling bean buns at a science fiction gathering in Seattle when she suddenly collapses—she wakes up in the hospital to find that somehow she has developed an extreme case of photosensitivity (so bad that even ordinary lights can cause blisters), and somehow, in her senior year of high school, she has to craft a new life that will still include journalism school, activism, and the new guy who caught her as she fell.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017042553 (print) | LCCN 2017047817 (ebook) | ISBN 9781338134063 (hardcover : alk. paper) | ISBN 133813406X (hardcover : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781338134070 (Ebook) | ISBN 1338134078 (Ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Photosensitivity disorders—Juvenile fiction. | Asian American families—Juvenile fiction. | Sisters—Juvenile fiction. | Dating (Social customs)—Juvenile fiction. | Families—Washington (State)—Seattle—Juvenile fiction. | Life skills—Juvenile fiction. | Seattle (Wash.)—Juvenile fiction. | CYAC: Photosensitivity disorders—Fiction. | Asian Americans—Fiction. | Sisters—Fiction. | Dating (Social customs)—Fiction. | Family life—Washington (State)—Seattle—Fiction. | Life skills—Fiction. | Seattle (Wash.)—Fiction.
Classification: LCC PZ7.C4181583 Lo 2018 (print) | LCC PZ7.C4181583 (ebook) | DDC 813.6 [Fic] —dc23
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First edition, August 2018
e-ISBN 978-1-338-13407-0
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Justina Chen, Lovely, Dark, and Deep
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