*"[A] bighearted friends-to-lovers romance . . . Isaac and Diego s intimate connection, facilitated by healthy communication and individual vulnerability, is one to be cherished. Employing a winsome queer and racially diverse cast, compassionate prose, and a joyful tone, Winters skillfully explores myriad walks of LGBTQ life."--Publishers Weekly, starred review
*"An enthusiastically queer story of friendship, family, and romance and the ways they empower one another."--Kirkus Reviews, starred review
*"Winters has written a classic gay romance, which is enhanced by the all-too-rare fact that both heroes pursuing a happy ending are people of color. This is one summer romance that won t go out of season. --Booklist, starred review
"Smart, swoony, and pitch-perfect, Right Where I Left You is ideal for every reader who s just as likely to geek out over a new issue of Superman: Son of Kal-El as they are the quintessential meet-cute. LEAH JOHNSON, bestselling author of You Should See Me in a Crown and Rise to the Sun
Right Where I Left You is a swoony, nerdy delight, bursting with magic and heart that light up every page. Julian Winters is my hero! ADIB KHORRAM, award-winning author of Darius the Great Is Not Okay
Petition to have Julian Winters rewrite our collective reality with his signature openhearted sincerity. Is it even possible to read this book without smiling?" BECKY ALBERTALLI, New York Times bestselling author
A charming, funny, and insightful story about how sometimes what you re looking for was right there all along as long as you can learn to admit it to yourself. Right Where I Left You is Julian Winters at his wise, heart-burstingly joyous best. KELLY LOY GILBERT, author of Stonewall Honor book Picture Us in the Light
"An achingly heartfelt and unabashedly nerdy ode to adolescence . . . Although the central romance is delightful and swoony on its own, Right Where I Left You is not just one love story, but many. It s also about the love of friends and family. It s about loving stories and the communities that form around them. And it s about what it means for those stories to love you back and how the right representation can help you create your own happy ending."--BookPage
Julian Winters is a bestselling and award-winning author of contemporary young adult fiction. His novels Running with Lions, How to Be Remy Cameron, and The Summer of Everything received accolades for their positive depictions of diverse, relatable characters. A former management trainer, Julian currently lives outside of Atlanta, where he can be found reading, being a self-proclaimed comic book geek, or watching the only two sports he can follow--volleyball and soccer.