Michigan Notable Book author and Oak Park native Ebony LaDelle will present and sign her book Love Radio at the Oak Park Community Center in Recreation Room B on June 22 at 6:30 PM. Made possible with a grant from the Library of Michigan Foundation and Michigan Humanities, the Oak Park Public Library will be facilitating the event with copies of the book made available by Book Beat. Registration is required.
Ebony LaDelle’s debut novel Love Radio was People magazine’s best book of the summer, a 2023 Audie Award Finalist, a 2023 Michigan Notable Book, Apple Books’ best book of 2022, an Amazon’s Editor Pick, and was featured on the Today Show. Read an interview with LaDelle in the Detroit Free Press here.
Love Radio is a Young Adult romance novel about a DJ with a popular radio segment who believes he can get a girl who hates all things romance to fall in love with him in only three dates. Set in Detroit, the story grapples with first love while also navigating trauma, identity, and illness.
Love Radio is pure joy. This book is a celebration of Black love, Black teenagers, Black friendship, and the Black family, and I adored it from beginning to end. – Jasmine Guillory, New York Times bestselling author
We’ve been waiting for an author like Ebony LaDelle. Love Radio is mega swoonworthy, effortlessly cool, and full of heart. Turn this one all the way up. – Casey McQuiston, New York Times bestselling author of Red, White & Royal Blue and One Last Stop
LaDelle does a fantastic job of bringing the complex, dynamic personalities and relationships of her characters to life while highlighting romantic, familial, and platonic love as well as self-love. – Kirkus Reviews
Ebony LaDelle was born in Michigan, studied at Howard University, and currently resides in Brooklyn. Prior to being an author, LaDelle was a brand marketing director in book publishing and worked at Penguin Random House and HarperCollins, among others. Visit her online at www.ebonyladelle.com and follow her on social media at @ebonyladelle.
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