Adam Silvera was born and raised in the South Bronx in New York City.[1][2] His mother, Persi Rosa, is Puerto Rican and a social worker.[3] Silvera started writing when he was around 10 or 11, initially working on fan fiction.[4]
Silvera has worked as a barista, bookseller, and reviewer for Shelf Awareness before becoming a published writer.[5] Silvera is open about his struggles with depression[6] and revealed he has been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder.[7] He is also open about being gay.[8]
His second novel, History Is All You Left Me, was published January 17, 2017 by Soho Teen. The same year, They Both Die at the End was published by HarperTeen on September 5, 2017. Originally optioned by HBO in 2019 to be developed into a series written by Chris Kelly and executive produced by J.J. Abrams, Adam Silvera has since announced he will be serving as creator, screenwriter, and executive producer for a TV series adaptation of his novel They Both Die at the End.[12][13][14]
Silvera's Infinity Cycle fantasy series began with Infinity Son, published in 2020.
In June 2020, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the first LGBTQPride parade, Queerty named Silvera among the fifty heroes "leading the nation toward equality, acceptance, and dignity for all people".[16][17]
More Happy Ending - a deluxe edition of More Happy Than Not which includes an additional final chapter, a foreword by Angie Thomas and an afterword by Silvera (2020)
