![]() ![]() “During the writing process, I certainly had ideas of where Darius’ life would take him after the novel, because it helped me bring realness to his life and to his arc, but it was always intended to be a stand-alone.”īy the time he began touring in support of the book, he was working on a new novel with a completely different cast of characters. ![]() “I never intended for there to be a sequel,” Khorram tells Kirkus by phone from Kansas City, Missouri. On a life-changing trip to Iran, he learned about his heritage, grew closer to his family, and met Sohrab Rezaei, a soccer-loving Bahá’í boy who became his first best friend.ĭarius was better than OK, Kirkus wrote in a starred review: “This tear-jerker will leave readers wanting to follow the next chapter in Darius’ life.” The only problem was the story was conceived as a stand-alone. He had more enemies than friends, more questions than answers. bullies) at Chapel Hill High School in Portland, Oregon. ![]() Smart, funny, fractional Persian (on his mom’s side), tea enthusiast, Trekkie, and diagnosed with a major depressive disorder, Darius was light-years beyond the comprehension of the Soulless Minions of Orthodoxy (i.e. When readers met Darius Kellner, star of Adib Khorram’s standout YA debut novel, Darius the Great Is Not Okay (2018), sophomore year was off to a rocky start. ![]()
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