award-winning, USA TODAY & New york times bestselling author

TJ Klune

TJ KLUNE is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling, Lambda Literary Award-winning author of The House in the Cerulean Sea, The Extraordinaries, and more. Being queer himself, Klune believes it's important—now more than ever—to have accurate, positive queer representation in stories.

Awards

Lambda Literary Award
Into This River I Drown

Alex Award
The House in the Cerulean Sea

Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Adult Literature
The House in the Cerulean Sea

Gold Nautilus Book Award Winner
The Extraordinaries

The critics are saying…

“Is it possible to fall in love with someone’s imagination? If so, consider me fully smitten. TJ Klune creates worlds where fear and threat can be conquered by kindness, and a tender, queer heart is more valuable than any weapon or power.”
—David Levithan

“TJ Klune is a master storyteller.”
—The Mary Sue

“TJ Klune is doing powerful work that inspires and impresses. He is a gift to our troubled times, and his novels are a radiant treat to all who discover them.”
—Locus

“Klune plays with superhero genre tropes and fan-fiction clichés with the skill of a true fan—completely aware of their ridiculousness but in love with them anyway. Hilarious, sweet, and absolutely super!”
—Kirkus

“Klune’s romp is irresistibly readable…. Readers will be delighted!”
—Booklist

“If ever there was an author to watch out for, [Klune] is definitely that author.”
—Culturess Daily

“Hilarious and irreverent.”
—USA Today's Happy Ever After on The Lightning-Struck Heart

“Incredibly moving.”
—Refinery29 on Wolfsong

"If you're looking for a book to read and then reread several times before the next Spider-Man movie releases, this will be perfect."
—Buzzfeed on The Extraordinaries

“Sweet, comforting, and kind, this book is very close to perfect. The House in the Cerulean Sea is a work of classic children's literature written for adults and children alike, with the perspective and delicacy of the modern day. I cannot recommend it highly enough.”
—Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author of Every Heart a Doorway, on The House in the Cerulean Sea