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Casey McQuiston

ケイシー・マクイストン

Keishī Makuison

Profile

Gender
non-binary
Born
1991-01-21 （Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.）
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Residence History
Baton Rouge, Louisiana → Fort Collins, Colorado → New York City

Career

Occupations
author, romance novelist, server, freelancer, magazine publishing
Active Years
2019-2024
Affiliations
KT Literary
Influenced By
Jane Austen, Hillary Clinton, Wendy Davis
Nominations
Goodreads Choice Awards 2021 Best Romance (3rd), Goodreads Choice Awards 2022 Best Young Adult Fiction (3rd), New Adult Book Prize 2025 Shortlist

Education

Louisiana State University
Journalism
Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Country: United States
degree in journalism

Awards

Alex Awards
2020
Work: Red, White & Royal Blue
Organization: American Library Association (YALSA)
Result: Winner
Goodreads Choice Awards
2019
Work: Red, White & Royal Blue
Category: Best Debut Novel
Organization: Goodreads
Result: Winner
Goodreads Choice Awards
2019
Work: Red, White & Royal Blue
Category: Best Romance Novel
Organization: Goodreads
Result: Winner
Stonewall Honor Book
2023
Work: I Kissed Shara Wheeler
Category: Children and Young Adult Literature
Organization: American Library Association
Result: Honor

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Red, White & Royal Blue

2019 Romance 416 pages

The son of America's first female president falls in love with an English prince.

queer romancepoliticsLGBTQ+
Adaptations
  • [Film] Red, White & Royal Blue / Matthew López (2023)
Translations
  • Translated into Spanish, German, etc.

One Last Stop

2021 Romance

A young woman meets a time-displaced woman from 1970s Brooklyn on the subway.

queer romancetime travel

I Kissed Shara Wheeler

2022 Young Adult Romance

A queer rom-com set in a Christian high school in Alabama.

queerreligious trauma

The Pairing

2024 Romance

Estranged bisexual exes reunite on a European food and wine tour.

bisexualsex positivity

Bibliography

  • Red, White & Royal Blue
  • One Last Stop
  • I Kissed Shara Wheeler
  • Bloody, Lovely (short story)
  • The Pairing

Translations of Works

  • Translated into many languages including Spanish, German, Polish, etc.

Style & Themes

Literary Style
romantic comedyimpulse-driven writingnonlinear scenes
Recurring Motifs
queer loveLGBTQ+ self-discoverypolitical/religious settings

Health

  • ADHD
    現在
    Affects writing process, making it impulse-driven and nonlinear
  • Mental health issues
    2015年頃
    Turned to writing to cope after father's death in 2014

Legacy

Known as a pioneer in queer romance, with NYT bestsellers, Time 100 Next, and film adaptations.

In Popular Culture

  • Red, White & Royal Blue adapted into a film on Amazon Prime Video

Trivia

  • non-binary, uses they/them pronouns
  • queer
  • grew up in conservative evangelical Christian school
  • has ADHD