“Couch has done an excellent job of breathing new life into an old trope, crafting a clever plot with complex, likable characters. Along the way, he keeps readers on their toes…. If couch occasionally throws his readers for a loop, they’ll be glad he does.” ― Booklist, starred review

Robbie Couch is a Los Angeles-based young-adult author who is originally from Michigan. His books range from speculative to contemporary fiction, focus on queer characters and themes, and have all been published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.

If I See You Again Tomorrow, his New York Times bestselling third novel, has received starred reviews from Publisher’s Weekly, Booklist, and the Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books. Robbie’s debut, The Sky Blues, was a Barnes & Noble Young-Adult Book of the Year finalist and Junior Library Guild selection. His other published novels, Blaine for the Win and Another First Chance, have earned praise from media outlets like USA Today, the New York Times, and Bustle.

Robbie’s adult fiction debut, Bloom, will be published by Gallery Books (Simon & Schuster) in 2026.

Robbie's Featured Titles

Another First Chance

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
Young Adult LGBTQ+

They Both Die at the End meets You’ve Reached Sam, in this heart-stopping speculative young adult novel from New York Times bestselling author Robbie Couch that explores all the different ways love can live on after tragedy.

It’s been a year since eighteen-year-old River Lang’s best friend died in a car accident. And every day since, he’s had to pass by the depressing billboard that appeared as a result: a texting and driving PSA that reduces Dylan to a cautionary tale and River to the best friend of the dead kid at school. Dylan was so much more than a statistic, though, and River hates that everyone in town seems to have forgotten.

When he’s caught improving (a.k.a. vandalizing) Dylan’s billboard, River is blackmailed into joining the Affinity Trials—a research study that’s observing teens who are “struggling socially.” But as soon as he arrives, River’s social struggles only worsen as he’s thrown together with the last person he wants to spend an entire week with: his ex-best friend and Dylan’s former girlfriend, Mavis, who’s the only one who knows the truth about the night Dylan died.

During the Trials,River befriends a charming quarterback named Nash, and it doesn’t take long for romantic feelings to start bubbling to the surface.But so do bizarre developments within the Trials that make him wonder what researchers are actually studying while monitoring his every move. And when suspicions lead him to a bombshell discovery, River will have to decide just how far he’s willing to go for another chance at first love.

If I See You Again Tomorrow

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
Young Adult LGBTQ+

New York Times bestseller!

From the author of The Sky Blues and Blaine for the Win comes a speculative young adult romance about a teen stuck in a time loop that’s endlessly monotonous until he meets the boy of his dreams.

For some reason, Clark has woken up and relived the same monotonous Monday 309 times. Until Day 310 turns out to be…different. Suddenly, his usual torturous math class is interrupted by an anomaly—a boy he’s never seen before in all his previous Mondays.

When shy, reserved Clark decides to throw caution to the wind and join effusive and effervescent Beau on a series of “errands” across the Windy City, he never imagines that anything will really change, because nothing has in such a long time. And he definitely doesn’t expect to fall this hard or this fast for someone in just one day.

There’s just one problem: how do you build a future with someone if you can never get to tomorrow?

Blaine for the Win

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
Young Adult LGBTQ+

After being dumped so his boyfriend can pursue more “serious” guys, a teen boy decides to prove he can be serious, too, by running for senior class president in this “clever, fun, original” (BCCB) romp from the author of The Sky Blues.

High school junior Blaine Bowers has it all—the perfect boyfriend, a pretty sweet gig as a muralist for local Windy City businesses, a loving family, and awesome, talented friends. And he is absolutely, 100% positive that aforementioned perfect boyfriend—senior student council president and Mr. Popular of Wicker West High School, Joey—is going to invite Blaine to spend spring break with his family in beautiful, sunny Cabo San Lucas.

Except Joey breaks up with him instead. In publicOn their one-year anniversary.

Because, according to Joey, Blaine is too goofy, too flighty, too…unserious. And if Joey wants to go far in life, he needs to start dating more serious guys. Guys like Zach Chesterton.

Determined to prove that Blaine can be what Joey wants, Blaine decides to enter the running to become his successor (and beat out Joey’s new boyfriend, Zach) as senior student council president.

But is he willing to sacrifice everything he loves about himself to do it?

The Sky Blues

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
Young Adult LGBTQ+

Sky’s small town turns absolutely claustrophobic when his secret promposal plans get leaked to the entire school in this witty, “earnest, heartfelt” (Becky Albertalli, New York Times bestselling author), and ultimately hopeful debut novel for fans of What if it’s Us? and To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before.

Sky Baker may be openly gay, but in his small, insular town, making sure he was invisible has always been easier than being himself. Determined not to let anything ruin his senior year, Sky decides to make a splash at his high school’s annual beach bum party by asking his crush, Ali, to prom—and he has thirty days to do it.

What better way to start living loud and proud than by pulling off the gayest promposal Rock Ledge, Michigan, has ever seen?

Then, Sky’s plans are leaked by an anonymous hacker in a deeply homophobic e-blast that quickly goes viral. He’s fully prepared to drop out and skip town altogether—until his classmates give him a reason to fight back by turning his thirty-day promposal countdown into a school-wide hunt to expose the e-blast perpetrator.

But what happens at the end of the thirty days? Will Sky get to keep his hard-won visibility? Or will his small-town blues stop him from being his true self?

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The Importance of Queer Representation in Young Adult Literature

A talk that focuses on the real world implications of representation in media, including 1) why it matters that young LGBTQ+ readers from all walks of life can see themselves in the pages of a book, 2) how adult allies can promote diversity in YA lit and beyond, and 3) why recent book bans harm not just queer teens but *all* young readers.

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The Dos And Donts of Writing Queer Characters

While there are no official “right” or “wrong” ways to create an LGBTQ+ character, there are certainly important factors to keep in mind while crafting complex, authentic characters who are LGBTQ+, especially if the storyteller does not belong to the queer community themselves. This talk would also include the topic of sensitivity/authenticity readers, as well as a nuanced discussion of #OwnVoices.

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What's It Like Getting Your Novel Optioned for Film and TV?

As someone who knew nothing about film and TV adaptations just a few years ago, I have learned *a lot* about the process, and can share both the nuts and bolts basics, as well as the juicier, fun tidbits, related to getting your book optioned for film and TV.

While my first novel, The Sky Blues, hasn’t gone into production yet, it has been optioned by Walden Media and recently landed director Michael Medico (Grey’s Anatomy, Atypical) in early 2024. I am a consultant for the film. My third novel, If I See You Again Tomorrow, has also been optioned by Skydance and producer Bill Bost, and I am a co-producer on the project.

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Honors, Awards & Recognition

If I See You Again Tomorrow is a New York Times bestseller (#9 YA Hardcover, week of 4/16/2023 – 4/23/2023)
If I See You Again Tomorrow earned starred reviews from Publisher’s Weekly, Booklist, and the Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
Another First Chance is a Junior Library Guild Selection
Another First Chance earned a starred review from Booklist
Blaine for the Win is a 2023 American Library Association Rainbow List Selection
The Sky Blues is a 2022 Barnes & Noble Young-Adult Book of the Year finalist

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