'The First to Die at the End' could be the newest Adam Silvera YA blockbuster

'The First to Die at the End' could be the newest Adam Silvera YA blockbuster Enlarge this image toggle caption Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan/Getty Image Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan/Getty Image Young adult author Adam Silvera spilled an ocean of teenage tears with his wildly successful 2017 novel, They Both Die at the End, about a doomed romance between two boys. "It allowed me to bring back the main characters who did indeed die at the end," Silvera said. HarperCollins Publishers "There was a point where my mom was admitted into the hospital 13 times within a single year and that was really frightening," Silvera said. "One person gets their book out and it inspires five more readers who turn into writers and then so on and so forth and we're just continuing to get our voices out there," Silvera said.