Adib Khorram

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Award-winning best selling author of books for all ages. Out now: IT HAD TO BE HIM (adult romance), TEA IS LOVE (picture book). ONE WORD, SIX LETTERS (young adult) is out now! bio.site/adibkhorram 🏳️‍🌈🇮🇷 he/him

Lan Wangji (Wang Yibo), a handsome young Chinese man wearing blue robes, makes finger guns and sways his hips at the camera.
A still from Star Trek: The Next Generation's finale, "All Good Things." The crew of the Enterprise are seen around a green poker table from top. Clockwise from top: Counselor Troi, Captain Picard, Commander Riker, Geordi La Forge, Worf, Data, Doctor Crusher.
Cookie Fleck (Catherine O'Hara), a white woman in a flamboyant pink shirt, blue skirt and silver high heels, attempts to walk, but her knee keeps giving out. The men around her try to help.
A still from Arrested Development. Michael Bluth, a white man with brown hair in a button-up shirt and tie, looks exasperatedly toward the camera. Caption reads "has anyone in this family ever even seen a penis?" but penis is in a different font, clearly altered.
The Folksmen: A trio of white men in blue flannel and khaki pants. Left, Jerry Palter (Michael McKean), a tall white man with brown hair smiling; Center, Mark Shubb, a shorter white man with a bald head and beard with no mustache, with arms crossed; right, Allan Barrows, a medium height white man with a bald head and gray hair on the sides of his head, with a mustache, holding a mandolin.
A still from LOOT. Molly Ellis (Maya Rudolph), a Black woman with shoulder length brown hair, a green shirt, gold necklace and hoop earrings, holds up a finger and makes an angry face. There is a row of hot sauce bottles in front of her.
Sylvia Tilly, a red-haired woman wearing a blue Starfleet uniform, leans forward and asks emphatically "What just happened?"
Comments on "Launching Darius the Great Deserves Better: Laurie Halse Anderson in Conve..." [YouTube icons: Alerts, search, 3 dots.] Highlighted comment: @MindFoodGut 20 min ago. Ay old mispire ant. How much did the cia pay you to genocide the culture of Iran. Take back that book title, and do not speak ill of Darius' name. Pismire ant you want to worship the west, go do it and leave Iran alone. [YouTube icons along the bottom: thumbs up, thumbs down, comment, heart.]
a bright green square with "crud" written in black lowercase font
Quark, an alien with a large bald forehead, nose and ears and pointed teeth, dressed in a soft pink blouse resting against a pink bed, says, "I've been waiting for you."
Susan Ivanova, a white woman in a blue uniform, says, "No boom today. Boom tomorrow. There's always a boom tomorrow."
Kitty, a white woman with wild blonde hair, wearing a pink shirt, hikes her shirt up and says "Say goodbye to these!" while Michael Bluth, a white man in a gray suit, looks away in disgust.
A screen shot from Parcs and Recreation. On a TV, Ben Wyatt, a white man in a dark suit with a blue tie, looks exasperated, waving his hands and saying "Who hasn't had gay thoughts?" Next to him, Tom Haverford, a brown-skinned man in a gray suit, looks away in dismay.
Text reads "Heartbreaking: The Worst Person You Know Just Made A Great Point." Below, a bald white man in a dark shirt looking seriously into the camera. The background is blurry greens and browns.
A meme of a young Black girl, smiling, about to throw a red bouncy ball toward three out-of-focus friends laughing and trying to dodge the ball on a grassy lawn. Text above the Black girl reads "Apollo." Text above the red ball reads "The Gift of Prophecy." Text above the friends reads "Me saying big boobies on main."
TXLA Schedule. Top, an image of Adib (a bald Iranian American author with stubble smiling) and his latest book, One Word, Six Letters (a tan book with orange letter F's scrawled across). Text below: Adib Khorram Tayshas Reading List: Celebrating the Best in YA Fiction. Sunday at 11AM, Convention Center Room 360AD. Texas Tea. Monday at 10AM, Hilton-Americas, Grand Ballroom JK. One Word, Six Letters signing. Monday at 3PM, Author Area Aisle 1. One Word, Six Letters signing. Tuesday at 9am, Mackin Booth #715.
From Transformers (G1): The Ark, an orange space ship in the shape of a rounded wedge, flies through an asteroid field.
Dear Ada Hoffmann, My name is Jim Davidson, and I organize the Denver Gay Book Club an engaged community of over 1,000 active readers who passionately support bold, intelligent, and emotionally resonant LGBTQIAP+ stories. I recently came across Ignore All Previous Instructions, and it immediately stood out as something truly special. A queer, neurodivergent science fiction novel that interrogates AI, censorship, creativity, and forbidden love, while still delivering space pirates, heists, and heart is exactly the kind of book our readers light up over.
Gonzo the Great, a blue muppet with a hook nose, talks to Rizzo the Rat, a rat muppet. Both are in pirate garb. Gonzo is saying "Yeah, that, and my pants are filled with starfish."
Top left, a deal announcement. "Dana Chidiac while at Dial acquired world rights to Kiss the Boy by Adib Khorram (l) in his graphic novel debut, illustrated by debut illustrator Ria Martinez, a romantic tale of soul-binding love between a half-human, half-merfolk boy and the handsome, all-too-human stranger whose life is accidentally interwoven with his. Ellen Cormier will edit; publication is scheduled for spring 2027. Molly O'Neill represented the author, and the illustrator represented themself." L: Adib, a bald man smiling at the camera; R, Ria, non-binary with black hair gazing at the camera. Bottom right, an illustration of Dylan, a merfolk with a blue and yellow tail hanging out of a bathtub filled with bubbles; he is listening to headphones, and more music notes in bubbles float toward the sky. Text reads KISS THE BOY COMING SPRING 2027.
An image of text that reads: "Thanks, dayi," Arya said, giving Forrest a shoulder hug and closing the drunk.
Philomena Cunk, a red haired white woman in a suit, turns to the side and covers her mouth as she cries.
The illustrated cover of It Had To Be Him. Two men, one in a red coat, one in a blue coat, look at each other longingly as they stroll holding cups of gelato. Milan's cathedral, Galleria, and a street car are behind them on a pink background overlaid with the grid of Milan's streets. Text reads "It Had To Be Him" by USA Today Bestselling Author Adib Khorram.
Sharing Darius le Grand mérite mieux with the Brooklyn Womxn of Color Book Club
Text reads "Karlach approves." Next to the text is a small icon of Karlach, a red-faced Tiefling woman on a fiery background.
The meme of Tiffany Pollard, a Black woman with wide, alarmed eyes, shouting "Beyonce?!" But it has been altered to say "Ebony Dark'Ness Dementia Raven Way?!"
A screen capture of the UDA TODAY Bestseller list. #150. It Had To Be Him, by Khorram, Adib. An image of the cover: Two men stroll arm in arm, with illustrations of Milan landmarks, on a pink background. Text to the right reads: Heartstopper meets Eat Pray Love in this swoony, spicy, second-chance romance from USA Today bestselling author Adib Khorram about two former classmates... Genre: Romance - Romantic Comedy, Own Voices Published: September 02, 2025 Previous Rank: n/a Buy at Bookshop.org. Other Booksellers.
A screenshot from the game Tales of Symphonia. Two boys, one taller with brown hair wearing red clothes, the other shorter with blue-white hair and a blue shirt, look at a wooden signpost with an ugly Wanted Poster-style drawing of the red boy. The red boy, Lloyd, asks, "Am I this ugly?"
Nandor, a Persian vampire in an elaborate vest and coat, with long black hair and a beard, turns away down an elaborately decorated hallway while saying "Fucking guy."
a fucked up genAI image of the Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring original motion picture soundtrack on vinyl: A brown sleeve with an image from the movie on it, of three white men (one white haired, two dark haired) and two white women (one dark haired, one blonde), in fantasy garb. The faces are all weird, as are the hands.
An edited meme from Cunk on Earth. Philomena Cunk, a white woman with red hair wearing a suit, looks at an unseen interviewee. Text in top reads: "Which was more culturally significant," text in bottom reads "the Renaissance or the It Had To Be Him Preorder Bonus Scenes?"
Screenshots from Cunk on Earth. Philomena Cunk, a red-haired white woman in a suit, looks off camera. Top panel: "Which was more culturally significant," Bottom panel: "the Renaissance or [edited] the Dark Phoenix Saga?"
Scorpius, a white-faced villain in black leather mask and a Hawaiian shirt, says, "Kill her! Then we'll have pizza, and Margarita shooters" while raising two bottles of booze.
A modified meme of Lucille Bluth. Lucille, a white woman dressed nicely in a wealthy-looking apartment, holds a cup of tea. Caption reads "It's one first draft, Michael. How long could it take, ten weeks?"
a white man with light brown hair looking to the right. His forehead and neck have gone veiny with strain.
A screenshot from Star Trek. Left: Leonard McCoy, a white man with brown hair and an arched eyebrow and sardonic expression, in a blue tunic. Center: James Kirk, a white man with his arms crossed an expression of consternation, in a gold tunic. Right: Spock, a white Vulcan man with pointed ears, a black bowl cut, thin eyebrows, and a blue tunic, with a perplexed expression.
A Star Trek TNG Meme. Top: Commander Riker, a white man with a black beard, says, "You mean we could've seen this discourse a dozen times already?" Bottom: Commander La Forge, a Black man with a visor over his eyes, says, standing in front of a screen with a scientific looking graphic, says, "A dozen, a hundred, it's impossible to tell."
The title screen for Kingdom Hearts. Sora, a boy with brown spiky hair, stands on the shore looking into the distance. Text reads "Disney/Squaresoft. Kingdom Hearts. Developed by Squaresoft. New Game/Load." The Kingdom Hearts logo (an outline of a heart with a crown on top) sits behind the text.
Two men, one olive skinned, one white skinned, walk arm in arm gazing at each other longingly. Each holds a cup of gelato in his free hand. Behind them, prominent sights of Milan (the Duomo, the Galleria, a trolley) are set against a pink background with map lines. Text reads "IT HAD TO BE HIM by USA Today Bestselling Author Adib Khorram." Smaller text in the corner reads "Adib Khorram writes the perfect romance. - Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone, co-authors of A Merry Little Meet Cute"
Top: Philomena Cunk, a red haired white woman in a suit, looks alarmed as she says "But you'd have seen right up their bum holes..." Bottom: A crude photoshop job of the cover of It Had To Be Him (Two men walking arm-in-arm holding gelato and looking at each other longingly, over a pinkish background with Milan landmarks) over the face of a bewildered historian.
Two men, one olive skinned, one white skinned, walk arm in arm gazing at each other longingly. Each holds a cup of gelato in his free hand. Behind them, prominent sights of Milan (the Duomo, the Galleria, a trolley) are set against a pink background with map lines. Text reads "IT HAD TO BE HIM by USA Today Bestselling Author Adib Khorram." Smaller text in the corner reads "Adib Khorram writes the perfect romance. - Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone, co-authors of A Merry Little Meet Cute"
Wei Wuxian, a handsome man, looks suspiciously out of a hole in a cloth window
Pigs In Space! Dr. Strangepork (an old Muppet pig with bushy eyebrows), Link Hogthrob (a young handsome Muppet pig with blond hair), and Miss Piggy (a young beautiful Muppet pig with long blond hair) wear pink spacesuits.
Philomena Cunk, a red-headed white woman, looks to the right, bewildered, as she says, "But you'd have seen right up their bum holes..." On the right, a graphic reads "It Had To Be Him by Adib Khorram - Cover to be revealed." Below is a QR code to preorder.
The "Is this a bird" meme with A Gentleman's Gentleman crudely photoshopped in. An anime person with glasses points to a butterfly. Text reads "Is this a book launch?" Smaller text identifies the anime person as TJ Alexander. Even smaller text in the corner reads "(Artist's rendition)".
A fish-headed alien from Star Trek: The Next Generation with silver fishy skin, bulbous grey eyes, and a silver robe.
Yelgrun, a Vorta (an alien from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine with ear ridges, tall black hair, and purple eyes).
Philomena Cunk, a white woman with red hair in a dark suit, says, "No, 'cause my mate Paul said you could get 25% off with code PREORDER25." In the top right corner, a gray rectangle says "It Had To Be Him. Adib Khorram. Cover to be Revealed."
Philomena Cunk, a white woman with red hair wearing a plaid suit, stands in front of a sand dune. She says, "The Egyptians believed the most significant thing you could do in your life was preorder books." The cover of Tea is Love is in the corner—five children holding tea or teapots.
Auction graphic for Kidlit4Ceasefire Auction. "1 Hour Zoom AMA From Adib Khorram." The Palestinian flag and red, white, and black flowers are in three corners. In the bottom left is a photo of Adib Khorram, a bald man smiling at the camera, wearing a red and gray shirt.
A still from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Little Green Men." Quark, Rom, and Nog, three Ferengi (aliens with large foreheads and ears) look agog at each other.
A blue box of Cap'n Crunch "Oops! All Berries!" modified to say "Oops! All Yi City Arcs!". In place of the Cap'n is Xue Yang from the Untamed (a young Chinese man with a scar on his cheek and long black hair, looking angry).
A still from Best in Show. A blonde woman in a purple jacket with fur scarf stands eating from a bucket of popcorn, looking worried. Behind her is a stand advertising "Delicious Hot Pop Corn."
Black text reads "What're you doing here?. The orange cursor hovers at the end.
A still from the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Justice." A young, fit white woman and a young, fit white man in skimpy white outfits stand in front of trees, smiling at someone we can't see.
A gif from Arrested Development. Maeby, a young white girl, screams as her grandmother Lucille, a white woman in bandages and with her face puffy and red from plastic surgery, sips a martini glass and says "I'm thirsty."
An image of a tweet by Abstinence Enthusiast (@SortaBad) that reads: "Boy do I love sex. Really love putting my penis into some *looks at smudged writing on hand* verguba". Tweet is dated August 4, 2014 at 9:39pm. It has 11,336 retweets and 29,831 likes at the time of the screen capture.