Angie Thomas and TLC

Bestselling Young Adult author Angie Thomas on how the late TLC performer Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes spoke to her at a very troubling point in her life.

Anissa Hidouk

Angie Thomas,author of the bestselling Young Adult book, The Hate U Give, grew up a TLC fanatic. But after dealing with serious bullying, she used TLC’s music —specifically the late Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes’s words —to support her.