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Praise for Imaginary Girls

Eerie and gripping and told with lush and inviting scenes, Imaginary Girls will haunt its readers. An intensely vivid portrayal of love and no-choice loyalty and power that has no easy answers. –Aimee Bender, author of The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake

A surreal little nightmare in book form. I just loved it. Nova Ren Suma’s voice is unique and riveting, and so is the indelible Ruby, who dominates the reader from the very first page. It’s the book everyone will be dying to talk about. –Nancy Werlin, author of Impossible and Extraordinary

A surreal and dreamy world where magical thinking is carried to a chilling extreme. Suma uses the story’s supernatural horror movie–ready elements in the best of ways; beneath all the strangeness lies beauty, along with a powerful statement about the devotion between sisters. –Publishers Weekly (starred review)

A sexy, surreal, and touching exploration of the outer limits of sisterly love’s power.… This glittering puzzle box of a story about the exertion of one girl’s will over life and death is as moving as it is creepy. –Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

A strange, passionate tribute to sisterly bonds and an ominous, delicious tale that’ll scare everybody away from swimming for the summer, if not eternity. –The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review)

Imaginary Girls will submerge its readers in an eeriness and intensity not often felt in YA literature. –BookPage

…An atmospheric piece that draws readers in and holds them through unexpected developments. –School Library Journal (starred review)

There are ominous undertones to Nova Ren Suma’s poetic young-adult debut… With Imaginary Girls, Suma offers an atmospheric and creepy take on the life-and-death desperation of dysfunctional sibling love. –The Los Angeles Times

Just hold on tight, channel your inner Shirley Jackson, and immerse yourself in one subtle and twisted sibling relationship, courtesy of Nova Ren Suma. Imaginary Girls is one original dark tale and a read I doubt I will forget. –Bookslut

Photos from Recent Events

Posted on November 16, 2011 by nova

I finished up a few fall appearances and want to thank the bookstores and library that hosted me for recent events…

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2012 Residency at Djerassi

Posted on September 18, 2011 by nova

I’m excited to announce that I was awarded a residency at the Djerassi Resident Artists Program in Woodside, California, for the upcoming 2012 season! More→

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Radio & Podcast Interviews Available Online

Posted on September 18, 2011 by nova

There are two places where you can hear me talking about Imaginary Girls online—one in a podcast and one on the radio.

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WriteOnCon Conference Post on Magical Realism

Posted on September 18, 2011 by nova

I was excited to be considered faculty at this year’s WriteOnCon online writing conference, and I’d love to share the post I wrote here.

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Audio Book Coming in January!

Posted on August 3, 2011 by nova

I’m excited to announce that an audio book of Imaginary Girls will be available very soon—this January!

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Two August Events: Montrose CA & Rhinebeck NY

Posted on July 31, 2011 by nova

I have two great book events coming up this August that I wanted to share. The first is in the Los Angeles area on August 7 and the second is in the Hudson Valley on August 14. More→

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Imaginary Girls
Fade Out / Dani Noir

Imaginary Girls

YA (ages 14+) • Available in hardcover & ebook in the US & Canada from Dutton.

Paperback edition with new cover forthcoming June 14, 2012, from Speak/Penguin. Order your copy today:

Available now in Australia & New Zealand from Pier 9 / Murdoch Books

Fade Out / Dani Noir

Originally published as Dani Noir in 2009 by Aladdin/Simon & Schuster. Now newly updated and retitled as Fade Out for the YA shelves from Simon Pulse

Fade Out is forthcoming in paperback June 5, 2012. Order now: