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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

Figment Recommended Book of the Week

Posted on July 23, 2011 by nova

Imaginary Girls was the Recommended Book of the Week on Figment this past week! More→

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July’s Featured Author for School & Library Visits

Posted on July 10, 2011 by nova

I’m the featured author for July on the Penguin Young Readers Authors Appearances page on the Teachers & Librarians site!

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FAQ Added to Website

Posted on July 4, 2011 by nova

For a long time I’ve been collecting questions and answers to include on a comprehensive FAQ for this website. Well, finally I’ve put up the FAQ, which you’ll find in the menu bar.

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Now on Sale in Australia & New Zealand

Posted on June 30, 2011 by nova

It’s July 1 in Australia, and the ANZ edition of Imaginary Girls (published by Pier 9 / Murdoch Books) is available in stores now! I just celebrated my US pub date two weeks ago, so it’s thrilling to get to have another pub day so soon! More→

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IMAGINARY GIRLS on Blog Tour

Posted on June 21, 2011 by nova

Imaginary Girls is out on blog tour as we speak… and you can follow along. At each stop on the tour, I’ll be revealing a new secret about the book. Plus you’ll have multiple chances to win signed hardcovers! More→

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Launch Week Excitement: Books of Wonder! Signing Stock! The Fourth Starred Review! CAKE!

Posted on June 17, 2011 by nova

This was the launch week of Imaginary Girls, a week I’ve been excitedly and anxiously awaiting ever since the book sold, and I still can barely believe it’s here. 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: