Starred Review from Publishers Weekly
I was delighted and honored by this news late last week: Wake the Wild Creatures received a starred review… from Publishers Weekly!
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Cover Art for WAKE THE WILD CREATURES
Wake the Wild Creatures is coming May 6 from Little, Brown and here’s the beautiful dream of a cover, illustrated by Adele Leyris, and designed by Sasha Illingworth…
Novel Title Reveal: WAKE THE WILD CREATURES
My new novel is called Wake the Wild Creatures and it’s coming Summer 2025 from Little, Brown! The book was just announced in Publishers Weekly‘s Rights Report, and this is the first day I’ve ever revealed the title publicly!
New Author Newsletter with Bonus Content for Writers
I’ve just launched my new official author newsletter, and you can subscribe right now to get news on my upcoming novel and much more. Plus starting in September there will be premium content for fellow writers!
THE HOUSE WHERE DEATH LIVES Now On Sale!
Something disturbingly haunting has opened its doors! The House Where Death Lives, the YA horror anthology containing one of my stories, is now available in bookstores.
Online YA Novel Class with Fine Arts Work Center
I’m bringing back my Crafting the Young Adult Novel class with 24PearlStreet, which is Fine Arts Work Center’s online home for writers. This 4-week course is enrolling right now, and discounts and scholarships are available!
New Novel coming in 2025!
Soon I will have an announcement about my next book! All I can say right now is that it’s a YA novel and it’s coming from Little, Brown* in Summer 2025!
Character Craft in YA Fiction Seminar with Tin House
Working on a YA novel? I have a new online seminar this spring with Tin House and we are now accepting applications! Apply now! Admissions are rolling. The scholarship deadline has been extended to April 12!
HOUSE WHERE DEATH LIVES horror anthology reveal
There’s a new frightening anthology coming your way, and I have a short story in it: The House Where Death Lives is a unique collection of stories all set in a horror-filled room of a house, and the ferocious cover has just been revealed!
FORESHADOW Story & Craft Anthology Now on Sale!
Foreshadow: Stories to Celebrate the Magic of Reading and Writing YA is now in print, published by Algonquin Young Readers in October. This book, co-edited with Emily X.R. Pan, is so much more than an ordinary short story anthology…
The Print Edition of the FORESHADOW Short Story Project Coming Fall 2020
Our online project FORESHADOW: A Serial YA Anthology is coming to print! In October, Algonquin YR will publish Foreshadow: Stories to Celebrate the Magic of Reading and Writing YA, featuring 13 stories by new voices paired with craft talks by me & Emily X.R. Pan.
Paste Magazine Named THE WALLS AROUND US One of the Best YA Novels of the Decade
What an honor and incredible surprise to find my novel The Walls Around Us featured on this list of “The 30 Best Young Adult Novels of the 2010s” from Paste Magazine.