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Author: nova

HOUSE WHERE DEATH LIVES horror anthology reveal

Posted on November 21, 2023November 21, 2023 by nova

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!

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FORESHADOW Story & Craft Anthology Now on Sale!

Posted on October 30, 2020 by nova

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…

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The Print Edition of the FORESHADOW Short Story Project Coming Fall 2020

Posted on April 9, 2020April 9, 2020 by nova

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.

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Paste Magazine Named THE WALLS AROUND US One of the Best YA Novels of the Decade

Posted on October 30, 2019April 8, 2020 by nova

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.

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Short Story in IT’S A WHOLE SPIEL: LOVE, LATKES, AND OTHER JEWISH STORIES

Posted on September 17, 2019April 8, 2020 by nova

In September 2019, a brand-new anthology of YA short stories by Jewish writers was published, and my own story, “Twelve Frames,” was included! It’s a Whole Spiel: Love, Latkes, and Other Jewish Stories was edited by Katherine Locke and Laura Silverman.

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Locus Praises A ROOM AWAY FROM THE WOLVES

Posted on December 8, 2018April 8, 2020 by nova

Collen Mondor reviewed A Room Away from the Wolves in the December 2018 issue of Locus, and there is nothing like feeling fully understood and honored by a review as this one did for me.

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NPR Says A ROOM AWAY FROM THE WOLVES “Makes The Gothic Bitingly Modern”

Posted on September 18, 2018September 18, 2018 by nova

In the midst of release week, I was surprised by a new review of A Room Away from the Wolves from NPR! I don’t usually read reviews, but I happened to read this one, and I came away feeling very understood.

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Releasing A ROOM AWAY FROM THE WOLVES into the Wild

Posted on September 18, 2018September 18, 2018 by nova

My fifth novel is out in the world! I was so thrilled to celebrate the release of A Room Away from the Wolves at a some wonderful bookstores during release week, and with so many wonderful people! 

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Applications Open for the 2019 Djerassi YA Novel Workshop

Posted on September 18, 2018September 18, 2018 by nova

Would you like to do a writing retreat with me next year? The 2019 YA Novel Workshop at the beautiful Djerassi Resident Artists Program in California will be May 4–10, and I’m seeking 10 YA writers to join me!

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Where to See Me This Fall and Celebrate A ROOM AWAY FROM THE WOLVES

Posted on September 3, 2018 by nova

My new book is out September 4, and I’ll be traveling around this fall to help promote it! I’ll be launching the book in NYC and Philly, and then doing events in Boston, Rhinebeck, Woodstock, Providence, Austin, Dallas, and more!

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Introducing FORESHADOW, A New YA Short Story Publication

Posted on September 3, 2018 by nova

There’s a new venue to publish YA short stories, a project of my heart! Together with Emily X.R. Pan, we created FORESHADOW: A Serial YA Anthology and we’ve launched our debut issue and a fundraiser to pay all our contributors!

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A Story of Mine in TOIL & TROUBLE: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft

Posted on September 3, 2018 by nova

My dream to write about witches has come true! Now on sale and available wherever books are sold is Toil & Trouble, a fantastic YA anthology full of feminist stories about witches, edited by Jessica Spotswood and Tess Sharpe.

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