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Executive Editor at Quill Tree Books/Harper Children’s. Mom to humans/cats/a dog. Aspiring photographer. TV addict. Girl with a sweet tooth.

On the fringe...always
Joined May 2009
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Readers, do the thing! If you’re a Barnes & Noble Member or Premium Member, today is YOUR DAY, babes. You can save 25% if you preorder THE FOREST DEMANDS ITS DUE (and so many other baller titles) now through 9/ 8. barnesandnoble.com/w/the-for…
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**COVER REVEAL!!** TAKE ME TO LAOLAO, illo @EvieZhu1, is a festive tale of intergenerational love, CNY Lantern Festival, Chinese mythology feat. a talking Dragon! Out Jan. 9, 2024 w @QuillTreeBooks! @CapChapReads, @HarperChildrens Pre-order links now live!
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Check out #TheSharpEdgeofSilence, a timely YA contemporary set in an Elite New England boarding school by @ckellyrose! #booktwt
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What's happening, you ask? THIS! I'm thrilled to celebrate the launch of my second book this TUESDAY! My first book launched during the shutdown phase of the pandemic, so...woohoo!!🤸🤸🤸
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MERCI SUAREZ+FISH IN A TREE Marigold dreads the HUGE NM Figueroa Thanksgiving. To navigate it, she must: Face a rowdy prima sleepover Keep extroverted Mama happy Interview intimidating Abuelo for school Not freak out (again) Oh, and be herself. No problem. #LatinxPitch #MG
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Dead at 16, Luz Huerta NEEDS to crossover to the afterlife. Alas, she is stuck at The Pit Stop until she can get her Ward,18yo Henry, out of his daily time loop & convince him he’s dead—-before both their souls fade forever.😱⌛️ THE GOOD PLACE X GROUNDHOG DAY #Latinxpitch #YA
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The House on Mango Street + I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter #YA Rosa Mexicanx follows a fat teen who loses her availability to sing when her best friend dies. She embarks on an epic grief journey at the border. #latinxpitch #borderlands #LatinxPitch
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Ya ONLY MURDERS x DARK PLACES When Elle Palacio's Youtuber brother fails to show up at the True Crime convention he was signed on as a guest, she teams up w/his crime junkie fans & travels back to her hometown to unravel the truth behind his disappearance #Latinxpitch #YA #T
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Hawaiian CIRCE for #YA A myth retelling of Pele, our fav messy volcano goddess, & sister Hiʻiaka ft: 🔥 Toxically close, divine sisterhood ✨Slow-burn sapphic love and will-kill-for-you femme friendship 🐍 Epic mo'o battles, ancient island imagery, and FOOD #DVPit #F #LGBT #NV
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DESI SQUID GAME x 1001 nights The sands have secrets. When an ancient magical city rises in the desert, strangers are chosen to compete in a night of horrifying challenges. Winning means saving the world from an angry deity, but losing the one you love. #OWN #POC #YA #F #DVPit
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Looking forward to seeing you! Sign up for this free non-fiction biography virtual panel below!
Join us tomorrow, friends, for our next PICTURE BOOK BIOGRAPHIES panel! We are so excited to be chatting with @meganhoytwrites Gregory Bonsignore, @cmcdonnellbooks Robyn McGrath, and @patricia_writer ✨📚️ Tune in at the link below: crowdcast.io/e/picturebookbi…
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Join me for a free virtual book launch this eve @ 6pm CT with @TheWritingBarn and @BethanyHegedus! I vow to offer many cute manatee pictures and facts. 💙 Register here: thewritingbarn.regfox.com/fr…
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AHHHHH the arcs for my book are here and theyre so beautiful 🥰📚✨🌈 gr: bit.ly/IICGYT preorder: linktr.ee/IICGYT
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ICYMI... My cover! 😍@_mollyfehr is the talented cover designer who PERFECTLY captured the ominous vibe in my 2nd book baby! Thank you, Molly, and the lovely @CapChapReads, editor extraordinaire at @QuillTreeBooks.
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🥁Hey #WritingCommunity-- I'm so happy to be sharing my gorgeous new cover later today that I'm also doing a 10 pp #kidlit critique #Giveaway!🤸‍♀️ To enter RT and follow or comment. Friday sucked but it's a new day, and my book is about empowering girls.
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ok. well. here’s that video of me seeing copies of my book for the first time. it was 1am and i just got off the plane, so no one is allowed to judge how i look here. also my mom is recording so ull hear a lot from her. anyway u shld preorder my book: linktr.ee/IICGYT
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👀🎉COVER REVEAL on Friday! My second YA The Sharp Edge of Silence (April '23) is part boarding school thriller, part romance, part coming of age story, and I wrote it with my whole entire heart. The cover is stunning! #amwriting #WritingCommunity #kidlit #rowing #metoo
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Friendly reminder that theres an ARC giveaway going on right now for my new book, see the link below~
For fans of Click and Brave, this touching coming-of-age graphic novel debut follows an autistic girl who lives a double life as a masked YouTube star! 📚 Enter our @goodreads #giveaway for a chance to win an ARC of Speak Up! by @theorah! fal.cn/3pmpx
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Psyched to have The Stepping Off Place on this great list! 17 Books That Will Have You On TikTok Sobbing Uncontrollably epicreads.com/blog/sobbing-o… via @EpicReads
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