The Barnes & Noble at Grossmont Center in La Mesa, CA is hosting me and Adalyn Grace on Friday, January 12, at 7pm! You can visit the event page for more information.

The Ripped Bodice in Culver City is hosting me and Akshaya Raman on Thursday, January 11! There will be a book signing to follow. This is a ticketed event that includes a copy of the book. You can get your ticket here.

Books Inc. Alameda will be hosting me and Katy Rose Pool on Wednesday, January 10 at 7pm! For more information, you can visit the event page.

Join me and my dear friend, Ava Reid, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning, to celebrate the launch of A Fragile Enchantment! We’ll be chatting, answering your questions, and signing books. This event is ticketed.

Get your ticket here!

Books Inc. Mountain View is thrilled to welcome Miranda Sun to the shop, for the launch of her debut YA novel, If I Have to be Haunted!

Miranda will be joined in conversation by beloved authors Allison Saft & Ava Reid.

Cemetery Boys meets Legendborn in this romantic YA contemporary fantasy debut that follows a teenage Chinese American ghost speaker who (reluctantly) makes a deal to raise her nemesis from the dead.

Cara Tang doesn’t want to be haunted.

Look, the dead have issues, and Cara has enough of her own. Her overbearing mother insists she be the “perfect” Chinese American daughter—which means suppressing her ghost-speaking powers—and she keeps getting into fights with Zacharias Coleson, the local golden boy whose smirk makes her want to set things on fire.

Then she stumbles across Zach’s dead body in the woods. He’s even more infuriating as a ghost, but Cara’s the only one who can see him—and save him.

Agreeing to resurrect him puts her at odds with her mother, draws her into a dangerous liminal world of monsters and magic—and worse, leaves her stuck with Zach. Yet as she and Zach grow closer, forced to depend on each other to survive, Cara finds the most terrifying thing is that she might not hate him so much after all.

Maybe this is why her mother warned her about ghosts.

Delightful and compulsively readable, this contemporary fantasy features a snarky voice, a magnetic enemies-to-lovers romance, and a spirited adventure through a magical, unpredictable world hidden within our own.

Books Inc. Pruneyard proudly welcomes back local author Kalyn Josephson for a pre-launch event celebrating her new YA Fantasy, This Dark Descent! 

Kalyn will be in conversation with fellow author Allison Saft.

Inspired by Jewish mythology, The Scorpio Races meets Peaky Blinders in this dual-POV YA fantasy by Kalyn Josephson where the daughter of a famous horse breeder, an unlicensed enchanter, and an ambitious heir must work together to win a cutthroat magical horserace.

The Rusel family is famous throughout Enderlain as breeders of enchanted horses, but their prestige is no match for their rising debts. To save her family's ranch, Mikira Rusel is left with only one option: enter the Illinir, a treacherous, cross-country horse race known for its high body count as much as its enticing prize money.

To have any chance of success, Mikira will have to recruit Arielle Kadar, a talented but unlicensed enchanter who creates golems in place of enchanted animals, and Damien Adair, a dashing young lord in the midst of a fierce succession battle. Both have mysterious reasons of their own to help Mikira -- as well as their own blood feuds to avenge.

Steeped in Jewish folklore, This Dark Descent is a beguiling new fantasy full of intrigue, romance, and pulse-pounding action. In a world as dangerous as this, will hidden agendas and conflicting desires butcher Mikira, Ari, and Damien's chances of winning the Illinir. . . or will another rider's dagger?

Kepler’s is overjoyed to host Ava Reid for the launch of their highly anticpated young adult debut novel A Study in Drowning!

In A Study in Drowning Reid's lyrical genius shines through, taking readers on a captivating journey that explores the myths we are told, the people we admire, and the unsettling unraveling of truths. Be prepared to be immersed in a tale that delves deep into the complexities of admiration and the consequences that unfold when cherished beliefs are called into question.

Through her exquisite storytelling abilities, Reid masterfully crafts a beautifully eerie narrative, weaving together elements of magic, mystery, and self-discovery. You will find yourself entangled in a web of emotions as you navigate the pages of this extraordinary book.

Ava Reid will be in conversation with Allison Saft, the New York Times and indie bestselling author of A Far Wilder Magic and Down Comes the Night. It’s going to be an epic night that you won’t want to miss. Grab your tickets now! 

I’ll be chatting with Andrew Joseph White about his next novel, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth!

Mors vincit omnia. Death conquers all.

London, 1883. The Veil between the living and dead has thinned. Violet-eyed mediums commune with spirits under the watchful eye of the Royal Speaker Society, and sixteen-year-old Silas Bell would rather rip out his violet eyes than become an obedient Speaker wife. According to Mother, he'll be married by the end of the year. It doesn't matter that he's needed a decade of tutors to hide his autism; that he practices surgery on slaughtered pigs; that he is a boy, not the girl the world insists on seeing.

After a failed attempt to escape an arranged marriage, Silas is diagnosed with Veil sickness--a mysterious disease sending violet-eyed women into madness--and shipped away to Braxton's Finishing School and Sanitorium. The facility is cold, the instructors merciless, and the students either bloom into eligible wives or disappear. When the ghosts of missing students start begging Silas for help, he decides to reach into Braxton's innards and expose its guts to the world--if the school doesn't break him first.

Featuring an autistic trans protagonist in a historical setting, Andrew Joseph White's much-anticipated sophomore novel does not back down from exposing the violence of the patriarchy and the harm inflicted on trans youth who are forced into conformity.

I’ll be in convesation with Skyla Ardnt to talk about her gorgeous debut, Together We Rot! It will be at Lion’s Mouth Bookstore in Green Bay, WI.

I’ll be chatting with my dear friend Ava Reid about their next book, Juniper & Thorn! Join us at Books Inc. Mountain View for an in-person celebration. For more details, click here.

Join us in celebrating Brigid’s new book, Forging Silver Into Stars! This event will be in person. For more details (and to register), you can visit this page.

FEATURING REBECCA PODOS, KATIE LOCKE, AVA REID, ADEN POLYDOROS, AND ALLISON SAFT

For more details, including how to register, visit this website!

For more details, visit this LA Times Festival of Books website!

I’m so excited to be chatting with the incredible Adrienne Tooley about her sophomore novel, Sofi and The Bone Song! You can register for this virtual event here.

Join me and Courtney Gould on Zoom for a discussion of a Far Wilder Magic hosted by Print: A Bookstore! For more details and to register for the event, visit this website.

Please join me and Amanda Foody, NYT-bestselling author of All of Us Villains and The Wilderlore series, on March 9! We’ll be hosted by Books & Books, and the event will be on Crowd Cast. For more details—and to register for the event—you can visit this webpage.

If you live in the Bay Area, please come by Books Inc. Palo Alto in Town and Country Village! I’ll be chatting with my friend, Ava Reid, the author of The Wolf and the Woodsman and Juniper & Thorn.

I’ll be speaking at the Escape the Plot Forest summit on Monday, October 18! It’s online and entirely free! You can register at the link below. My talk is called Wrangling Dual POVs.

“So, you've mastered story structure, having diligently studied frameworks like, say, Save the Cat or the Hero's Journey. But what happens to those frameworks when we add a second narrator? In this session, we'll discuss how to execute a dual-POV story using the story beats you're already familiar with. We'll also discuss how to craft the emotionally and thematically rich narratives that dual POV affords: ones where your protagonists are two sides of the same coin.”

https://forest.plotsummit.com/talks/dual-pov/

I’ll be moderating a panel with Tori Bovalino, Courtney Gould, and Sam Schill. Come hang out with us to discuss the frightening side of YA.

Register here!

I’ll be in conversation with P.C. & Kristin Cast to discuss their new release, Spells Trouble! For more information, including how to register for this event, visit the link here: https://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/pc-kristin-cast

A meet & greet at Books Inc., Mountain View: I’ll be signing copies of Down Comes the Night!

Come hang out with me and Christine Lynn Herman, the author of The Devouring Gray duology, on March 18 at 7pm Pacific! We’ll be hosted by Mysterious Galaxy, who are offering signed and personalized bookplates if you order a copy of Down Comes the Night through them.

I’ll be going live on the Books & Books Instagram account (@booksandbooks) with Audrey Coulthurst, the author of the Of Fire and Stars series! Please join us for an evening of talking about soft, bi heroines. We’ll also be taking questions and running a giveaway or two. There are signed bookplates available if you preorder from Books & Books!

This event will begin at 4pm Pacific/7pm Eastern. I hope to see you there!