A Boy Like Me Revisited
I wrote and revised A Boy Like Me during the first year of Grub Street’s Novel Incubator program. Two years later, on September 4, 2014, the book was published by 215 Ink. During the summer of 2024, Mike Perkins approached…
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Spies, Love on the Margins, and “The History of Lost Things” in Hesse Phillips’ Debut Novel, Lightborne
In their enthralling debut historical novel Lightborne, Hesse Phillips brings to life the last dangerous days of famed Elizabethan playwright and poet, the outspoken and provocative Christopher Marlowe. In his time, and to this day, audiences and readers captivated by…
Meet Susan R. Greenway, Debut Author of the Middle Grade Novel, Elephant Touch
Time and again, animals have shown humans how our hardships can deepen our connections with others, rather than leading us to withdraw into ourselves. In Susan R. Greenway’s debut middle grade novel, Elephant Touch, Quinn visits an elephant sanctuary in…
In her debut novel, MK Pagano turns up the heat on mystery and teen romance
Two murders, one year apart leaves 18-year old Addie Blackwood out of suspects for who is responsible for ending her prodigy sister’s life. GIRLS WHO BURN launches today and is a summertime scorcher full of young love and teen anger….
John Copenhaver Discusses his new McCarthy-Era Mystery, Hall of Mirrors
Set in post-World-War-II Washington D.C., during the McCarthy era and the Lavender Scare, John Copenhaver’s Hall of Mirrors, is a fast-paced mystery that tells the story of a young lesbian couple, Judy Nightingale and Philippa Watson, whose passion for each…
Meet Shi Naseer, Author of The Cry of the Silkworm
Shi Naseer’s debut novel, The Cry of the Silkworm, is a spellbinding coming-of-age and revenge story about a young woman grappling with the trauma and loss she endured growing up under China’s one-child policy, in a small rural village where…