There’s only a handful of authors whose insightfulness I admire as much as I admire Sarah Skilton right now, most of them Australian.

Plus, there's a giveaway of a signed hardcover copy of BRUISED. Find her on twitter: The Nocturnal Library: Sarah Skilton talks about how she sees her main character, Imogen. She loves to read coming-of-age novels, effed up memoirs, and edgy non-fiction.

She's never been sawed in half, but there's still time. Sarah and her husband, a magician, live in Southern California with their son. Her first mystery for adults was CLUB DECEPTION (Grand Central), about the magicians who belong to an exclusive underground magic club in Los Angeles, and the women who love, inspire, or control them. Sarah is a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, a fact that came in handy while writing her martial arts-themed debut YA novel, BRUISED (Amulet Books), which received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, and which the Horn Book called 'nuanced and honest.' Her second YA novel, HIGH AND DRY (Amulet Books), was called 'A dark, well-constructed mystery with a strong voice' by Kirkus. Latest solo release: FAME ADJACENT, a romantic comedy about the sole cast member of a 1990s song-and-dance show who didn't become famous. Out Now: GHOSTING: A LOVE STORY, a romantic comedy in the vein of Set it Up, You've Got Mail, and The Hating Game, co-authored by Sarvenaz Tash under the pen name Tash Skilton. Out Now: HOLLYWOOD ENDING, a friends-to-lovers rom-com co-authored by Sarvenaz Tash under the pen name Tash Skilton FEBRUARY 2022: SUMMER IN THE CITY, a three-book anthology co-authored with Priscilla Oliveras and Lori Wilde, is on sale for $1.99 digitally right now! My novella is 'Mind Games,' and it's a hate-to-love, second chance romance set during a magic show in NYC.

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