New York Times bestselling author Livia Blackburne is a Chinese American author who wrote her first novel while researching the neuroscience of reading at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Since then, she's switched to full time writing, which also involves getting into people's heads but without the help of a three tesla MRI scanner. She is the author of The Midnight Thief (an Indies Introduce New Voices selection) and Rosemarked (a YALSA Teens Top Ten nominee), as well as the picture book I Dream of Popo, which received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Kirkus.
"Readers will find the characters engaging, and they will have a
sense of the intriguing tribal histories behind them. A dark tale
filled with tension and secrets and lightened by two brave
companions."--Kirkus Reviews
Praise for Rosemarked:
An Amazon Best Book of November 2017
YALSA Teens Top Ten Nominee
Tome Society It List Nominee
Truman Award Final Nominee 2019-2020
"Blackburne's latest is an engaging, mesmerizing read. With a
clever, unique, premise, readers will be drawn into this story from
the start."--RT Book Reviews
"Readers will be rewarded with an intricately choreographed
conclusion and a high-stakes cliffhanger that sets up a sequel.
Arguments against prejudice share the page with questions of faith
in the face of tragedy. "--Publishers Weekly
"This is a fast-paced, well-written, can't-put-down fantasy that
will appeal to a wide audience."--SLJ
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