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Courtney Summers

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Courtney Summers is the author of several novels, including the breakout hit Sadie, which appeared on over 30 ‘Best of’ lists and was published in 26 territories. In 2018, Electric Literature proclaimed her “a master of the bitch” for her years of writing “nuanced, wrenching stories about angry [and] unlikable girls.” Her work has been released to critical acclaim, multiple starred reviews and has received numerous awards and honors, including the Edgar Award and the Odyssey Award. Courtney has reviewed for The New York Times and is the founder of the 2015 worldwide trending hashtag #ToTheGirls. She lives and writes in Canada. You can follow her on Instagram and subscribe to her newsletter. ...more

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Courtney Summers Thank you for all your kind words and sorry for the delay in response!!! I'm currently working on my next book and as soon as I've got news to share a…moreThank you for all your kind words and sorry for the delay in response!!! I'm currently working on my next book and as soon as I've got news to share about it, I absolutely will. As for a sequel to Please Remain Calm, I'm getting the sense from the questions I get about it I should start seriously considering it... :) (less)
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Thank you so much! I'm so happy to hear it worked for you. :)

Something that always struck me in a lot of zombie apocalypse stories was that many of their protagonists possess this incredible will to survive. They might have moments of self-doubt and despair, but they work past it and fight their way through. But what if you didn't? What if that's just not how you were built? I started thinking about what it would be like to explore an apocalypse through the eyes of someone who didn't want to survive anymore and with that, Sloane's story started coming into place.

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"*4.75 stars*

This novel manages to flare up such deep-rooted anger in me, it makes me want to tear down the entire fucking world with my bare hands.

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“The sooner you make a mistake and learn to live with it, the better. You're not responsible for everything. You can't control the way things end up.”
Courtney Summers, Cracked Up to Be

“People don't change. They just get better at hiding who they really are.”
Courtney Summers, Sadie

“How does it feel to know that even at my worst, you're still not good enough?”
Courtney Summers, Cracked Up to Be

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