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Pen name and a new book!
I published The Girl in Duluth under the name Sigrid Brown, but my real name is Cheri Johnson. I’m excited to announce that I have a new book, Annika Rose, coming out under my real name on May 21, 2024. It’s being published by Red Hen Press.
Genre-wise, Annika Rose sits more squarely in the category of literary fiction than The Girl in Duluth. However, it’s also got a lot of mystery and suspense. In Annika Rose, I re-tell the story of Ira Levin's Rosemary's Baby in northern Minnesota, with a kind of feminist twist. There’s no supernatural element, but the story is told through the eyes of the weird and wild Annika Rose, one of my favorite characters I’ve ever created; she’s very dear to me. Some of the characters and storylines also hearken back to stories from Ovid’s Metamorphoses: in particular, the stories in which divine entities go after and rape mortal women (an element they have in common with Rosemary's Baby).
In early 2024, we’ll be holding a Goodreads Giveaway for Annika Rose. Follow my Cheri Johnson author profile, where I’ll post an announcement about the giveaway and other news about the book!
Genre-wise, Annika Rose sits more squarely in the category of literary fiction than The Girl in Duluth. However, it’s also got a lot of mystery and suspense. In Annika Rose, I re-tell the story of Ira Levin's Rosemary's Baby in northern Minnesota, with a kind of feminist twist. There’s no supernatural element, but the story is told through the eyes of the weird and wild Annika Rose, one of my favorite characters I’ve ever created; she’s very dear to me. Some of the characters and storylines also hearken back to stories from Ovid’s Metamorphoses: in particular, the stories in which divine entities go after and rape mortal women (an element they have in common with Rosemary's Baby).
In early 2024, we’ll be holding a Goodreads Giveaway for Annika Rose. Follow my Cheri Johnson author profile, where I’ll post an announcement about the giveaway and other news about the book!
