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Nova Ren Suma

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Literature & Fiction, Young Adult, Children's Books

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Nova Ren Suma is the author of the YA novels THE WALLS AROUND US as well as the YA novels IMAGINARY GIRLS and 17 & GONE, which were both named 2014 Outstanding Books for the College Bound by YALSA. Her middle-grade novel, DANI NOIR, was reissued for a YA audience under the title FADE OUT. She has a BA in writing & photography from Antioch College and an MFA in fiction from Columbia University and has been awarded fiction fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, the Djerassi Resident Artists Program, the Millay Colony, and an NEA fellowship for a residency at the Hambidge Center. She worked for years behind the scenes in publishing, at places such as HarperCollins, Penguin, Marvel Comics, an ...more

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Chasing Dreams, Literary Magazines, and Why Not Now?

[image error]Today I’m thinking about chasing long-held dreams and finally stopping all the excuses and the, “I’ll do it tomorrow.” Or “Next year.” Or the vague but still hopeful “One day.” You see, this is a thing I do to myself, and have been doing for years. I have dreams of writing certain novels. Of moving somewhere new. Of so much more. But I keep putting them off. I keep getting overwhel...

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Average rating: 3.69 · 27,452 ratings · 5,940 reviews · 14 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Walls Around Us 3.73 avg rating — 8,230 ratings — published 2015 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Imaginary Girls 3.44 avg rating — 6,995 ratings — published 2011 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	17 & Gone 3.66 avg rating — 3,017 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Room Away From the Wolves 3.32 avg rating — 927 ratings — published 2018 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dani Noir 3.66 avg rating — 506 ratings — published 2009 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Walls Around Us: Special Preview - The First 7 Chapters plus Bonus Material 3.87 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mury wokół nas 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Slasher Girls & Monster Boys by April Genevieve Tucholke (Editor and Contributor), Stefan Bachmann (Goodreads Author) , Leigh Bardugo (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 6,581 ratings — published 2015 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Here We Are: Feminism for the Real World by Kelly Jensen (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kody Keplinger (Goodreads Author) , Anne Thériault 4.09 avg rating — 1,435 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft 3.70 avg rating — 2,351 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The story you choose to tell isn't always the story you believe.”
― Nova Ren Suma, Imaginary Girls

tags: mystery

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“Sometimes a perfect memory can be ruined if put to words.”
― Nova Ren Suma, Imaginary Girls

tags: memories

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“There's something ugly about a pretty boy who knows he's pretty and assumes everyone else know it too.”
― Nova Ren Suma, Imaginary Girls

tags: conceit, vanity

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