Two weeks from today, my new book, Wake, Siren will come out...

Two weeks from today, my new book, Wake, Siren will come out from FSG Originals. It re-tells Ovid’s Metamorphoses from the perspective of the female figures transformed.

Some kind words have been said about it.

Kelly Link wrote, “Old myths translated into bright and glorious colors. I loved this.”

Heidi Julavits wrote, “Wake, Siren is the book I’ve been waiting for since I was ten years old and reading The D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths. Savage,
cheeky, incisively aware of the social-domestic-economical-political
thorninesses that prick (and mortally or immortally wound) interactions
between power unequals, MacLaughlin opens a pressure valve that’s been
sealed shut for centuries. With Wake, Siren, MacLaughlin proves she is a writer of unparalleled versatility, formal daring, and political imagination.”

Kirkus, in a starred review, called it, “vital, vivid, and angry.”

Shelf Awareness used the words, “vivid” “wrenching” “urgent” a “gutsy reimagining,” and “the raw, smart, outspoken result practically sears the readers hands.”

It’s available for pre-order now, and I’ll be on the road a little bit doing some readings as fall gives way to winter. I hope you’ll take a look when it arrives in the world later this month.

You can find out more information here.