Just a few days before the music starts …

On Tuesday, my new novel, Slow Dance, will officially enter the world.

I’m nervous. I’m always nervous at this point. I always feel like I’m starting over. I really feel that way this time, after writing a trilogy.

Slow Dance is about a man and a woman -- Cary and Shiloh -- who were best friends in high school but FOR SOME REASON haven't spoken in 14 years. It's set in Omaha, in the real world, in the 1990s and early aughts.

When I finished Slow Dance, I told my husband (and my agent and my therapist) that I felt like I'd written a big juicy cheeseburger of a book. Like, the kind of book I could hand to almost anyone. I think it's the most romantic thing I've ever written, and it feels the most expansive somehow -- maybe because you get to see the characters fall in love at 18 and again at 33. You get to know them in a fundamental way.

If you like my other adult books, I think you'll like Slow Dance. But the vibes are probably closest to Eleanor & Park. I've been thinking of it as E&P's spiritual elder sibling.

You can preorder Slow Dance here. If you want a personalized copy, hit up the Bookworm, my local indie bookstore. 

If you order by Monday, July 29th, at midnight, definitely submit your receipt here and get a cute Slow Dance charm. 

I'll be going on tour next week. So If you're in New York, Boston, Nashville, St. Louis, L.A. or Omaha -- come see me! I'm planning to bring some Simon Snow prints and pins from the DFTBA store, and I think the events will be fun. I feel pretty emotional about it all. These are almost exactly the same cities I visited for the Wayward Son tour, right before Covid. 

I really appreciate you reading my books over the years, and following me from one part of the bookstore (or library) to another. Writing books has brought so many wonderful people into my life.