Everything You Need to Know About My Next Novel!

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It’s almost six months before my next novel comes out on Aug. 19. Lessons in Magic and Disaster is my first novel for adults in ages, and I’m tremendously proud of it. I poured so much of my heart into this book (but don’t worry, I put down tarps first.)

What’s it about? Jamie is a grad student in English lit, but she’s also a witch. Her mother, Serena, has been hiding from the world in an old one-room schoolhouse for nearly seven years, ever since Serena’s wife died and...