Hi, I am a big fan of your books and was thrilled when I just saw that you followed me back! The Darkest Powers & Darkness Rising trilogies are by far my favorite reads and I look forward to and was wondering about any new upcoming books you may be working

Next up in YA is the Age of Legends trilogy, starting with Sea of Shadows (click title for details)

I need a decent logline for it. Right now, I just call it “high fantasy based on medieval Japan.” That doesn’t say anything about the actual plot, which goes something like “So, there are these 16-year-old twin girls, who guard the Forest of the Dead, where the empire’s worst criminals are exiled, and every year, they need to placate the spirits of the dead exiles, and this is the first year they do it alone and things go HORRIBLY AWRY (and, though, it’s not actually their fault, they need to deal with the consequences)” Yeah, I need a much snappier logline :)

It’s YA, but not “young YA.” Combine Japan & high fantasy and you get swords, lots of swords, meaning lots of blood and a high body count. The violence is on level with my adult work. So…not intended for 11 year olds.