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Alysa Wishingrad writes fantastical stories for young readers, tales that ask; is the truth really true? Her favorite stories are those that meld the historical with the fantastic, and that find ways to shine a light on both the things that divide and unite us all.

She is the author of Between Monsters and Marvels and The Verdigris Pawn, which was a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection.

Alysa lives in the Hudson Valley with her family and two demanding rescue dogs, who are either monsters or marvels, depending on the day.

You can find her at www.alysawishingrad.com
Twitter at @awishingrad
Instagram at @alysawishingradwrites.
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Alysa Wishingrad I'm working on two more upper MG fantasies. They both take place in quasi-historical times and places.
One takes place in a time that looks like 1910's…more
I'm working on two more upper MG fantasies. They both take place in quasi-historical times and places.
One takes place in a time that looks like 1910's -it begins on an Island enclave, something like Mackinaw Island, then moves to an industrialized city on the Mainland. There's a mystery, monsters, and one girl's search for the truth about her home and the monsters that once roamed there.

The second takes place in the late 1910's and begins in a land that looks a lot like Russia of that time, then the action moves to an Island that could be Cuba before moving on to America. There's magic and a lot of peril in this journey story
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The Verdigris Pawn

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