Sarah: Query | Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | TikTok | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound | Libro FM She spends her non-writing time watching David Attenborough documentaries and singing show-tunes too loudly, and she’s a lover of leather jackets, grizzly bears, and Colin Firth. Born and raised in Utah, she received an MFA in creative writing from Brigham Young University, and now lives in the midwest. Her first book, WHAT STARS ARE MADE OF, was an ALA Notable Book of 2020 and Whitney Award Winner, and her second, BREATHING UNDERWATER, was a Jr.

Her upcoming middle grade horror, THE NIGHTMARE HOUSE, releases in August of 2023. Sarah Allen is a poet and author of books for young readers. Middle Grade Author Sarah Allen joins Queries, Qualms, & Quirks this week to discuss coming up in the time of author blogs, being over eager, hundreds of rejections, being scared to write the book you want, leaving an agent, learning to be bolder, and balancing the boldness with kindness. Please use them if you’d like to support the show. If links aren't clickable, find them here: Rosiee: Query | Website | Twitter | Instagram | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound | Libro FM She is the author of Tarnished Are The Stars, Fire Becomes Her, The Meaning of Pride, and Life is Strange: Steph’s Story.

She lives in Oregon with a dog, two cats, and an abundance of plants. She spent her childhood reading by flashlight in the closet until she came out as queer. Rosiee Thor began her career as a storyteller by demanding to tell her mother bedtime stories instead of the other way around. Young Adult Author Rosiee Thor joins Queries, Qualms, & Quirks this week to discuss how failure is part of the process, teenage Marie Lu, Inkpop, signing with an agent who doesn’t represent her genre, feeling a bit stagnant, refusing to give up on publishing, and finding the groups that nourish instead of drain you.

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