Margie Fuston | |
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Born | California, USA |
Occupation | novelist |
Language | English |
Genre | young adult fiction |
Years active | 2021- now |
Notable works | Vampires, Hearts, and other Dead Things |
Website | |
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Margie Fuston is an American writer of young adult fiction. She is best known for her debut novel, Vampires, Hearts, and other Dead Things, which was a finalist for the 2022 William C. Morris Award.
Fuston's debut, Vampires, Hearts, and other Dead Things, was released in August 2021 by Margaret K. McElderry Books, an imprint of Simon and Schuster. It is about a teen girl taking a trip to New Orleans with the aim of finding a vampire to save her dying father. It was a finalist for the 2022 William C. Morris Award in 2022, ultimately won by Angeline Boulley for Firekeeper's Daughter. [1] Fuston says that after experiencing loss at a young age, she was "obsessed" with finding out when she'd lose the next person, and thus developed an interest in vampire lore. [2]
Her next novel, Cruel Illusions, is about a girl becoming a vampire hunter following her mother's murder by a vampire. It was released by Margaret K. McElderry Books in November 2022.
Her third novel, The Revenant Games, pitched as All of Us Villains meets Kingdom of the Wicked , is a young adult fantasy about a girl entering a competition between warring witch and vampire kingdoms. It will be published in March 2024 by Margaret K. McElderry Books. [3]
Vampires, Hearts, and other Dead Things was a finalist for the 2022 William C. Morris Award. [1]
Some of Fuston's favorite media include vampires, including The Vampire Diaries , What We Do in the Shadows , A Girl Walks Home at Night, and Underworld . [2]
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