Margie Fuston

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Margie Fuston
Born California, USA
Occupationnovelist
LanguageEnglish
Genre young adult fiction
Years active2021- now
Notable worksVampires, 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.

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Career

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]

Accolades

Vampires, Hearts, and other Dead Things was a finalist for the 2022 William C. Morris Award. [1]

Personal life

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]

Publications

References

  1. 1 2 "2022 Morris Award". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 2022-12-13. Archived from the original on 2023-09-03. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
  2. 1 2 Petree, Abby (2021-08-24). "'Vampires, Hearts, and Other Dead Things' interview: Margie Fuston shares her love of vampires and New Orleans". The Young Folks. Archived from the original on 2022-12-02. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
  3. ↑ "Rights Report: Week of August 8, 2022". Publishers Weekly . 2022-08-09. Archived from the original on 2023-08-31. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
  4. ↑ "Vampires, Hearts & Other Dead Things by Margie Fuston". Publishers Weekly . 2021-06-17. Archived from the original on 2021-09-24. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
  5. ↑ "Vampires, Hearts, and Other Dead Things". Kirkus Reviews . 2021-06-10. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
  6. ↑ "Cruel Illusions by Margie Fuston". Publishers Weekly . 2022-10-20. Archived from the original on 2023-02-21. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
  7. ↑ Spisak, April (December 2022). "Cruel Illusions by Margie Fuston" . The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books . 76 (4): 123–124. doi:10.1353/bcc.2022.0592. ISSN   1558-6766.
  8. ↑ "The Revenant Games". Kirkus Reviews . 2023-12-06. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
  9. ↑ "The Revenant Games by Margie Fuston". Publishers Weekly . 2024-01-04. Retrieved 2024-01-05.
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