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The first big review for The Pale Queen, and it's glowing! Kirkus calls the story "enchanting."

You can read the full review here

And you can preorder the graphic novel here before it hits shelves this June!

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Thanks for spotlighting them! I adore my spooky, literary child

Trans Character of the Day

Nev Tallow from Deephaven is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns!

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I'm thrilled to reveal the cover for SCRIMSHAW, my new gothic horror novel and the next Deephaven Mystery!

Guinevere "Nev" Tallow and Danny Harper discover an old skull with prophecies of doom etched into its teeth. As the predictions start to come true, the friends must race against time to unravel the secret behind the sinister origins of the skull before it's too late.

The illustrated mystery lands on shelves this September, reserve your copy now at your local bookstore!

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I'm thrilled to reveal the cover for SCRIMSHAW, my new gothic horror novel and the next Deephaven Mystery!

Guinevere "Nev" Tallow and Danny Harper discover an old skull with prophecies of doom etched into its teeth. As the predictions start to come true, the friends must race against time to unravel the secret behind the sinister origins of the skull before it's too late.

The illustrated mystery lands on shelves this September, reserve your copy now at your local bookstore!

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What brand of water colour do you use?

I tried artist loft brand, but it's super gritty.

I typically use Holbein watercolors! They're not super cheap, but not super expensive either. The colors stay nice and vivid and I find it paints on very smooth. I've used them to paint my last two graphic novels.

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My author copies of The Pale Queen have arrived! The book looks stunning and the colors are so vivid! It's always an incredible feeling to hold a book I made for the first time.

The Pale Queen is on shelves this June. If you like the sound of a queer dark fairy tale about dangerous bargains, old myths, new love, and at least one weird little guy, please preorder wherever you get books!

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The house keeps its own secrets.

Based on my illustrated gothic horror series, the Deephaven Mysteries! The first book is on shelves now, with a new mystery coming this September that you can preorder wherever you get books!

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The house keeps its own secrets.

Based on my illustrated gothic horror series, the Deephaven Mysteries! The first book is on shelves now, with a new mystery coming this September that you can preorder wherever you get books!

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i didnt know you were gay. me too yippee :D

Yippee!

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New Author photo!

I've needed an updated one for awhile, and this portrait turned out suitability mysterious to go on the back of all the gothic books I've got coming out.

Photo credit to Matthew Soler (my husband!)

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And of course, here's the final with text! Preordering books you're interested in is one of the best times to help it land on bestseller lists, in library collections, and on bookstore shelves. Support the book (and me!) by reserving your copy now! http://linktr.ee/thepalequeen

The full wraparound cover painting for The Pale Queen, my queer dark fairy tale comic.

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The full wraparound cover painting for The Pale Queen, my queer dark fairy tale comic.

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Concept sketch for the Beast of the East Wing, from my illustrated gothic horror novel Deephaven

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Sketch of a toasted croissant

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Hi! Is The Pale Queen a solo book or will it be a part of a series?

Good question! The Pale Queen is a standalone, self-contained graphic novel. I wanted to tell a straightforward kind of fairy tale, and I'm pretty happy with the end result.

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I AM THAT IS

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I AM THAT IS