YOUNG ADULT FANTASY AUTHOR

SAMANTHA CROUCH

Samantha Crouch graduated from Baylor University with a BA in Professional Writing and Rhetoric paired with minors in Corporate Communications and Creative Writing. She's surrounded herself with her passion for stories as much as possible, demonstrated by her former roles as Co-Editor-in-Chief for Baylor's literary magazine and bookseller/communications coordinator for Fabled Bookshop & Cafe. She is a lover of coming of age stories set in dark fantasy worlds and currently lives in Colorado, where she works in Marketing, participates as an SCBWI member, and volunteers for the Gaithersburg Book Festival.

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Young Adult Fantasy

THE GILDED & THE CURSED

SHADOW & BONE x THIS RAGING SEAWhen an immortal acrobat strikes a bargain with the enemy princess holding her captive to untangle her string theory-inspired magic, she unleashes a splintered, past version of herself determined to rid the realm of the princess’ deceitful people. But as her understanding of both sides of a morally grey war expands and her feelings for the princess deepen, the cursed origins of both people compels her to become the thread that connects ancient forces before her world—and her consciousness—are torn in half.

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YOUNG ADULT FANTASY

THE PRINCE OF DAWN

MULAN x AN EMBER IN THE ASHESA moon-blessed wilding girl must infiltrate the twisted kingdom she once called home and participate in its annual horseball tournament to awaken her magical counterpart--the only way to prevent her darkness-plagued brother from poisoning the realm.

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