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Courtney Summers is the author of several novels, including the breakout hit Sadie, which appeared on over 30 ‘Best of’ lists and was published in 26 territories. In 2018, Electric Literature proclaimed her “a master of the bitch” for her years of writing “nuanced, wrenching stories about angry [and] unlikable girls.” Her work has been released to critical acclaim, multiple starred reviews and has received numerous awards and honors, including the Edgar Award and the Odyssey Award. Courtney has reviewed for The New York Times and is the founder of the 2015 worldwide trending hashtag #ToTheGirls. She lives and writes in Canada.
Available 9.13.22 from Wednesday Books The new groundbreaking queer thriller from New York Times bestselling and Edgar-award Winning author Courtney Summers When sixteen-year-old Georgia Avis discovers the dead body of thirteen-year-old Ashley James, she teams up with Ashley's older sister, Nora, to find and bring the killer to justice before he strikes again. But their investigation throws Georgia into a world of unimaginable privilege and wealth, without conscience or consequence, and as Ashley’s killer closes in, Georgia will discover when money, power and beauty rule, it might not be a matter of who is guilty--but who is guiltiest. This is the world that enabled Jeffrey Epstein. I'm the Girl is coming for its throat. "I'm the Girl is a stunner--tender, raw, and compulsively readable. This is a gutsy novel, one that takes risks and turns toward darkness while maintaining a delicate vulnerability. Courtney Summers writes teenage girls with the complexity they deserve."
"I’m the Girl is an unflinching, electric examination of the patriarchal power we expect young women to confront at a time in their lives when every message we send tells them otherwise. Summers cuts into the constructs of beauty, sexuality, desire and girlhood in a way so few other writers do. A stirring, thought-provoking thriller."
"This is Courtney Summers doing what she does better than anybody--revealing truths beneath the surface of what we think we know. I’m the Girl captures the glittering allure of beauty as power and the insatiable need of the powerful to possess beautiful things."
"Bold, brave and unflinchingly visceral, I’m the Girl exposes the raw twitchy nerve at the emotional epicenter of girlhood with a message relevant for all ages: learning to understand the world in which we live doesn't mean caving to it. Summers is a singular voice, a feminist force, and a writer who plays by her own rules."
"A lightning bolt of a novel. Courtney Summers delivers a harrowing, hypnotic examination of feminine power, and feminine vulnerability; with unparalleled wit and masterful pacing, she explores the deadly cost of a young woman’s desire. I truly could not put this book down.”
"Courtney Summers is a master of the thriller. Rarely am I as riveted or breathless as when in the throes of a Courtney Summers book--but Summers does much more than entertain. She examines and dismantles what it means to be a young woman: the terror and the power, the truths that are difficult to look at. To read a Courtney Summers book is to read with one's heart in one's throat, to witness something important about our world. She's never let me down."
"Scorchingly smart and on point, Courtney Summers’ latest novel advances her even more fearlessly into the conversation about female autonomy, sexuality, and the damage wrought when young women try to win in a system rigged against them. Taut, unfiltered and unapologetically emotional, I’m the Girl digs in its nails and doesn’t let go."
Available now from Wednesday Books
The next pulls-no-punches thriller from New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author Courtney Summers, about an aspiring young journalist determined to save her sister from a cult. An Indie Bestseller
Named a Best book of 2021 by: Indigo, Kobo, Kirkus “The beauty of the story lies in its focus on the downtrodden, the vulnerable, and the earnest, expressed with an enormous amount of empathy. A powerful, suspenseful, and heartbreaking thriller about identity, sisterhood, and belonging.”
“Masterfully written and pulling no punches . . . Summers creates and sustains almost unbearable tension, exploring sacrifice, loss, forgiveness, miracles, surrender, grief, and lies. Readers will question the truth and everyone’s motivations in this world full of manipulation and mind games. A gripping, flawless psychological thriller ready to leave readers shattered.”
“[A] deeply disconcerting investigative thriller that seems unassuming but worms under the skin and into the mind . . . Winding questions of faith and sacrifice into an already fibrous plot, Summers presents a rich offering that lingers even as it shocks.”
“A must-read . . . a sure hit for anyone who prizes tautly crafted, emotionally driven suspense.”
“[F]ew have done what Summers does here: create ambiguity, humanize those involved [and] painstakingly blur the line between loving care and abusive control . . . Yes, The Project will ruin your day. Yes, you want it to.”
“A twisty plot that’s full of hooks.”
All film and subrights inquiries for The Project should be directed to Faye Bender at The Book Group.
Published 2018 by Wednesday Books
A New York Times Bestseller * An Indie Bestseller * A BookExpo America Buzz Pick Top 3 Kids Indie Next Pick * A Junior Library Guild Selection * Barnes & Noble Monthly Pick (September 2020) 6 starred reviews: Kirkus, PW, Booklist (audio & print), SLJ, Shelf Awareness
WINNER: OLA White Pine Award, 2020 * Edgar Award, 2019 * John Spray Mystery Award, 2019 * Odyssey Award, 2019 * Audie Award (YA), 2019 * Cybils Award, 2018 FINALIST: Goodreads Choice Awards, 2018 (Runner-Up) * Audie Award (multi-voiced), 2019
Named a Best book of 2019 by: Readings (International Edition) Named a Best Book of 2018 by: Amazon, Autostraddle, Barnes & Noble, B&N Teen Blog, Books-A-Million, Bookbub, Bookpage, The Boston Globe, Bustle, Buzzfeed, CBC, Chicago Public Library, Criminal Element, The Fandom, Forever Young Adult, Globe and Mail, Good Morning America, Google Play, Hypable, Indigo, Kirkus, Kobo, A Mighty Girl, NPR, Paste Magazine, PopSugar, Publishers Weekly, Quill & Quire, School Library Journal, She Reads, and Shelf Awareness Named a Best Audiobook of 2018 by: Google Play, Kobo, Paste Magazine and School Library Journal Named a Best Teen Book of the Decade and Best 100 Teen Book of All Time by Indigo
A TAYSHAS Reading List Selection, 2020 A 2019 ALA Top 10 Quick Pick, Top 10 Amazing Audiobook, Best Fiction for YAs Title and Amelia Bloomer Title A Bank Street College Best of 2019 Title A Booklist Top 10 YA Book for Adult Readers, 2018
The Girls, a limited series podcast based on the novel Sadie is available for download on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, Spotify or the podcast platform of your choice. Just search 'The Girls' and hit subscribe! https://static.macmillan.com/static/smp/sadie/
Released February 4th, 2020 by Wednesday Books A reissue of New York Times bestselling author Courtney Summers's award-winning debut! Featuring a redesigned cover, updated text and new foreword from the author. More information. |
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I'M THE GIRL | Wednesday Books, St. Martin's Press | September 13th, 2022
THE PROJECT | Wednesday Books, St. Martin's Press | February 2nd, 2021 CRACKED UP TO BE (reissue) | Wednesday Books, St. Martin's Press | February 4th, 2020 SADIE | Wednesday Books, St. Martin's Press | September 4th, 2018 |
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THE PROJECT (2021)
* An Indie Bestseller * The #1 Spring 2021 Kids' Indie Next Pick * A 2022 ITW Thriller Award Finalist in the Young Adult category * A 2022 Audie Award Finalist in the Young Adult category * A Rolling Stone Magazine Top Culture Pick of the Month (March '21) * A Junior Library Guild Selection * An Amazon Best YA Book of the Month (Feb '21) * A Peter Monn Book Club Pick (Feb '21) * 3 starred reviews (Booklist, Kirkus, School Library Journal) * An Indigo Best YA Book of 2021 * A Kirkus Best YA of 2021 * A Kobo Top 20 Kids & YA Pick of 2021 * A 2022 TAYSHAS Selection * A 2022 OLA Best Bet Selection Foreign Editions: Brazil (Vergara & Riba), Estonia (Rahva Raamat), Russia (Eksmo), Spain (Galera), Turkey (Penguen Kitap Kaset) SADIE (2018)
ALL THE RAGE (2015)
THIS IS NOT A TEST (2012)
FALL FOR ANYTHING (2011)
SOME GIRLS ARE (2010)
CRACKED UP TO BE (2009)
NOTE: Foreign rights inquiries for Sadie, All the Rage, This is Not a Test, Fall for Anything, Some Girls Are and Cracked Up to Be only should be directed to Taryn Fagerness at the Taryn Fagerness Agency Foreign rights for The Project and work released after 2021: Faye Bender at The Book Group. |
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