Not Quite a Ghost
Coming January 16, 2024
From award-winning author Anne Ursu comes a dark, deeply-felt story of illness, of growing up, and of the ghosts that that lurk just beyond our sight—as well as the ones we carry with us.
The house seemed to sit apart from the others on Katydid Street, silent and alone, like it didn’t fit among them. For Violet Hart—whose family is about to move into the house on Katydid Street—very little felt like it fit anymore. Like their old home, suddenly too small since her mother remarried and the new baby arrived. Or Violet’s group of friends, which, since they started middle school, isn’t enough for Violet’s best friend, Paige. Everything seemed to be changing at once. But sometimes, Violet tells herself, change is okay.
About Anne
Anne Ursu is the author of acclaimed novels The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy, The Lost Girl, Breadcrumbs, and The Real Boy, among others. Her work has been selected as a National Book Award nominee, a Kirkus Prize finalist, and as a best book of the year by Parents Magazine, Publishers Weekly, Amazon.com, and School Library Journal. She lives in Minneapolis with her family and an unruly herd of cats. Her next book, Not Quite a Ghost, will be out in 2024.
Critiques & Mentorships
Anne has over a decade of experience working one on one with writers of books for young readers, as well as providing whole novel critiques. She loves helping writers (and their books) reach their full potential.
For manuscript critiques, she will write you a thorough editorial letter and provide comments within the document, as well as offer follow-up email conversations. Middle Grade or Young Adult Only.
Manuscript critique: $1000 + .02 per word
(Rates may vary for projects other than prose novels.)
Mentorships rates and structure upon request.
Visits
Anne does free twenty minute virtual visits with any group that has read one of her books. For other appearances, virtual and in person, please contact her for rates.
Contact
Media Contacts & Downloads
Mail for Anne:
c/o HarperChildrens
195 Broadway, 21st Floor
New York, NY 10007
For rights inquiries:
Elise Howard
De Fiore & Company
elise@defliterary.com
Publicity:
publicity@harpercollins.com
