April Genevieve Tucholke
April Genevieve Tucholke | |
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Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | American |
Period | 2013–present |
Genre | Young adult and Gothic and Mystery |
Notable works | |
Notable awards | YALSA Top 10 Teens Choice |
Website | |
apriltucholke |
April Genevieve Tucholke is an American young adult author based in Oregon. She is best known for the Gothic horror novel Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea and its sequel Between the Spark and the Burn, as well as a dark young adult mystery novel Wink Poppy Midnight all published by Penguin Books
Biography
Tucholke grew up on a farm in the Midwest and has since lived in a variety of places, including Colorado, North Carolina, Massachusetts, and Scotland. She currently lives in Bend, Oregon.[1]
Tucholke is represented by Joanna Volpe of New Leaf Literary, who offered representation within 24 hours of receiving the manuscript for Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea.[2] The book sold to Penguin's imprint Dial, who purchased the book in a pre-emptive deal.
Tucholke curated the anthology Slasher Girls & Monster Boys (Penguin, 2015), and her third novel Wink Poppy Midnight was published by Penguin Books in 2016.
Works
Duology
Stand-alones
- Wink Poppy Midnight (2016)
Anthologies
- Slasher Girls & Monster Boys (2015)
Book awards
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
- 2014 YALSA Teens Top Ten award selection
- 2014 Kentucky Blue Grass Award nominee
- 2014 Westchester Fiction Award, Honorable Mention
References
- ↑ "April Genevieve Tucholke's website". Retrieved September 20, 2014.
- ↑ "Query Series: April Tucholke and Joanna Volpe". YA Highway. May 24, 2013. Retrieved September 20, 2014.