THE RAVEN'S TALE Teaching Guide

Amulet Books just released an incredible teaching guide for The Raven's Tale!

If you teach Poe and/or Gothic literature units during the Halloween season—or if at any point in the school year you'd like to teach a novel about Edgar Allan Poe's life at the age of 17—please download the free guide (available in PDF format). It's packed with entertaining activities and assignments that explore Poe's life, poetry, Gothic lit, history, and creativity.

Huge thanks to high school English teacher Sarah Mulhern Gross of The Reading Zone for creating this guide!

⚜TEACHING GUIDE⚜
Download The Raven's Tale Teaching Guide as a PDF.

⚜AUTHOR VISITS⚜
I'm now booking school visits for the 2019-20 school year. If you're interested in having me come in to your school or library for a talk or writing workshops, please see my Author Visits page.

⚜ABOUT THE RAVEN'S TALE⚜

“This well-researched and darkly entertaining tale serves as an excellent introduction to Poe and his classic works.”
—Publishers Weekly

“Brooding, macabre, romantic, and surprisingly whimsical . . . a must-read for Poe fans and Poe newcomers alike.”
—Kendare Blake, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Three Dark Crowns series

“Several of Poe's most well-known works enhance the narrative, complemented by the author's own finely crafted writing that flows with gorgeous, Poe-inspired phrases . . .”
—Kirkus Reviews

“Winters’s smart, silvery, slithering prose finds beauty in the grotesque—and what is art if not that?”
—Daniel Kraus, co-author of the New York Times bestseller The Shape of Water

Seventeen-year-old Edgar Poe counts down the days until he can escape his foster family—the wealthy Allans of Richmond, Virginia. He hungers for his upcoming life as a student at a prestigious new university, almost as much as he longs to marry his beloved Elmira Royster. However, on the brink of his departure, all his plans go awry when a macabre muse steps out of the shadows with one request: "Let them see me!"

⚜ORDER THE RAVEN'S TALE ONLINE⚜
✎ = Signed Edition
A = Audiobook

✎ FOUNTAIN BOOKSTORE
AMAZON
BARNES & NOBLE
INDIEBOUND
POWELL'S
BOOK DEPOSITORY
INDIGO
BAM
AMAZON UK
KOBO
A - LIBRO.FM
A - AUDIBLE

(Raven animation: "Raven Sing," by luisbc)

THE RAVEN'S TALE Is Now on Audiobook

The audiobook edition of The Raven's Tale is now available from Recorded Books, and the narration is so good! I love it!

Audie Award–winning actor Michael Crouch brilliantly reads the part of seventeen-year-old Edgar Allan Poe, and Nicole Wood is beautifully spooky and poetic as Poe's awakening muse of the macabre, Lenore. You can listen to samples and download your copy at Libro.fm (which supports indie bookstores!), Audible, and other online stores.

Hopefully, copies of the audiobook will also start appearing in libraries soon—hopefully, in plenty of time for Halloween.

⚜ABOUT THE RAVEN'S TALE⚜

“Brooding, macabre, romantic, and surprisingly whimsical . . . a must-read for Poe fans and Poe newcomers alike.”
—Kendare Blake, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Three Dark Crowns series

“Several of Poe's most well-known works enhance the narrative, complemented by the author's own finely crafted writing that flows with gorgeous, Poe-inspired phrases . . .”
—Kirkus Reviews

“Winters’s smart, silvery, slithering prose finds beauty in the grotesque—and what is art if not that?”
—Daniel Kraus, co-author of the New York Times bestseller The Shape of Water

Seventeen-year-old Edgar Poe counts down the days until he can escape his foster family—the wealthy Allans of Richmond, Virginia. He hungers for his upcoming life as a student at a prestigious new university, almost as much as he longs to marry his beloved Elmira Royster. However, on the brink of his departure, all his plans go awry when a macabre muse steps out of the shadows with one request: "Let them see me!"

⚜ORDER THE RAVEN'S TALE ONLINE⚜
✎ = Signed Edition
A = Audiobook

✎ FOUNTAIN BOOKSTORE
✎ BOOKS OF WONDER
AMAZON
BARNES & NOBLE
INDIEBOUND
POWELL'S
BOOK DEPOSITORY
INDIGO
BAM
AMAZON UK
KOBO
A - LIBRO.FM
A - AUDIBLE

Signed Copies of THE RAVEN'S TALE & a TV Appearance

If you're interested in purchasing a signed copy of The Raven's Tale—my new novel about teenage Edgar Allan Poe—the following bookstores have made ordering autographed editions easy.

⚜SIGNED COPIES⚜

✎ Fountain Bookstore, Virginia

✎ Books of Wonder, New York

If you're unable to purchase a copy, I'm happy to report that numerous libraries across the U.S. have already ordered the novel for their shelves! Visit the WorldCat page for TheRaven's Tale to see if your nearest library is stocking the book. If they aren't, most libraries have online forms for requesting the purchase of new titles.

⚜TV INTERVIEW⚜

At the tail end of my April cross-country tour for The Raven's Tale, AM Northwest, a Portland TV show hosted by Helen Raptis, interviewed me about the book. You can watch what I had to say about writing a novel about the legendary Edgar Allan Poe.

⚜PRAISE FOR THE RAVEN'S TALE⚜

“ . . . well-researched and darkly entertaining . . .”
—Publishers Weekly

“Brooding, macabre, romantic, and surprisingly whimsical . . . a must-read for Poe fans and Poe newcomers alike.”
—Kendare Blake
#1 New York Times bestselling author of the Three Dark Crowns series

“A darkly delicious tale. ”
—Kerri Maniscalco
#1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Stalking Jack the Ripper series

“Winters’s smart, silvery, slithering prose finds beauty in the grotesque—and what is art if not that?”
—Daniel Kraus
Co-author of the New York Times bestseller The Shape of Water

“A captivating and intensively researched tribute to the famous poet and his Gothic muse.”
—A.G. Howard
Author of the international and New York Times bestselling Splintered series

“A labor of literary love that will appeal to fans of Gothic horror . . .”
—Kirkus Reviews

“A rattling good tale that is worthy of the master poet himself.”
—Dwight L. MacPherson
Author of The Imaginary Voyages of Edgar Allan Poe, co-host of The Raven Lunatics

“Eerie, macabre, and appropriately esoteric.”
—Booklist

“Haunting and inventive.”
—Leanna Renee Hieber
Award-winning author of Darker Still and Strangely Beautiful

“The Raven’s Tale transports readers to the haunted streets of Antebellum Richmond, the city that shaped the teenaged Poe’s melancholy outlook and inspired his chilling poetry.”
—Chris Semtner
Curator of the Edgar Allan Poe Museum, Richmond, Virginia

“A darkly seductive read, bringing a highly relatable Poe to life for the modern teenager.”
—Dawn Kurtagich
Award-winning author of The Dead House

“Teen fans of Poe’s poetry will learn about his life, and the included verses will create new fans.”
—School Library Journal

“Winters effectively infuses Poe’s macabre aesthetic into her fictional retelling of his life.”
—The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

⚜ORDER ONLINE⚜

AMAZON
BARNES & NOBLE
INDIEBOUND
POWELL'S
BOOK DEPOSITORY
INDIGO
BAM
AMAZON UK
KOBO

(Raven animation: "The Raven II," by luisbc)

THE RAVEN'S TALE - Release Day!

IT'S HERE!!!!

The Raven's Tale is officially out in the world in both hardcover and ebook formats! The novel explores how a troubled yet brilliant teenage boy transformed into the legendary Edgar Allan Poe.💀

I'm on the road all this week to promote the book (see my Events page).

Huge thanks to my team at Amulet Books/Abrams, including my highly talented editor, Maggie Lehrman, as well as my literary agent, Barbara Poelle!

⚜ORDER ONLINE⚜

AMAZON
BARNES & NOBLE
INDIEBOUND
POWELL'S
BOOK DEPOSITORY
INDIGO
BAM
AMAZON UK
KOBO

⚜PRAISE FOR THE RAVEN'S TALE⚜

“ . . . well-researched and darkly entertaining . . .”
—Publishers Weekly

“Brooding, macabre, romantic, and surprisingly whimsical . . . a must-read for Poe fans and Poe newcomers alike.”
—Kendare Blake
#1 New York Times bestselling author of the Three Dark Crowns series

“A darkly delicious tale. ”
—Kerri Maniscalco
#1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Stalking Jack the Ripper series

“Winters’s smart, silvery, slithering prose finds beauty in the grotesque—and what is art if not that?”
—Daniel Kraus
Co-author of the New York Times bestseller The Shape of Water

“A captivating and intensively researched tribute to the famous poet and his Gothic muse.”
—A.G. Howard
Author of the international and New York Times bestselling Splintered series

“A labor of literary love that will appeal to fans of Gothic horror . . .”
—Kirkus Reviews

“A rattling good tale that is worthy of the master poet himself.”
—Dwight L. MacPherson
Author of The Imaginary Voyages of Edgar Allan Poe, co-host of The Raven Lunatics

“Eerie, macabre, and appropriately esoteric.”
—Booklist

“Haunting and inventive.”
—Leanna Renee Hieber
Award-winning author of Darker Still and Strangely Beautiful

“The Raven’s Tale transports readers to the haunted streets of Antebellum Richmond, the city that shaped the teenaged Poe’s melancholy outlook and inspired his chilling poetry.”
—Chris Semtner
Curator of the Edgar Allan Poe Museum, Richmond, Virginia

“A darkly seductive read, bringing a highly relatable Poe to life for the modern teenager.”
—Dawn Kurtagich
Award-winning author of The Dead House

“Teen fans of Poe’s poetry will learn about his life, and the included verses will create new fans.”
—School Library Journal

“Winters effectively infuses Poe’s macabre aesthetic into her fictional retelling of his life.”
—The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

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Watch Cat Winters talk about The Raven's Tale on the Edgar Allan Poe web show The Raven Lunatics:

(Raven animations: "The Raven II" and "Raven Sing," by luisbc)

Special Pre-Order Offer for THE RAVEN'S TALE

Fountain Bookstore in Richmond, VA, has arranged for readers to pre-order signed, PERSONALIZED, first-edition hardcovers of The Raven's Tale, my new novel about teenage Edgar Allan Poe! You'll also receive a quill gel pen if you pre-order by April 15, 2019. Fountain Bookstore ships worldwide!

PRE-ORDER FROM FOUNTAIN BOOKSTORE HERE

If you live in the Richmond area, please come see me at The Poe Museum on Tuesday, April 16, 2019, at 6:30 pm. Fountain Bookstore will sell copies of The Raven's Tale at the event, and a portion of the evening's sales will go to support the museum.

I can't think of a better way to celebrate the release of this book than at a museum devoted to Edgar Allan Poe in the city where the iconic author spent his teenage years! Huge thanks to my publisher, Amulet Books/Abrams, for arranging the event and the pre-order offer.

☙ADVANCE PRAISE❧

“ . . . well-researched and darkly entertaining . . .” 
—Publishers Weekly

“Brooding, macabre, romantic, and surprisingly whimsical . . . a must-read for Poe fans and Poe newcomers alike.” 
—Kendare Blake
#1 New York Times bestselling author of the Three Dark Crowns series

“A darkly delicious tale.”
—Kerri Maniscalco
#1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Stalking Jack the Ripper series

“A labor of literary love that will appeal to fans of Gothic horror.”
—Kirkus Reviews

“Winters’s smart, silvery, slithering prose finds beauty in the grotesque—and what is art if not that?”
—Daniel Kraus
Co-author of the New York Times bestseller The Shape of Water

“A captivating and intensively researched tribute to the famous poet and his Gothic muse.”
—A.G. Howard
Author of the international and New York Times bestselling Splintered series

“The Raven’s Tale transports readers to the haunted streets of Antebellum Richmond, the city that shaped the teenaged Poe’s melancholy outlook and inspired his chilling poetry.”
—Chris Semtner
Curator of the Edgar Allan Poe Museum, Richmond, Virginia

“Eerie, macabre, and appropriately esoteric.”
—Booklist

“A rattling good tale that is worthy of the master poet himself.”
—Dwight L. MacPherson
Author of The Imaginary Voyages of Edgar Allan Poe, co-host of The Raven Lunatics

“Haunting and inventive.”
—Leanna Renee Hieber
Award-winning author of Darker Still and Strangely Beautiful

“Winters effectively infuses Poe’s macabre aesthetic into her fictional retelling of his life.”
—The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

MORE INFO

THE RAVEN'S TALE Tour

I'm going on tour for The Raven's Tale in April! Here are all the details.

☙❧

Saturday, April 13, 2019, 10:30 am

Los Angeles Times Festival of Books

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Panel - "Glow Up: Refreshed Favorites for Young Adults."

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Monday, April 15, 2019, 7:30 pm

WORD Brooklyn

126 Franklin St., Brooklyn, NY

A celebration of the release of THE RAVEN'S TALE on the eve of publication day. Cat Winters will be in conversation with Andrea Janes, owner and founder of Boroughs of the Dead.

☙❧

Tuesday, April 16, 2019, 6:00 pm

The Poe Museum

1914 East Main St., Richmond, VA

Launch day event for THE RAVEN'S TALE! Book sales by Fountain Bookstore. A portion of the evening's sales will go to The Poe Museum.

☙❧

Wednesday, April 17, to Thursday, April 18, 2019

Texas Library Association Annual Conference

Austin Convention Center, Austin, TX

Signing (April 17, 2:00-3:00 pm); panel - "Scream Out Loud: Caution, Contains Horror!" (April 18, 10:30 am).

(Registration required)

☙❧

Friday, April 19, 2019, 7:00 pm

Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing

3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd., Beaverton, OR

Hometown launch event for THE RAVEN'S TALE!


If you'd like to pre-order The Raven's Tale, I encourage you to support the indie bookstores that are graciously hosting me during the tour. Please note that the stores will not ship books until after the release of The Raven's Tale on April 16, 2019.

WORD • Fountain Bookstore • Powell's Books

Chapter Reveal: THE RAVEN'S TALE

In honor of Edgar Allan Poe's 210th birthday, my publisher, Abrams, has revealed the first chapter of The Raven's Tale, my upcoming novel about Poe's teenage years.

A little about the book:

Award-winning historical novelist Cat Winters pulls back the curtains on the early years of one of the world’s most iconic authors. Blending realism with gothic horror, poetry with prose, The Raven’s Tale travels through the Southern mansions, cemeteries, and dark psychological corridors that transformed a troubled yet brilliant teenage boy into the legendary Edgar Allan Poe.

To read the first chapter, head to PiqueBeyond.com.

For a limited time, Abrams is also giving away 25 galleys of the novel at Goodreads.

☙PRE-ORDER:❧

Amazon • Barnes & Noble • Powell's

IndieBound • Book Depository • Indigo
BAM • Amazon UK • Kobo

THE RAVEN'S TALE International Halloween Giveaway!

To celebrate my favorite time of year—and to launch the 6-month countdown to the April 2019 release of The Raven's Tale—I present to you my international Halloween giveaway! In case you haven't yet heard of this newest book of mine, The Raven's Tale is my novel about the teenage years of EDGAR ALLAN POE, master of the macabre.

HALLOWEEN GREETINGS PRIZE PACK

FIVE random winners will receive the Halloween Greetings Prize Pack, which includes signed "You're such a strange boy, Edgar" stickers, designed by author/designer Jenn Reese. The quote comes straight from the pages of The Raven's Tale.

In addition, each of these five Halloween Greetings Prize Pack winners will receive a personalized Halloween greeting from me, written inside a gorgeously Gothic Edgar Allan Poe-themed card, created by CuriousPortraits (the card designs vary and may not look like the one shown above).

💀💀💀

GRAND PRIZE PACK

ONE random grand prize winner will receive the Halloween Greetings Prize Pack plus a signed advance reading copy (ARC) of The Raven's Tale when ARCs become available later this fall!

The giveaway is open internationally. Please enter using the Rafflecopter below. You must be 18 years or older or have the permission of a parent or guardian. Deadline: The final strokes of midnight on Monday, October 15, 2018 (Pacific Time).

a Rafflecopter giveaway

☙PRE-ORDER:❧

Amazon • Barnes & Noble • Powell's

IndieBound • Book Depository • Indigo
BAM • Amazon UK • Kobo

☙ADVANCE PRAISE❧

“Winters’s smart, silvery, slithering prose finds beauty in the grotesque—and what is art if not that?”

—Daniel Kraus
Co-author of the New York Times bestseller The Shape of Water

“A captivating and intensively researched tribute to the famous poet and his Gothic muse. Against the tapestry of young Poe’s real-world struggles and tortured relationships, Winters weaves a macabre thread of surrealism through meter and rhyme—at times so dreamy in its rhythms and imagery, it teeters between hypnotic and horrifying.”

—A.G. Howard
Author of the international and New York Times bestselling Splintered Series

“Spellbinding, imaginative, whimsical, and unforgettable. A rattling good tale that is worthy of the master poet himself.” 

—Dwight L. MacPherson
Author of The Imaginary Voyages of Edgar Allan Poe, co-host of The Raven Lunatics

“Haunting and inventive, The Raven's Tale is a heady mix of history and imagination, offering an eerie, original, fantastical window into the man who would become a beloved muse for so many of us.”
—Leanna Renee Hieber
Award-winning author of Darker Still and Strangely Beautiful

“The Raven’s Tale transports readers to the haunted streets of Antebellum Richmond, the city that shaped the teenaged Poe’s melancholy outlook and inspired his chilling poetry.” 
—Chris Semtner
Curator of the Edgar Allan Poe Museum, Richmond, VA

(Raven animation: "Raven Sing," by luisbc)

First Blurb for THE RAVEN'S TALE

A finished version of the manuscript for The Raven's Tale is making its way to early readers.

I'm thrilled to share that one of those readers, comics creator Dwight L. MacPherson, has given the novel its first blurb:

“Spellbinding, imaginative, whimsical, and unforgettable. A rattling good tale that is worthy of the master poet himself.”
–Dwight L. MacPherson, author of The Imaginary Voyages of 
Edgar Allan Poe, co-host of The Raven Lunatics
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☙PRE-ORDER THE RAVEN'S TALE❧

Amazon • Barnes & Noble • Powell's

IndieBound • Book Depository • Indigo
BAM • Amazon UK • Kobo

Watch Dwight's interview with me on The Raven Lunatics:

THE RAVEN'S TALE Cover Reveal and Pre-order Links

Hardcover, ISBN 9781683354864

Bustle is generously hosting the exclusive cover reveal for The Raven's Tale, my upcoming novel about a year in the life of seventeen-year-old Edgar Allan Poe. To take a peek at the design—and to see my top three favorite Edgar Allan Poe stories—head to Bustle.com. The designer of the cover is Hana Anouk Nakamura, and the artist is Shane Rebenschied.

Pre-order options for the novel are also now available! If a link isn't working, it means the book hasn't yet appeared on the seller's site. I'll update this post as soon as the missing links go live.

☙PRE-ORDER:❧

Amazon • Barnes & Noble • Powell's

IndieBound • Book Depository • Indigo
BAM • Amazon UK • Kobo

About The Raven's Tale:

Seventeen-year-old Edgar Poe counts down the days until he can escape his foster family—the wealthy Allans of Richmond, Virginia. He hungers for his upcoming life as a student at the prestigious new university, almost as much as he longs to marry his beloved Elmira Royster. However, on the brink of his departure, all his plans go awry when a macabre Muse named Lenore appears to him. Muses are frightful creatures that lead artists down a path of ruin and disgrace, and no respectable person could possibly understand or accept them. But Lenore steps out of the shadows with one request: "Let them see me!"

The Raven's Tale will release from Abrams on April 16, 2019.

THE RAVEN'S TALE Has a Publication Date!

The Raven's Tale, my novel about teenage Edgar Allan Poe, has a publication date: April 16, 2019!

Look for the cover reveal during the week of August 13. Pre-order links will be available that same week.

More info soon!

Watch me talk about The Raven's Tale on the Edgar Allan Poe web show The Raven Lunatics:

THE RAVEN'S TALE: Latest News

I have a couple updates for The Raven's Tale, my upcoming novel about a year in the life of teenage Edgar Allan Poe!

☙ The Raven's Tale is currently slated to release in May 2019.

☙ The cover reveal is tentatively scheduled to go live in mid-August.

I'm still awaiting the next stage of revisions from my editor, so I don't have anything new to report in terms of the content of the book. The official catalog synopsis will likely debut at the same time as the cover . . . but I may have already slipped an early version of the summary on my Raven's Tale page as a bonus for visitors to my website.

Pre-order options aren't yet available; however, you can add the novel to Goodreads.

More soon!

My Guest Appearance on a Poe Web Show

I'm so thrilled to announce that I made a guest appearance on The Raven Lunatics, a web show devoted to all things Edgar Allan Poe. If you're arriving at my site because of the episode, welcome! I invite you to subscribe to my posts (see the subscription option at the bottom of the sidebar ⇘) and have a look around.

Amulet Books/Abrams will release The Raven's Tale, my upcoming novel about teenage Edgar Allan Poe, in Spring 2019. Pre-order options aren't yet available, but you can add the novel to your Goodreads shelf.

Thank you so much to comics creator Dwight L. MacPherson and Poe Museum curator Chris Semtner for interviewing me! It was an honor and a delight to appear on their show. 

THE RAVEN'S TALE Updates

I just wrapped up the first round of revisions for my newest book, The Raven's Tale—my novel about Edgar Allan Poe's teen years—which Amulet Books/Abrams will publish in Spring 2019. This was the editorial letter stage of the process, in which my editor, Maggie Lehrman, sent me her comments and suggestions for the book, and I revised the novel accordingly. I spent over 2 1/2 months gutting and rewriting about 70% of the manuscript—an intense yet, ultimately, exciting process—and I'm ecstatic to now have a little break.

Next up will be line edits, which will involve Maggie going through the entire manuscript and marking suggestions ranging from grammar fixes to additional story changes.

Because the plot of the book might still get affected by future revisions, I'll only share a few more details about the novel at this point.

• The Raven's Tale opens shortly after Edgar Allan Poe's 17th birthday in January 1826 and ends in May 1827 when he's 18.
• Poe himself is a point-of-view character, which has been a challenging but ridiculously fun and entertaining viewpoint to write. 
• I'm calling this book my "literary rock opera." As I've hinted before in an Instagram post, there are certain scenes in the novel that unfold like musical numbers.   

I haven't yet seen any signs of early cover plans for the book, but if the novel stays on track for a Spring 2019 publication, I'll probably get to look at a design this summer, and, of course, I'll share the finished cover as soon as I can!

Pre-order links aren't yet available, but you can go ahead and add The Raven's Tale to your Goodreads shelves.

Me and "Eddy" at The Poe Museum in Richmond, VA.

THE RAVEN'S TALE, My New Novel about Edgar Allan Poe's Teen Years

Last week on Bustle.com I announced my newest book: The Raven’s Tale, a dark and dreamlike novel about Edgar Allan Poe’s life when he was a troubled but promising teenage poet.

The events of The Raven’s Tale are pulled straight from Poe’s letters, biographies, and firsthand accounts from the people who knew him as a teen, and the book is populated by his real-life friends, foes, and family members . . . as well as his muse.

Yes, the mythical kind of muse.

The novel blends poetry with prose, realism with Poe-esque Gothic horror, and it portrays the obstacles that hindered young Edgar "Eddy" Poe's writing career and happiness.

Me at the site of Poe's home from ages 16 to 18.

This past October, I traveled to Poe’s teenage home of Richmond, Virginia, where I explored the fabulous Poe Museum and other Poe-related sites, such as the graveyards he visited and the church he attended that doubled as a tomb for seventy-two victims of an infamous 1811 theater fire. I also made a trip to his dorm room at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.

Poe shrine at the Poe Museum.

So much of Poe’s life has been tainted by character assassins who published false biographies of him, starting with lies printed in an obituary written by one of his literary rivals, the nineteenth-century editor and writer Rufus Wilmot Griswold.

My goal as an author is to introduce the world to the real Edgar Allan Poe as best I can. I think readers will be surprised to learn that he was an athletic young man filled with energy and a love of the outdoors, in addition to an angsty teen haunted by his homelife and the early deaths of two beautiful women who loved him in his youth.

Amulet Books/Abrams will release The Raven’s Tale in Spring 2019. I can’t wait to share more about the novel in the coming year!

For a little glimpse at what Poe was like as a teen, head to my article at Bustle, 10 Facts About Edgar Allan Poe That Will Completely Change How You Feel About The Mystery Writer.

To hear the music that inspired me during the writing of the initial draft, head to my Poe Spotify playlist. You can also take a peek at my Pinterest board for The Raven's Tale.

 

Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, VA

New Novel Announcement

I'm so excited to be able to announce my newest book, The Raven's Tale, a novel about Edgar Allan Poe's teenage years! Head to Bustle for the official announcement, which includes more details about the book and 10 strange and startling Poe facts in celebration of the iconic author's 209th birthday today. I'll post more info about The Raven's Tale over here next week.

The Raven's Tale on Goodreads