Author: | Laurie Petrou | ISBN: | 9781683317180 |
Publisher: | Crooked Lane Books | Publication: | August 7, 2018 |
Imprint: | Crooked Lane Books | Language: | English |
Author: | Laurie Petrou |
ISBN: | 9781683317180 |
Publisher: | Crooked Lane Books |
Publication: | August 7, 2018 |
Imprint: | Crooked Lane Books |
Language: | English |
AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR: Before Sister of Mine was sold in the US and Canada, the novel won the inaugural Half the World Global Literati Award, an international $50,000 USD prize for the best unpublished novel featuring a female protagonist.
HOT PROJECT: Crooked Lane secured Sister of Mine and Laurie’s second book (a suspense novel about toxic female friendships) in a pre-empt, snatching it away from Grand Central and other big-five imprints.
INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATION: HarperCollins Canada will be publishing Sister of Mine in April 2018 as a one of their big books for Spring.
SAVVY SELF-PROMOTER AND TRAINED PUBLIC SPEAKER: Laurie received her PhD in Communication and Culture from Ryerson and York Universities, and teaches topics surrounding digital media, gender, and representation. She is a TEDx speaker, and the creator and co-creator of a number of multimedia works including audio, interactive and video pieces.
SMALL TOWN SUSPENSE: Readers are asking for more domestic suspense featuring twisted families and Laurie delivers with Sister of Mine, which follows two secret-keeping sisters living on the outskirts of a small, gossip-driven town and driven to terrible acts.
AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR: Before Sister of Mine was sold in the US and Canada, the novel won the inaugural Half the World Global Literati Award, an international $50,000 USD prize for the best unpublished novel featuring a female protagonist.
HOT PROJECT: Crooked Lane secured Sister of Mine and Laurie’s second book (a suspense novel about toxic female friendships) in a pre-empt, snatching it away from Grand Central and other big-five imprints.
INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATION: HarperCollins Canada will be publishing Sister of Mine in April 2018 as a one of their big books for Spring.
SAVVY SELF-PROMOTER AND TRAINED PUBLIC SPEAKER: Laurie received her PhD in Communication and Culture from Ryerson and York Universities, and teaches topics surrounding digital media, gender, and representation. She is a TEDx speaker, and the creator and co-creator of a number of multimedia works including audio, interactive and video pieces.
SMALL TOWN SUSPENSE: Readers are asking for more domestic suspense featuring twisted families and Laurie delivers with Sister of Mine, which follows two secret-keeping sisters living on the outskirts of a small, gossip-driven town and driven to terrible acts.