In the beginning, there was this:

Which is so beautiful, I may have cried when I first laid eyes on it.

And now, exactly a year later, coming this Thursday, June 14, a new side to Imaginary Girls is being shown in paperback, and it’s darker, and fits the story just as much as the first cover did, and you will find it on sale this week! It looks especially gorgeous in person:

Check out the book’s newly redesigned website, too:

www.imaginarygirlsbook.com

Let me tell you: Imaginary Girls is unabashedly the book of my heart. It’s also the book that got me an agent and the chance to work with my dream editor. It’s my first YA novel, and the outcome of my big writing Turning Point. But most of all, it’s written for a very important person in my life, my baby sister.

If you haven’t read the book yet—or if you have and want the new look—I hope you’ll consider picking it up in paperback. And come back tomorrow for a chance to win a signed and personalized copy of the paperback. Tomorrow’s giveaway will be international!