Rory Power grew up in Boston, received her undergraduate degree at Middlebury College, and went on to earn an MA in prose fiction from the University of East Anglia. She lives in Massachusetts. Her first novel is the New York Times bestseller Wilder Girls. To learn more about Rory, go to itsrorypower.com and follow @itsrorypower on Twitter and Instagram.
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! A New York Public Library Best
Book of the Year
Power's evocative, haunting, and occasionally gruesome debut
will challenge readers to ignore its bewitching presence.
--Booklist, starred review This gritty, lush debut
chronicling psychological and environmental tipping points...weaves
a chilling narrative that disrupts readers' expectations
through an expertly crafted, slow-burn reveal of the deadly
consequences of climate change....Part survival thriller, part
post-apocalyptic romance, and part ecocritical feminist manifesto,
a staggering gut punch of a book. --Kirkus Reviews,
starred review An ode to empowering women and a testament to the
strength of female bonds....Far more than just an unsettling horror
story, this powerful debut novel about a strange disease at
an all-girls boarding school explores female empowerment,
friendship and survival with tenacity and brilliance. --Shelf
Awareness, starred review
"Electric prose, compelling relationships, and visceral
horror illuminate Power's incisive debut...[and its]
environmental and feminist themes are resonant, particularly the
immeasurable costs of experimentation on female bodies, and the
power of female solidarity and resilience amid ecological and
political turmoil." --Publishers Weekly, starred review
Tightly coiled narration moves between quietly reserved to
vividly but coldly detailed, doubling the horror.
--Bulletin Your new favorite book. --Cosmopolitan
"Everything about this thrilling, unnerving debut will make
you want to immediately read it. For fans of Mindy McGinnis and
Gillian French." --Paste "Wilder Girls is so
sharp and packs so much emotion in such wise ways. I'm convinced
we're about to witness the emergence of a major new literary
star." --Jeff VanderMeer, author of the New York
Times bestseller Annihilation
Wilder Girls is the bold, imaginative, emotionally
wrenching horror novel of my dreams--one that celebrates the
resilience of girls and the earthshaking power of their
friendships. An eerie, unforgettable triumph. --Claire Legrand,
New York Times bestselling author of Furyborn "A
nightmarish survival story that's as much literary fiction as
it is young adult...I couldn't look away. --Casey McQuiston, New
York Times bestselling author of Red, White, and Royal
Blue The eeriness of Raxter Island permeates every scene, and
Rory Power's characters are fierce and honest, blazing from the
pages. This is a groundbreaking speculative story--brutal
and beautiful, raw and unflinching. I adored this book.
--Emily Suvada, author of This Mortal Coil A
feminist, LGBT+, sci-fi-horror story with all the
tantalizing elements of gore, mystery, war, and love you can
ask for. Real, flawed, brave girls against a world gone mad.
A shudderingly good read!" --Dawn Kurtagich, author
of Teeth in the Mist
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