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Joy Preble

Born:
Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: Joy grew up in Chicago and attended Northwestern University.

Biography: Joy was a former English teacher who now lives in Houston and writes full time.


Awards:

Primary Literary Genre(s): Fiction; Mystery; Romance

Primary Audience(s): Young adult readers

Email: joypreble@gmail.com
Website: http://www.joypreble.com/
Joy Preble on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=joy+preble


Selected Titles

Anastasia forever /
ISBN: 1402268750 OCLC: 776490385

Sourcebooks Fire, Naperville, Ill. : ©2012.

No one ever knew what happened to Anastasia excerpt her half-brother Victor; and he wants to keep it that way. Anne just wants a normal boyfriend and a normal family, not visions of the past, no evil mermaids or Brotherhood trying to kill her. Ethan has been eighteen for nearly half a century, and finding Anne is the best thing that's ever happened to him. But the magic in his blood is turning darker. What will happen?

Anastasia forever :
ISBN: 9781402268779 OCLC: 794664710

Sourcebooks, Naperville : 2012.

Praise for Haunted: Spooky, sassy, sinister, and sexy!--Cynthia Leitich Smith, New York Times bestselling author Is it possible to change the past? Anastasia No one ever knew what happened to her except her half-brother, Viktor--and he'll do anything to keep it that way. Anne She just wants a normal boyfriend, a normal family-no visions of the past, no evil mermaids, no Brotherhood trying to kill her. But Anne is not normal ... and she's capable of a lot more than she thinks. Ethan He's been eighteen for nearly a century, and finding Anne is the best thing that's ever happened to him. But the ma.

Dreaming Anastasia /
ISBN: 1402218176 OCLC: 426389557

Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, Naperville : ©2009.

In alternating voices, sixteen-year-old Chicagoan Anne and handsome, magical Ethan tell of their fated quest to rescue Russian Grand Duchess Anastasia, who tells of her long captivity in the hut of legendary witch Baba Yaga.

Haunted /
ISBN: 1402244681 OCLC: 696831107

Sourcebooks Fire, Naperville, Ill. : ©2011.

A mysterious stranger is hunting Anne wherever she goes. No one sees her but Anne. When she searches for the woman's identity, Anne exposes secrets about her own life--things that will change her life forever. And when the gorgeous Ethan returns, her life gets a lot more complicated. Anne thought her journey with the Romanov family had ended, but it was just the beginning ...

  The A-word
ISBN: 1616954892 OCLC: 879582430

The A-word /
ISBN: 1616952903 OCLC: 856977579

While on the verge of getting her first boyfriend, fifteen-year-old Jenna tries to solve an angel's murder, discover the secrets of another angel, and help her brother, a guardian angel with adjustment issues.

The sweet dead life /
ISBN: 1616951508 OCLC: 808215965

Soho Teen, New York : 2013.

After dying in a car accident, fourteen-year-old Jenna's older brother returns as an angel to help Jenna solve a mystery that not only holds the key to her survival, but also to their mother's mysterious depression and their father's disappearance.

  The sweet dead life :
ISBN: 9781624605116 OCLC: 842363120

AudioGO, [North Kingstown, R.I.] : 2013.

After dying in a car accident, fourteen-year-old Jenna's older brother returns as an angel to help Jenna solve a mystery that not only holds the key to her survival, but also to their mother's mysterious depression and their father's disappearance.

 

 

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