MK Pagano writes stories about messy girls, mayhem, and murder.
Her debut novel, standalone YA thriller GIRLS WHO BURN is out NOW in the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, Australia, Singapore, the Philippines, and more. GIRLS WHO BURN is also out in France under the title NOS ÂMES CONSUMÉES, and will soon be out in Germany under the title DEAD GIRLS DON’T DANCE.
Her sophomore novel, DEAD IN THE WATER, another standalone YA thriller-romance, will be out April 2027 from Penguin Teen.
She is represented by Barbara Poelle of Word One Literary. When she’s not busy pondering the angst of fictional people, she can be found reading (from her own TBR and that of her children), dreaming of restoring an old French chateau, and wandering the weirder parts of New Jersey, where she currently resides with her family.
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