When my grandmother first immigrated to America from southern China, she worked as a seamstress sewing slippers and blouses to help raise three children and supplement my grandfather’s income as a cook. What originally began as a whimsical story about an enchanted dress became a far more personal narrative, about a young seamstress determined to rise above the expectations set upon her by her culture, society, and times - with a dash of magic and romance for good measure. I turned to drafting Spin The Dawn, and over the summer I crafted the book I’d always wanted to read. As the rejections for that book came in, I slowly, slowly overcame my doubts about whether I was good enough to be a writer by working on a new story. I began writing it during the summer of 2016 while I was on sub with a different young adult fantasy, one that ultimately did not sell. Spin The Dawn is a very special book to me. I am beyond thrilled to be revealing the cover of Spin The Dawn on Pop! Goes the Reader! Hi everyone! I’ve been waiting for this moment for ages, and now that it’s finally here I just want to jump up and down with excitement.
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