Love Songs & Other Lies by Jessica Pennington

We also publish contemporary fiction when we feel passionate about the author and the story, like Mark Oshiro’s Anger Is a Gift, Ginny Rorby’s Hurt Go Happy, and Jessica Pennington’s romance novel, Love Songs & Other Lies.”Ī glance at highlights of the fall list underscores Tor Teen’s broadened focus and commitment to what the publisher labels “boundary-breaking fiction.” September releases included Echo Room by Parker Peevyhouse, a psychological thriller starring two teens stuck in a time loop and Dare You to Lie by Amber Lynn Natusch, in which a teen previously involved in a scandal is determined to clear the name of her FBI agent father, who’s framed for murder. We look at SF/F as a ‘what if’ genre allowing for horror, supernatural contemporary, historical thrillers, and mysteries to be a natural fit.

“However, subgenres of science fiction and fantasy allow for a much more broadly defined publishing platform. “It is important to us to stay true to our core strength, which is science fiction and fantasy,” Doherty explained. Over the years, the publisher has broadened the scope of the imprint’s offerings, without losing sight of its original mission. We realized there was a thirsty YA market ready for a line of science fiction and fantasy dedicated specifically to them, and that’s when we began building an original Tor Teen list.”

“We knew that if we packaged these books for the teen reader and got YA placement in bookstores, we could build a multigenerational readership for these authors. “We saw a great opportunity with the tremendous YA crossover authors we were publishing on the adult list-Orson Scott Card, Jane Yolen, and Robert Jordan,” recalled Kathleen Doherty, v-p and publisher of Tor Teen and Starscape.

The launch of Tor Teen was fueled by the burgeoning teenage readership of novels on Tor’s adult list in the early 2000s.

Love Songs & Other Lies by Jessica Pennington