Writing sinister suspense, where complicated relationships become criminal....
COMING SPRING 2027:
IF I'M GONE
Books News! My new thriller, IF I'M GONE, will be published in Spring 2027 by Poisoned Pen Press.
More about my adult debut:
When Viv’s mother Stevie Trucillo vanishes, she leaves behind a manuscript that eerily mirrors the author’s own life: a novelist grieving her husband’s sudden death, her daughter’s faltering marriage, and an anonymous stalker who threatens her sense of safety.
Determined to discover what happened, Viv delves into the unpublished novel and Stevie’s private life. But reality and fiction soon collide, with every page bringing Viv closer to the most dangerous secret of all.
Alternating between Viv’s point of view and chapters from her missing mother’s manuscript, IF I’M GONE is life imitating art about the stories we inherit, the bonds we keep, and how far we’ll go to hide the truth.
IF I'M GONE
Books News! My new thriller, IF I'M GONE, will be published in Spring 2027 by Poisoned Pen Press.
More about my adult debut:
When Viv’s mother Stevie Trucillo vanishes, she leaves behind a manuscript that eerily mirrors the author’s own life: a novelist grieving her husband’s sudden death, her daughter’s faltering marriage, and an anonymous stalker who threatens her sense of safety.
Determined to discover what happened, Viv delves into the unpublished novel and Stevie’s private life. But reality and fiction soon collide, with every page bringing Viv closer to the most dangerous secret of all.
Alternating between Viv’s point of view and chapters from her missing mother’s manuscript, IF I’M GONE is life imitating art about the stories we inherit, the bonds we keep, and how far we’ll go to hide the truth.
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About author Yvonne Ventresca
Yvonne is the author of the upcoming thriller, If I'm Gone, coming Spring 2027. Her prior publications include the award-winning novels Black Flowers, White Lies (IPPY Gold Medal Winner), and Pandemic (Crystal Kite Winner), and multiple short stories selected for anthologies: "Silence" in Behind the Revolving Door: An Anthology of Choices, Volume II, "Justice for Jaynie" in The Second Black Beacon Book of Mystery and Sisters in Crime's 30 Shades of Dead, "The Third Ghost" in Voyagers: The Third Ghost, "The Art of Remaining Bitter" in Hero Lost: Mysteries of Death and Life, "Escape to Orange Blossom" in Prep for Doom. She's also written two nonfiction books: Avril Lavigne and Publishing. Yvonne holds an MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts and loves to give workshops about the craft of writing.
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Book Awards
"Silence" was nominated for the Pushcart Prize.
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PANDEMIC was shortlisted for the West Australian Young Readers' Book Award
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BLACK FLOWERS, WHITE LIES won the Gold Medal "IPPY" Award for National YA fiction
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PANDEMIC won the Atlantic region Crystal Kite Award from the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
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PANDEMIC won a Readers' Choice Award from Morris/Essex Health & Life Magazine
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