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Listen to Your Sister (St. Martin’s Griffin / Titan Books), First Novel, 2025
BIO: Neena Viel is a horror writer who lives in a cabin in the woods in the Puget Sound. Her debut novel, LISTEN TO YOUR SISTER (St. Martin’s 2025), has been featured by USA Today, People, Screen Rant, Book Riot, Goodreads, Polygon, Locus, and more. Her second novel, I’LL WATCH YOUR BABY, a supernatural reimagining of America’s most notorious welfare queen, is out May 26, 2026! When she’s not writing weird, messed up books, she’s taking a bunch of wackadoo classes with her dog.
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