Meet Betsy
Welcome to my virtual studio. As both a writer and designer, I’m driven by a curiosity about the world. In my studio, I take that curiosity and use it to create new worlds. I write for kids and adults as well as a good deal of freelance non-fiction. Explore to find out more about me, my books, and my thoughts on writing as well as the thoughts of friends who stop by the studio. If you’ve got something you’d like to share reach out to me through the contact form. I’d love to hear from you. Scroll down to read what’s been happening in the studio.
Review: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab is a master class in how to carry a premise to its full potential.
Review: The Ten Thousand Doors of January
The cover of this book is a doorknob and when opened readers are swept into a journey through world after wondrous world created by Harrow through the evocative use of sensory detail. It is gritty soil between fingers, moisture hanging thick in the sea air, and the cracked feel of aged leather as January explores the collection of relics of the imposing mansion that confines her. Opening the book at random I read the lines . . .
The Club Dumas
A quick review of what Nolan Libby loves about The Club Dumas:
The book was better. We’ve all heard this and it’s usually true. It’s why one of my guilty pleasures is reading source material after seeing a movie. The Club Dumas, however, swims in exposition veiled as a conversation to move the hero, Lucas Corso, on his task to authenticate a demonic tome.
BOOK LAUNCH: Annah Torch: That Gutshot Smile
A comatose prep-school girl is found in a locked room. Across her lap lies a smoking, sawed-off shotgun. Across the room is the smiling, gutshot corpse of her roommate. The beautiful, brilliant, at times brutal Anna Torch must dig out the truth and prove the girl’s innocence.