Crystal Simone Smith
1) Bloodleaf
Author
Series
Bloodleaf volume 1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Aurelia, the first princess born in Renalt in 200 years, is destined to marry the mysterious prince of Achelva, Valentin, but her treacherous lady-in-waiting, Lisette, plots to take her crown.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"With poems found within the text of George Saunders's Lincoln in the Bardo, Crystal Simone Smith embarks on an uncompromising exploration of collective mourning and crafts a masterwork that resonates far beyond the page. These poems are visually stark, a gathering of gripping verses that unmasks a dialogue of tragic truths -- the stories of lives taken unjustly and too soon. Bold and deeply affecting, Dark Testament is a remarkable reckoning with...