MEET THE AUTHOR
Linda Cheng was born in Taiwan and spent her childhood moving between cultures and continents. She received her BFA from the Savannah College of Art and Design, and worked as an art director across South Carolina and Georgia where she developed a deep love for sweet tea, grits, and Southern Gothic stories. She currently resides in Vancouver, Canada with her family.
Her debut novel GORGEOUS GRUESOME FACES was named one of Kirkus Review’s best young adult books of the year 2023, and has been nominated for the 2025 White Pine Award.
"Cheng’s writing is hypnotizing, and the eerie feeling permeates the story...full of ghosts, drama, and danger, this is a great choice for horror lovers."
- Paste Magazine
OTHER BOOKS AVAILABLE
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Beautiful Brutal Bodies
Full of skin-crawling folk horror and sapphic romance, this feral fairytale and standalone follow-up to GORGEOUS GRUESOME FACES follows a reclusive songstress and her bodyguard who must unravel the occult mysteries of their past to escape from a cursed island.
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Gorgeous Gruesome Faces (Paperback)
Includes bonus content!
A spine-tingling sapphic thriller that follows a disgraced teen idol who comes face-to-face with the demons of her past in a glittering, cutthroat K-pop competition.
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Gorgeous Gruesome Faces (Hardcover)
A spine-tingling sapphic thriller that follows a disgraced teen idol who comes face-to-face with the demons of her past in a glittering, cutthroat K-pop competition.
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Idols (French Paperback)
Promise à une grande carrière d'idol avec ses deux meilleures amies, Mina et Candie, Sunday Lee, 16 ans, a vu ses rêves voler en éclats après un terrible incident : une nuit, Mina s'est brusquement donné la mort. Candie, elle, est partie sans se retourner...
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Foreshadow Anthology (Sweetmeats)
Thirteen short stories from bold new YA voices & writing advice from YA Icons.
