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Sarah Jude

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Young Adult, Horror, Suspense

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Shirley Jackson, Daphne du Maurier, Edgar Allan Poe, Flannery O'Connor ...more

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December 2014

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Sarah Jude lives by the woods and has an owl that lands on her chimney every night. She grew up believing you had to hold your breath whenever you passed a graveyard or a bridge spanning water. Now she writes about cemeteries, murder, and ghostly apparitions. She resides in Missouri with her husband, three children, and two dogs.

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is there gonna be a may queen murders 2 ?

Sarah Jude As of right now, I think Ivy and Heather's story is finished, but I won't rule out revisiting Rowan's Glen. The backwoods have a lot of stories.…moreAs of right now, I think Ivy and Heather's story is finished, but I won't rule out revisiting Rowan's Glen. The backwoods have a lot of stories.(less)

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What inspired you to write The May Queen Murders?

Sarah Jude A lot of different elements conspired to form this book. Ozarks folklore is fascinating to me. I live near the Missouri Ozarks, so it's something I ru…moreA lot of different elements conspired to form this book. Ozarks folklore is fascinating to me. I live near the Missouri Ozarks, so it's something I run into quite a bit. There are mountains, foothills, winding narrow roads through woods, and it can be an incredibly unsettling place, especially in the more remote areas where you have no easy way out and there's no one around.

In terms of the actual story, I wanted to touch on that age when you realize that you and are very closest friend are growing apart, that you can't keep going the way you always have because you've both changed, and the consequences of keeping secrets.(less)

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The May Queen Murders

3.39 avg rating — 1,714 ratings — published 2016 — 6 editions

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New Gallery – The Grimoire

I am thrilled to share a new, ongoing gallery series titled “The Grimoire.” I have a deep love of folklore and herbalism, some of it going back to my grandmother and mother, and as the drawings are a type of pencil-based watercolor, it also connects me to my other late grandmother who was a skilled watercolorist. It’s a challenging project because some of the mediums are newer to me and we need to

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The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender

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“Sometimes you gotta face danger to find what you're looking for.”
― Sarah Jude, The May Queen Murders

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“The woods were muted, no crackles of unseen squirrels or deer moving between trees. Even the birds hushed. Perhaps in mourning for the girl who used to dance here.”
― Sarah Jude, The May Queen Murders

tags: forests, mourning, trees

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“Sí. You don't stop loving a person because they have secrets. You make their secrets your own.”
― Sarah Jude, The May Queen Murders

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“Mamie told me living rooms were once known as death rooms, back when funerals were a home matter. After mortuaries came into fashion, there was no need for keeping bodies on ice at home, and the death room was rechristened the living room.”
― Sarah Jude, The May Queen Murders

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“But asking for help means inviting others in, and there's a right good fear of letting in too much. When you let people in, something in you lets out.”
― Sarah Jude, The May Queen Murders

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“Sometimes you gotta face danger to find what you're looking for.”
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