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Rue Sparks

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in Grand Rapids, MI, The United States

June 26

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https://ruesparks.com/

Genre

Science Fiction, Fantasy, Poetry

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Cory Doctorow, T.J. Klune, K.A. Applegate, Erin Morgenstern, Nikita G ...more

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Rue Sparks barreled into the publishing scene in 2019 asking us the question: “what if you could experience a day that (nearly) never ends?”

With their debut work, Daylight Chasers, they called the reader to think about our compulsion to document every moment, how little we truly understand about those around us, and how moments in our lives can be so beautiful even in tragedy.

This tumultuous journey alongside two relatable and mercurial characters would become the star chart upon which Sparks’ fiction is guided. Every story’s breath comes from the gut-achingly relatable characters navigating the same joys and losses we all experience, separated from us only by the imaginative and fantastical sandbox they live in.

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	Daylight Chasers 4.55 avg rating — 64 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Stars Will Guide Us Back 4.36 avg rating — 61 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fable of Wren 4.45 avg rating — 40 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Queer for the New Year: Nine Stories of New Beginnings by Leo Otherland (Goodreads Author), Nyri A. Bakkalian (Goodreads Author), Alex Bauer it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prismatica: Issue 11 by Andrew Olvera (Editor-in-Chief), Juliette L. Dunn (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Alice Rose (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cryptid Carols to Sing in the Dark by A. P. Hawkins, Alex Bauer, Angélique Jamail (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Body Politic: A Parable for the Twenty-first Century by Andy Hollandbeck (Goodreads Author), Rue Sparks (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	before i go i want you to know: poetry & stories from a human disaster it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Tyrant’s Tomb (The Trials of Apollo, #4)

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Starship Therapise: Using Therapeutic Fanfiction to Rewrite Your Life

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