Simone St. James is the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of The Broken Girls, Lost Among the Living, and The Haunting of Maddy Clare. She wrote her first ghost story, about a haunted library, when she was in high school, and spent twenty years behind the scenes in the television business before leaving to write full-time.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER: The hardcover debuted at #11 on the New York Times bestseller list, a first for the author! We're currently in a fourth printing, a month after publication.

TRADE REPRINT OF FOLLOW-UP TO BREAKOUT HARDCOVER DEBUT: After several successful trade originals, Simone's previous book, The Broken Girls, was published in hardcover to great acclaim and very strong sales (125k copies across formats)

USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR: The Broken Girls was a USA Today and trade B&N bestseller

HAUNTING, EMOTIONALLY COMPELLING: As with The Broken Girls, the author seamlessly weaves together different time periods and secrets from the past and present

ATMOSPHERIC COMMERCIAL SUSPENSE: The out-of-time feel of the motel and the deteriorating small town add to the creepy and compelling atmosphere of this novel

HIGHLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR: Simone has received rave author blurbs-including from Riley Sager for this novel-as well as glowing praise from the Associated Press, PopSugar, Bustle, and more

LIBRARIAN FAVORITE AND HALL OF FAME: The Sun Down Motel and The Broken Girls are LibraryReads picks; Simone is a Hall of Fame Author for them

BOOK CLUB SUPPORT: The Sun Down Motel and The Broken Girls were Book of the Month Club exclusive selections; The Broken Girls was also chosen by The Girly Book Club (100k members internationally)

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INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION: We've sold The Broken Girls in 11 countries so far

COMMITMENT TO AUTHOR: We own more from this author