A Crown In The Dark
by A.J. Yang
| Illustrated by David Curtis
| Teen
| Published 09-10-2023
Catarina Wynr is a princess with a dark secret buried in her blood, one that shocks even her on the night she saves her parents from an assassination attempt. What follows is a sprawling, action-packed story full of betrayals, battles, corruption, and love as Catarina wrestles with the question of whether one is born evil, or made that way. Writer A.J. Yang is a rising talent to watch! —Lillian Li, author of Number One Chinese Restaurant, an NPR and Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year.
A.J. Yang is a high school student in Ann Arbor, Michigan where she resides with her insufferable siblings, incredible pets, and relentlessly supportive parents. Besides writing, she loves playing piano and cello, ballet, and tennis. She also loves working on her podcast with fellow student and cohost, Zach. When she isn’t holed up in her room, working on her writing till way too late at night, you can find Ms. Yang sleeping (which she loves just as much).
David Curtis is an Award-Winning Illustrator and Book Designer currently living in Brooklyn, NY. Growing up on the Jersey Shore, he was drawn to Surfing and Skateboard art at an early age, and carries that esthetic into his work with the use of bright colors and psychedelic abstract forms.