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A New York Times bestseller!

In the Lives of Puppets invites you deep into the heart of a peculiar forest and on the extraordinary journey of a family assembled from spare parts. It is a masterful fantasy inspired by Carlo Collodi's The Adventures of Pinocchio, and like Swiss Family Robinson meets Wall-E.

“Heartfelt…a lively look at identity, free will and love.”

 ―Scientific American

9781250217431 In the Lives of Puppets TPB

A New York Times bestseller!

9781250217431 In the Lives of Puppets TPB

In the Lives of Puppets invites you deep into the heart of a peculiar forest and on the extraordinary journey of a family assembled from spare parts. It is a masterful fantasy inspired by Carlo Collodi's The Adventures of Pinocchio, and like Swiss Family Robinson meets Wall-E.

“Heartfelt…a lively look at identity, free will and love.”

 ―Scientific American

NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, AND INDIE BESTSELLER

A Man Called Ove meets The Good Place in Under the Whispering Door, a delightful queer love story about a life spent at the office and a death spent building a home.

“A warm hug of a book about a Grinch of a man who dies and a ferryman, who helps the dead in their journey onwards.”

—CASSANDRA KHAW,

USA Today bestselling author of Nothing But Blackened Teeth

Under the Whispering Door TPB
Under the Whispering Door TPB

NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, AND INDIE BESTSELLER

A Man Called Ove meets The Good Place in Under the Whispering Door, a delightful queer love story about a life spent at the office and a death spent building a home.

“A warm hug of a book about a Grinch of a man who dies and a ferryman, who helps the dead in their journey onwards.”

—CASSANDRA KHAW,

USA Today bestselling author of Nothing But Blackened Teeth