Margaret Owen - Reactor

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Detail from the cover of Painted Devils by Margaret Owen

Books

Ships in the Night

How to Break a Heart: Subverting the Hero’s Breakup Trope

By Jenny Hamilton

June 16, 2025

Cover of Holy Terrors by Margaret Owen.

Excerpts

Young Adult

Read an Excerpt From Holy Terrors by Margaret Owen

By Margaret Owen

March 26, 2025

Painting of a woman pouring water from a bucket into a trough for a flock of geese

Books

Fairy Tales

Stolen Identities and Class Conflict: Six Savvy Retellings of “The Goose Girl”

By Rachel Ayers

February 12, 2025

Excerpts

Excerpts

Read an Excerpt From Painted Devils

By Margaret Owen

April 26, 2023

Books

cover reveals

Everyone’s a Suspect: Revealing The Grimoire of Grave Fates

By Tor.com

November 14, 2022

Books

Five Books

Five Young Adult SFF Books Starring Asexual Characters

By Rosiee Thor

October 25, 2022

Delacorte Press to Publish The Grimoire of Grave Fates in Partnership With We Need Diverse Books

Blog

publishing news

Delacorte Press to Publish The Grimoire of Grave Fates in Partnership With We Need Diverse Books

By Tor.com

April 22, 2021

Six Great Young Adult SFF Duologies

Blog

Young Adult

Six Great Young Adult SFF Duologies To Devour

By Adalyn Grace

February 1, 2021

Books

writing

Finding Fantasy Inspiration in the Executioners of Medieval Europe

By Margaret Owen

August 5, 2019

Books

cover reveals

Vengeance and Sacrifice: Revealing The Merciful Crow

By Tor.com

November 9, 2018

“There is an art to smiling in a way that others will believe. It is always important to include the eyes; otherwise, people will know you hate them.”

N.K. Jemisin, The Fifth Season

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