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April 4-6, 2025

Word of South

Ginny Myers Sain

Ginny Myers Sain is the author of Dark and Shallow Lies (2021), Secrets So Deep (2022), and One Last Breath (March 2024), all from Razorbill Books/Penguin Teen. Her debut novel, Dark and Shallow Lies, is a New York Times bestseller, an Indie Bookstore Bestseller, a Barnes & Noble YA Pick of the Month, an Amazon Editor’s Pick, and the 2022 Crystal Kite award winner from the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (Texas and Oklahoma Region). It is also a Whippoorwill Book Award winner, which is given to recognize books honestly reflecting the complexity and diversity of rural life. Ginny’s books are available world-wide in eight countries and counting! She’ll be appearing at Word of South with the musician Sofia Camille.