Library of Broken Worlds

Alaya Dawn Johnson lives and writes in Mexico City, where she has made her home since 2014.Johnson graduated from Columbia University in 2004 with a BA in East Asian Languages and Cultures, and has lived and travelled extensively in Japan. She has won the Nebula Award for YA Science Fiction and Fantasy, The World Fantasy Award – and recently received her master’s degree with honors in Mesoamerican Studies from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.With her new band Cananea, she’s finally getting a chance to explore her creativity musically, writing and singing songs that are a mix of the personal and the unabashedly speculative, just like her fiction.The Library of Broken Worlds is Johnson’s debut title for Magpie Books.alayadawnjohnson.com[twitter logo] @alayadj[Instagram logo] alayadj

‘A story so immersive it will leave you drunk with visions of strange new worlds and new gods, so compelling you’ll be happy to drown in this dizzying brew of technology, lore and world-shaking conflict. Mysterious, sweeping and wholly original.’’Leigh Bardugo, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Shadow and Bone‘One of the most haunting tales I’ve ever read. Modern epic poetry. Wow.’ N.K Jemisin, author of the award wining Broken Earth trilogy’‘An ambitious, multilayered, multidimensional exploration of power, selfhood, freedom and love. Alaya Dawn Johnson writes with fluidity and precision about mind-bending ideas and gorgeously imagined worlds, but also with tactile specificity about food and ritual. This novel rewired my brain.’Malinda Lo, the New York Times bestselling author Praise for The Summer Prince ‘Like leaping into cold water on a hot day, this original dystopian novel takes the breath away, refreshes, challenges, and leaves the reader shivering but yearning for another plunge.’Booklist, starred review‘With its complicated history, founding myth, and political structure, Palmares Tres is compelling, as is the triple bond between June, Enki, and Gil as they challenge their world's injustices.’Publishers Weekly, starred review‘An art project, a rebellion and a sacrifice make up this nuanced, original cyberpunk adventure… Luminous.’Kirkus Reviews, starred review Praise for Love Is The Drug ‘Utterly absorbing’Kirkus Reviews, starred review‘Equal parts character study and thriller, Love Is the Drug offers a gripping study of identity, sly social commentary, and a chilling glimpse of a dystopia that’s just around the corner’NPR