Aashna Avachat – författare

College . . . the best time, the worst time, and something in between.What do you do when orientation isn't going according to your (sister's) detailed plans? Where do you go when you're searching for community in faith? What happens when your partner for your last film project is also your crush and graduation is quickly approaching?Told over one academic year, this collection of stories set on the same fictional campus features students from different cultures, genders, and interests learning more about who they are and who they want to be. Gen Z contributors are Jake Maia Arlow, Arushi Avachat, Boon Carmen, Ananya Devarajan, Camryn Garrett, Christina Li, Racquel Marie, Oyin, Laila Sabreen, Michael Waters, and Joelle Wellington.

Every school has its secrets—but at the exclusive Ellison College, the past might prove deadly—in this twisty puzzlebox mystery. “The dark academia whodunit you need to read next. Trust me.”—Maureen Johnson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Truly Devious seriesEvery school has its secrets.Ellison College freshman Raina has no idea that her new school is hiding such a grisly past. But thirty years ago, on Mischief Night the week after Halloween, three students walked into the woods surrounding campus, and only one came out. Their killer was never caught, and the students became known as the Mischief Girls.No one knows what happened. Or do they?Three decades later, Anika, a classmate of Raina’s, has gone missing. Turns out Anika was looking into the Mischief Girls’ murders before she vanished. And Raina may have been the last person to see her.Old lies die the hardest.With the help of Anika’s stepbrother, Rohan, Raina begins to dig into the truth. But the deeper she goes, the more she starts to wonder whether what happened to Anika really began the night she disappeared…or if it goes back further.The past is catching up to Ellison College. And maybe, so is a killer…