"Secrets of the Blue Hand Girls" Book Launch with Author Rowana Miller

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Tue Oct 07 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm

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The Head & The Hand Books | Philadelphia, PA

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Join authors Rowana Miller and Nova Ren Suma for the launch of SECRETS OF THE BLUE HAND GIRLS, a dark academia YA thriller.
About this Event

Fans of queer dark academia, this is your time: Come to H&H Books for the pub day launch of SECRETS OF THE BLUE HAND GIRLS, from debut author Rowana Miller.

Rowana will be in conversation with Nova Ren Suma, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of THE WALLS AROUND US, and, most recently, WAKE THE WILD CREATURES.

and WAKE THE WILD CREATURES are available on H&H's ecommerce site and will be available in-store, too. More information about each title can be found on our website.

Rowana and Nova will conclude their conversation with a brief Q&A and book signing.

Registration is free and highly encouraged!

About SECRETS OF THE BLUE HAND GIRLS: As a scholarship student at up-and-coming Manhattan prep school Davison High, Kay knows that it would be a mistake to listen to the anonymous letter in her locker instructing her to dye her hand blue. Of course, it would also be a mistake to pursue Zola Wolfe, the enigmatic redhead in her Calculus class. But by the time Kay realizes that both of these decisions have the potential to destroy much more than her chance at getting into Northwestern, she's already told the Blue Hand Girls far too much.

About the Authors:

Rowana Miller, author of SECRETS OF THE BLUE HAND GIRLS, is the founder of Philadelphia-based creative writing education nonprofit Cosmic Writers. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 2022, she moved back to her hometown of New York City, where she lives with her wife, Penelope, and two cats, Alice and Jabberwocky. Rowana writes about riddles, goblins, secrets, strange girls, and mischief. Instagram: @r0wanamiller

Nova Ren Suma is the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling THE WALLS AROUND US and A ROOM AWAY FROM THE WOLVES, which were both finalists for the Edgar Award. She has an MFA in fiction from Columbia University and has taught creative writing at the University of Pennsylvania and Vermont College of Fine Arts. Originally from the Hudson Valley, she spent most of her adult life in New York City, and now lives in Philadelphia. Her new novel, WAKE THE WILD CREATURES, is out now from Little, Brown. Instagram: @novaren

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