VERITY VOX & THE CURSE OF FOXFIRE: Don Martin w/ Nadira Goffe

VERITY VOX AND THE CURSE OF FOXFIRE:

Welcome to Foxfire.
The rules here are simple:
Don’t look in the trees.
Don’t whistle in the woods at night.
Don’t answer if you hear your name called.
And remember . . . everything wants.
Verity Vox is a witch-in-training who has never met a problem her spells can’t solve. But when a cryptic plea for help sends her to the forgotten coal mining town of Foxfire, she soon learns even magic has its limits.
Verity discovers a curse was laid years ago by a traveling magician who vanished into the ancient Appalachian hills to seek greater power. Crops won’t grow. Bellies go hungry. Even treasured possessions fall apart. What’s worse, people have gone missing amidst rumors that they’ve sought out the magician who is lying in wait for those foolish or desperate enough to strike a deal with him.
The witch must break the curse, find a missing girl, and solve the mystery of what’s really under the mountain before the town falls forever into the clutches of the monster lurking in the hills.

ABOUT DON MARTIN:

Don Martin is a New York Times, USA Today, and Indie Bestselling author whose work spans young adult fantasy, nonfiction, and poetry. He is best known for his critically acclaimed debut YA novel, Verity Vox and the Curse of Foxfire (2025), which earned starred reviews from Publisher’s Weekly, Booklist, and Shelf Awareness. It was also a Common Sense Selection and was named one of Common Sense Media’s Best Books of 2025. The novel was further honored as a 2026 ALA Rainbow List selection and was praised by Kirkus Reviews for its authentic portrayal of his Appalachian roots.

His diverse portfolio includes the nonfiction work Where Did Everybody Go? and The Dabbler’s Guide to Witchcraft, along with his #1 Amazon LGBT poetry collection, while I wait to be a god again. Don hosts the Head On Fire podcast, conducting deep-dive interviews with experts in overlooked or misunderstood fields. He lives just outside Chicago with his husband and their many, many pets.

ABOUT NADIRA GOFFE:

Nadira Goffe is a Brooklyn-based culture writer and podcaster for Slate. Her work primarily focuses on Black media, film and television, internet culture—where you can often find her explaining the latest drama unfolding on your algorithm—and all things related to her not-so-secret obsessions: K-pop and K-drama.

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