About Emily

Emily Colin is the New York Times & USA Today bestselling, IPPY Award-winning, and INDIES Award-recognized author of adult and young adult fiction featuring love stories with supernatural twists. Her debut novel, THE MEMORY THIEF, was a New York Times bestseller and a Target Emerging Authors Pick; she followed it up with THE DREAM KEEPER’S DAUGHTER, which Publisher’s Weekly called “a splendid mix of time travel, romantic yearning, and moving on after grief.” DISSENT, the 2022 romance anthology to which she contributed a short story, hit the USA Today bestseller list the week of its release.

Emily is also the author of the award-winning young adult, romantic dystopian-fantasy series, The Seven Sins. SWORD OF THE SEVEN SINS, the first book, was a Foreword INDIES Award finalist, won the YA fiction award of the North Carolina Indie Author Project, and was shortlisted for the 2021 Manly Wade Wellman Award for North Carolina Science Fiction and Fantasy. The second novel of the series, SIEGE OF THE SEVEN SINS, was a 2021 silver IPPY Award winner and Foreword INDIES finalist. Emily co-edited and contributed to the young adult anthologies WICKED SOUTH: SECRETS AND LIES and UNBOUND: STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION, LOVE, AND MONSTERS, which was a Suspense Magazine Best of” 2021 pick as well as a 2021 Foreword INDIES Award finalist.

A creative writing instructor, book coach, editor, and public speaker, Emily has enjoyed participating in many multimedia and literary events. A former Pitch Wars mentor and 2022 KissPitch mentor, she has over two decades’ experience in the fields of arts education and creative youth development. In a past life, she organized a Coney Island tattoo and piercing show, hauled fish at a dolphin research center, and roamed New York City as an itinerant teenage violinist. A fan of sushi and indie bookstores, she lives in coastal North Carolina with her family. You can find her at www.emilycolin.com, on IG at @emily_colin, on Twitter at @emilyacolin, and on TikTok at @emilycolinbooks.

Select Lectures, Presentations, and Panels

Authors Publish: Writing Opening Pages that Hook Readers and Publishers

Authors Publish: Writing Romance Novels Readers Will Love

Authors Publish: Taming the Wild Beast—Making Inspiration Work for You

PubTalk Live: Author Journeys with Emily Colin

Plot + Character=Story: YA ThrillerCon 2022

Panelist, Colombo Americano Pereiro-Cartago (Unbound)

Panelist, The Muse Writers Center in partnership with Slover Library & Books Forward

5 Minutes to Shine: Association of Performing Arts Professionals Competition

Select Podcasts and Other Media 

Podcast: YA Bookchat

Podcast: Off the Book

Podcast: Off the Book, Part 2

Podcast: Dropping In With Diane Dewey

Podcast: That Pretentious Book Club

Podcast: Author, Can I Ask You?

WHQR Prologue: Siege of the Seven Sins

Emily on NC Bookwatch for The Memory Thief

Emily narrates Cast of Wonders episode

WHQR: The Dream Keeper’s Daughter

Select Reviews and Commentary

Dissent anthology on The Mary Sue

YA Books Central 5-star review of Sword of the Seven Sins

Books and Blogging with Jo Lindsell—5-star review of Sword of the Seven Sins

Books Forward: Emily talks about why editing transforms writing

Young Entertainment Magazine

Publishers Weekly: The Dream Keeper’s Daughter

Interview in Across the Board for Unbound

About Emily

Emily Colin is the New York Times & USA Today bestselling, IPPY Award-winning, and INDIES Award-recognized author of adult and young adult fiction featuring love stories with supernatural twists. Her debut novel, THE MEMORY THIEF, was a New York Times bestseller and a Target Emerging Authors Pick; she followed it up with THE DREAM KEEPER’S DAUGHTER, which Publisher’s Weekly called “a splendid mix of time travel, romantic yearning, and moving on after grief.” DISSENT, the 2022 romance anthology to which she contributed a short story, hit the USA Today bestseller list the week of its release.

Emily is also the author of the award-winning young adult, romantic dystopian-fantasy series, The Seven Sins. SWORD OF THE SEVEN SINS, the first book, was a Foreword INDIES Award finalist, won the YA fiction award of the North Carolina Indie Author Project, and was shortlisted for the 2021 Manly Wade Wellman Award for North Carolina Science Fiction and Fantasy. The second novel of the series, SIEGE OF THE SEVEN SINS, was a 2021 silver IPPY Award winner and Foreword INDIES finalist. Emily co-edited and contributed to the young adult anthologies WICKED SOUTH: SECRETS AND LIES and UNBOUND: STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION, LOVE, AND MONSTERS, which was a Suspense Magazine Best of” 2021 pick as well as a 2021 Foreword INDIES Award finalist.

A creative writing instructor, book coach, editor, and public speaker, Emily has enjoyed participating in many multimedia and literary events. A former Pitch Wars mentor and 2022 KissPitch mentor, she has over two decades’ experience in the fields of arts education and creative youth development. In a past life, she organized a Coney Island tattoo and piercing show, hauled fish at a dolphin research center, and roamed New York City as an itinerant teenage violinist. A fan of sushi and indie bookstores, she lives in coastal North Carolina with her family. You can find her at www.emilycolin.com, on IG at @emily_colin, on Twitter at @emilyacolin, and on TikTok at @emilycolinbooks.

Select Lectures, Presentations, and Panels

Authors Publish: Writing Opening Pages that Hook Readers and Publishers

Authors Publish: Writing Romance Novels Readers Will Love

Authors Publish: Taming the Wild Beast—Making Inspiration Work for You

PubTalk Live: Author Journeys with Emily Colin

Plot + Character=Story: YA ThrillerCon 2022

Panelist, Colombo Americano Pereiro-Cartago (Unbound)

Panelist, The Muse Writers Center in partnership with Slover Library & Books Forward

5 Minutes to Shine: Association of Performing Arts Professionals Competition

Select Podcasts and Other Media 

Podcast: YA Bookchat

Podcast: Off the Book

Podcast: Off the Book, Part 2

Podcast: Dropping In With Diane Dewey

Podcast: That Pretentious Book Club

Podcast: Author, Can I Ask You?

WHQR Prologue: Siege of the Seven Sins

Emily on NC Bookwatch for The Memory Thief

Emily narrates Cast of Wonders episode

WHQR: The Dream Keeper’s Daughter

Select Reviews and Commentary

Dissent anthology on The Mary Sue

YA Books Central 5-star review of Sword of the Seven Sins

Books and Blogging with Jo Lindsell—5-star review of Sword of the Seven Sins

Books Forward: Emily talks about why editing transforms writing

Young Entertainment Magazine

Publishers Weekly: The Dream Keeper’s Daughter

Interview in Across the Board for Unbound

About Emily

Emily Colin is the New York Times & USA Today bestselling, IPPY Award-winning, and INDIES Award-recognized author of adult and young adult fiction featuring love stories with supernatural twists. Her debut novel, THE MEMORY THIEF, was a New York Times bestseller and a Target Emerging Authors Pick; she followed it up with THE DREAM KEEPER’S DAUGHTER, which Publisher’s Weekly called “a splendid mix of time travel, romantic yearning, and moving on after grief.” DISSENT, the 2022 romance anthology to which she contributed a short story, hit the USA Today bestseller list the week of its release.

Emily is also the author of the award-winning young adult, romantic dystopian-fantasy series, The Seven Sins. SWORD OF THE SEVEN SINS, the first book, was a Foreword INDIES Award finalist, won the YA fiction award of the North Carolina Indie Author Project, and was shortlisted for the 2021 Manly Wade Wellman Award for North Carolina Science Fiction and Fantasy. The second novel of the series, SIEGE OF THE SEVEN SINS, was a 2021 silver IPPY Award winner and Foreword INDIES finalist. Emily co-edited and contributed to the young adult anthologies WICKED SOUTH: SECRETS AND LIES and UNBOUND: STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION, LOVE, AND MONSTERS, which was a Suspense Magazine Best of” 2021 pick as well as a 2021 Foreword INDIES Award finalist.

A creative writing instructor, book coach, editor, and public speaker, Emily has enjoyed participating in many multimedia and literary events. A former Pitch Wars mentor and 2022 KissPitch mentor, she has over two decades’ experience in the fields of arts education and creative youth development. In a past life, she organized a Coney Island tattoo and piercing show, hauled fish at a dolphin research center, and roamed New York City as an itinerant teenage violinist. A fan of sushi and indie bookstores, she lives in coastal North Carolina with her family. You can find her at www.emilycolin.com, on IG at @emily_colin, on Twitter at @emilyacolin, and on TikTok at @emilycolinbooks.

Select Lectures, Presentations, and Panels

Authors Publish: Writing Opening Pages that Hook Readers and Publishers

Authors Publish: Writing Romance Novels Readers Will Love

Authors Publish: Taming the Wild Beast—Making Inspiration Work for You

PubTalk Live: Author Journeys with Emily Colin

Plot + Character=Story: YA ThrillerCon 2022

Panelist, Colombo Americano Pereiro-Cartago (Unbound)

Panelist, The Muse Writers Center in partnership with Slover Library & Books Forward

5 Minutes to Shine: Association of Performing Arts Professionals Competition

Select Podcasts and Other Media 

Podcast: YA Bookchat

Podcast: Off the Book

Podcast: Off the Book, Part 2

Podcast: Dropping In With Diane Dewey

Podcast: That Pretentious Book Club

Podcast: Author, Can I Ask You?

WHQR Prologue: Siege of the Seven Sins

Emily on NC Bookwatch for The Memory Thief

Emily narrates Cast of Wonders episode

WHQR: The Dream Keeper’s Daughter

Select Reviews and Commentary

Dissent anthology on The Mary Sue

YA Books Central 5-star review of Sword of the Seven Sins

Books and Blogging with Jo Lindsell—5-star review of Sword of the Seven Sins

Books Forward: Emily talks about why editing transforms writing

Young Entertainment Magazine

Publishers Weekly: The Dream Keeper’s Daughter

Interview in Across the Board for Unbound

About Emily

Emily Colin is the New York Times & USA Today bestselling, IPPY Award-winning, and INDIES Award-recognized author of adult and young adult fiction featuring love stories with supernatural twists. Her debut novel, THE MEMORY THIEF, was a New York Times bestseller and a Target Emerging Authors Pick; she followed it up with THE DREAM KEEPER’S DAUGHTER, which Publisher’s Weekly called “a splendid mix of time travel, romantic yearning, and moving on after grief.” DISSENT, the 2022 romance anthology to which she contributed a short story, hit the USA Today bestseller list the week of its release.

Emily is also the author of the award-winning young adult, romantic dystopian-fantasy series, The Seven Sins. SWORD OF THE SEVEN SINS, the first book, was a Foreword INDIES Award finalist, won the YA fiction award of the North Carolina Indie Author Project, and was shortlisted for the 2021 Manly Wade Wellman Award for North Carolina Science Fiction and Fantasy. The second novel of the series, SIEGE OF THE SEVEN SINS, was a 2021 silver IPPY Award winner and Foreword INDIES finalist. Emily co-edited and contributed to the young adult anthologies WICKED SOUTH: SECRETS AND LIES and UNBOUND: STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION, LOVE, AND MONSTERS, which was a Suspense Magazine Best of” 2021 pick as well as a 2021 Foreword INDIES Award finalist.

A creative writing instructor, book coach, editor, and public speaker, Emily has enjoyed participating in many multimedia and literary events. A former Pitch Wars mentor and 2022 KissPitch mentor, she has over two decades’ experience in the fields of arts education and creative youth development. In a past life, she organized a Coney Island tattoo and piercing show, hauled fish at a dolphin research center, and roamed New York City as an itinerant teenage violinist. A fan of sushi and indie bookstores, she lives in coastal North Carolina with her family. You can find her at www.emilycolin.com, on IG at @emily_colin, on Twitter at @emilyacolin, and on TikTok at @emilycolinbooks.

Select Lectures, Presentations, and Panels

Authors Publish: Writing Opening Pages that Hook Readers and Publishers

Authors Publish: Writing Romance Novels Readers Will Love

Authors Publish: Taming the Wild Beast—Making Inspiration Work for You

PubTalk Live: Author Journeys with Emily Colin

Plot + Character=Story: YA ThrillerCon 2022

Panelist, Colombo Americano Pereiro-Cartago (Unbound)

Panelist, The Muse Writers Center in partnership with Slover Library & Books Forward

5 Minutes to Shine: Association of Performing Arts Professionals Competition

Select Podcasts and Other Media 

Podcast: YA Bookchat

Podcast: Off the Book

Podcast: Off the Book, Part 2

Podcast: Dropping In With Diane Dewey

Podcast: That Pretentious Book Club

Podcast: Author, Can I Ask You?

WHQR Prologue: Siege of the Seven Sins

Emily on NC Bookwatch for The Memory Thief

Emily narrates Cast of Wonders episode

WHQR: The Dream Keeper’s Daughter

Select Reviews and Commentary

Dissent anthology on The Mary Sue

YA Books Central 5-star review of Sword of the Seven Sins

Books and Blogging with Jo Lindsell—5-star review of Sword of the Seven Sins

Books Forward: Emily talks about why editing transforms writing

Young Entertainment Magazine

Publishers Weekly: The Dream Keeper’s Daughter

Interview in Across the Board for Unbound

About Emily

Emily Colin is the New York Times & USA Today bestselling, IPPY Award-winning, and INDIES Award-recognized author of adult and young adult fiction featuring love stories with supernatural twists. Her debut novel, THE MEMORY THIEF, was a New York Times bestseller and a Target Emerging Authors Pick; she followed it up with THE DREAM KEEPER’S DAUGHTER, which Publisher’s Weekly called “a splendid mix of time travel, romantic yearning, and moving on after grief.” DISSENT, the 2022 romance anthology to which she contributed a short story, hit the USA Today bestseller list the week of its release.

Emily is also the author of the award-winning young adult, romantic dystopian-fantasy series, The Seven Sins. SWORD OF THE SEVEN SINS, the first book, was a Foreword INDIES Award finalist, won the YA fiction award of the North Carolina Indie Author Project, and was shortlisted for the 2021 Manly Wade Wellman Award for North Carolina Science Fiction and Fantasy. The second novel of the series, SIEGE OF THE SEVEN SINS, was a 2021 silver IPPY Award winner and Foreword INDIES finalist. Emily co-edited and contributed to the young adult anthologies WICKED SOUTH: SECRETS AND LIES and UNBOUND: STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION, LOVE, AND MONSTERS, which was a Suspense Magazine Best of” 2021 pick as well as a 2021 Foreword INDIES Award finalist.

A creative writing instructor, book coach, editor, and public speaker, Emily has enjoyed participating in many multimedia and literary events. A former Pitch Wars mentor and 2022 KissPitch mentor, she has over two decades’ experience in the fields of arts education and creative youth development. In a past life, she organized a Coney Island tattoo and piercing show, hauled fish at a dolphin research center, and roamed New York City as an itinerant teenage violinist. A fan of sushi and indie bookstores, she lives in coastal North Carolina with her family. You can find her at www.emilycolin.com, on IG at @emily_colin, on Twitter at @emilyacolin, and on TikTok at @emilycolinbooks.

Select Lectures, Presentations, and Panels

Authors Publish: Writing Opening Pages that Hook Readers and Publishers

Authors Publish: Writing Romance Novels Readers Will Love

Authors Publish: Taming the Wild Beast—Making Inspiration Work for You

PubTalk Live: Author Journeys with Emily Colin

Plot + Character=Story: YA ThrillerCon 2022

Panelist, Colombo Americano Pereiro-Cartago (Unbound)

Panelist, The Muse Writers Center in partnership with Slover Library & Books Forward

5 Minutes to Shine: Association of Performing Arts Professionals Competition

Select Podcasts and Other Media 

Podcast: YA Bookchat

Podcast: Off the Book

Podcast: Off the Book, Part 2

Podcast: Dropping In With Diane Dewey

Podcast: That Pretentious Book Club

Podcast: Author, Can I Ask You?

WHQR Prologue: Siege of the Seven Sins

Emily on NC Bookwatch for The Memory Thief

Emily narrates Cast of Wonders episode

WHQR: The Dream Keeper’s Daughter

Select Reviews and Commentary

Dissent anthology on The Mary Sue

YA Books Central 5-star review of Sword of the Seven Sins

Books and Blogging with Jo Lindsell—5-star review of Sword of the Seven Sins

Books Forward: Emily talks about why editing transforms writing

Young Entertainment Magazine

Publishers Weekly: The Dream Keeper’s Daughter

Interview in Across the Board for Unbound

11¾ Personal Peculiarities

Select a bookshelf below, and all will be revealed...

11¾ Personal Peculiarities

Select a bookshelf below, and all will be revealed...

11¾ Personal Peculiarities

Select a bookshelf below, and all will be revealed...

11¾ Personal Peculiarities

Select a bookshelf below, and all will be revealed...

11¾ Personal Peculiarities

Select a bookshelf below, and all will be revealed...
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