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Read an interview with Miriam McNamara by queer author Raki Kopernik: “Interview with Novelist Miriam McNamara by Raki Kopernik”, published by Mayday Magazine November 2020!

praise for AN IMPOSSIBLE DISTANCE TO FALL:

“McNamara returns with a thrilling coming-of-age story featuring queer girls challenging societal conventions…A thrilling, romantic adventure that captures the emotional tenor of an unstable period in American history.”

—Kirkus Reviews

“I imagine wing-walking and reading An Impossible Distance to Fall feel a great deal the same: heart-stopping, thrill-seeking and addictive. I couldn’t stop turning the pages, plummeting into Birdie’s story of her search for her father, her growing awareness and attraction to June, and her ever-twisting relationships with her newfound family. Birdie’s a quintessentially lovable heroine: flawed, impulsive, kind-hearted, and optimistic even when all the odds are against her. A book to re-read over, and over, and over again.”

—Katherine Locke, author of The Girl with the Red Balloon

PRAISE FOR THE UNBINDING OF MARY READE:

“A captivating account of gender, feminism, agency, and all manner of desire—most importantly, the desire to be free. Badass, through and through.”

-M-E Girard, Lambda Literary Award Winner and William C. Morris Award Finalist for Girl Mans Up

“The Unbinding of Mary Reade is a rollicking, breathtaking adventure full of heart, passion, wit, and intelligence. I was turning pages fast as a wind fills a sail, marveling at the talent that is Miriam McNamara.”

-An Na, Printz Award Winner and National Book Award Finalist for A Step from Heaven

"Mary Reade is the sexy, high-seas swashbuckler we've been waiting for."

-Rita Williams-Garcia, Coretta Scott King Award Winner for One Crazy Summer

"This is the pirate novel we’ve been waiting for. Epic and confident, with a plot that sizzles and then ignites like a powder keg. Longing and love tangle in nuanced, powerful combinations as Mary takes to the high seas and meets her match in Anne Bonny. An unstoppable romance, an unforgettable adventure."

-Amy Rose Capetta, author of Echo After Echo and Once and Future

"I dare you not to yell huzzah! at least ten times while reading The Unbinding of Mary Reade, a swashbuckling girl-power adventure about owning who you are and loving who you want. Mary is an unforgettable heroine who is tough yet tender, a survivor who's got swagger and courage. I'd join her pirate crew any day!"

-Heather Demetrios, author of Bad Romance and Little Universes

"Fantastic, unique, and inclusively diverse young adult fiction...you had me at 'queer pirates.' *grabby hands*"

-Tor.com (full article: "Brujas, Ships, and Zombies in This Season's New Young Adult Fiction")

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