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Melanie Sumrow is the author of Girls Like Her (coming June 2024 from HarperCollins), The Inside Battle, and The Prophet Calls. Before becoming an author, she worked as a lawyer for more than 16 years, with many of her cases involving children and teens. She received her MFA in Writing from Hamline University and lives in Dallas.

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Girls Like Her

Coming June 25, 2024!

The Inside Battle

*A NYPL Best Book for Kids

*Shelf Awareness, Starred Review

The Prophet Calls

*Writer's League of Texas Award Finalist

*Shelf Awareness, Starred Review

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IN THE PRESS

"Skilled pacing transforms a typical ripped-from-the-headlines premise into a nail-biting investigation of financial precarity and child sex trafficking informed by Sumrow’s work as a lawyer."

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

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EVENTS

Friday, June 28, 6:00PM

 Girls Like Her Book Launch
Interabang books, Dallas, TX

 
Wednesday, July 17, 6:00PM

Girls like her in conversation with brandy colbert
red balloon bookshop, sAint paul, MN

 

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