J. Anderson Coats

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J. Anderson Coats has received five Junior Library Guild selections, two Washington State Book Awards, and earned starred reviews from Kirkus, School Library Journal, the Horn Book Review, and Shelf Awareness. Her newest book is The Loss of the Burying Ground, a YA action-adventure about two warring nations, one fragile peace treaty, a ruinous storm, and two girls who are just starting to realize who the enemy really is. Her next middle grade historical, The Unexpected Lives of Ordinary Girls, is forthcoming from Atheneum Books for Young Readers in 2025.

Junior Library Guild Selection!

The Loss of the Burying Ground is a Junior Library Guild selection! Come for the pirates, stay for the difficult work of finding common ground with someone you’ve always been told is the enemy. Coming your way in September from Candlewick Press!

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“Charming. We're going to be murdered in our beds.”
J. Anderson Coats, The Wicked and the Just

“Even better. We're going to be murdered in our beds by infidels.”
J. Anderson Coats, The Wicked and the Just

“God save me ere I have any babies. They are grabby, clingy creatures who steal your figure and always want a ribbon or a wooden sword. And who sometimes make you die bearing them.”
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