# Hillary Monahan > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hillary_Monahan > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hillary_Monahan.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Monahan > Source revision: 1353674473 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American novelist}} {{Update|reason=the author has released new books|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox writer | pseudonym = {{cslist | Thea De Salle | Eva Darrows}} | occupation = Novelist | nationality = American | genre = {{cslist | Young adult | horror | romance | fantasy }} | notableworks = ''MARY: The Summoning'' | years_active = 2014-present | website = {{URL|hillaryjmonahan.com}} | language = English }} '''Hillary Monahan''' is an American author, best known for her [New York Times-bestselling](/source/New_York_Times_Bestselling) debut novel ''MARY: The Summoning.'' Her work includes [young adult](/source/Young_adult_fiction), [horror](/source/horror_fiction), [urban fantasy](/source/urban_fantasy), and [romance](/source/romance_novel) novels. She has published more than a dozen books. Her other pen names include '''Thea de Salle''' and '''Eva Darrows'''. == Personal == {{Expand section|date=November 2024|small=no}} Monahan describes herself as a horror author.{{Cite news|url=https://www.scifinow.co.uk/interviews/hillary-monahan-on-how-mad-max-fury-road-inspired-snake-eyes/|title=Hillary Monahan on how Mad Max: Fury Road inspired Snake Eyes|work=SciFiNow|access-date=2018-11-07|language=en-GB}} Her fifth young adult novel ''The Hollow Girl'' is inspired by her Welsh Romany heritage.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sffworld.com/2017/07/interview-with-snake-eyes-author-hillary-monahan/|title=Interview with Snake Eyes author Hillary Monahan – SFFWorld|website=www.sffworld.com|date=3 July 2017 |language=en-US|access-date=2018-11-07}}{{Cite news|url=https://locusmag.com/2018/04/colleen-mondor-reviews-the-hollow-girl-by-hillary-monahan/|title=Colleen Mondor Reviews '''The Hollow Girl''' by Hillary Monahan|work=Locus Online|access-date=2018-11-07|language=en-US}} Monahan lives in Massachusetts with her husband, hounds, and four cats.{{Cite web |title=Hillary Monahan {{!}} Penguin Random House |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2142388/hillary-monahan |access-date=2025-09-16 |website=PenguinRandomhouse.com |language=en-US}} == Selected works == ===Novels=== ====As Hillary Monahan==== Monahan's first young adult novel, ''MARY: The Summoning,'' is the first in its series and is about a group of teens who attempt to summon a ghost that turns out to be [Bloody Mary](/source/Bloody_Mary_(folklore)) and starts to follow them. It was published by [Disney-Hyperion](/source/Disney-Hyperion) in 2014 and hit the [New York Times bestseller list](/source/The_New_York_Times_Best_Seller_list), debuting at #2.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2015/11/15/young-adult-e-book/?module=DropDownNav&action=click®ion=navbar&contentCollection=Books&version=Childrens&referrer=https://www.google.de/&pgtype=Reference|title=Young Adult E-Book Books - Best Sellers - November 15, 2015 - The New York Times|work=The New York Times |access-date=2018-08-30|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/teen/12-new-york-times-bestselling-authors-dish-hitting-list/|title=12 New York Times Bestselling Authors Dish on Hitting the List|date=2017-08-23|work=The B&N Teen Blog|access-date=2018-11-07|language=en-US}} A sequel, ''MARY: Unleashed'', was published in 2015. Monahan's adult fantasy debut, ''Snake Eyes'', is the third novel in the Gods & Monsters series, whose previous two novels were written by [Chuck Wendig](/source/Chuck_Wendig) and Steven Blackmoore. Snake Eyes is about a [Lamia](/source/Lamia), a snake monster from [Greek mythology](/source/Greek_mythology), who leaves her mother and finds herself in a battle between mythological creatures. It was published by [Abaddon](/source/Abaddon_Books) in 2016. Her fifth young adult novel and third standalone, ''The Hollow Girl'', is about a Welsh Romani teen who gruesomely gets revenge on the boy who raped her, using violence and magic. It was published by Delacorte in 2017.{{Cite journal|last=Quealy-Gainer|first=Kate|date=2017-09-19|title=The Hollow Girl by Hillary Monahan (review)|url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/670479|journal=Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books|language=en|volume=71|issue=2|pages=84–85|doi=10.1353/bcc.2017.0724|s2cid=201775988|issn=1558-6766|url-access=subscription}} ====As Eva Darrows==== Her first standalone young adult novel, ''The Awesome'' was published under the pen name '''Eva Darrows''' by Ravenstone in 2015. It's about a seventeen-year-old ghost hunter on a quest to lose her virginity in order to be able to hunt vampires.{{Cite news|url=http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/reviews/the-awesome-by-eva-darrows/|title=The Awesome by Eva Darrows|date=2015-08-10|work=Strange Horizons|access-date=2018-11-12|language=en-US}} ''The Awesome'' received a starred review from [Publishers Weekly](/source/Publishers_Weekly).{{Cite news|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781781083246|title=Children's Book Review: The Awesome by Eva Darrows. Rebellion/Ravenstone (S&S, dist.), $9.99 trade paper (352p) ISBN 978-1-78108-324-6|work=PublishersWeekly.com|access-date=2018-11-07|language=en}} ====As Thea de Salle==== Monahan's first adult romance series, NOLA Nights, a three-book series starting with ''The King of Bourbon Street'', was published in 2017 by [Pocket Star](/source/Pocket_Star), under the pen name '''Thea de Salle'''. ===Short stories=== Monahan also contributed a short story to ''His Hideous Heart'', a 2019 anthology of retellings of [Edgar Allan Poe](/source/Edgar_Allan_Poe) stories, edited by [Dahlia Adler](/source/Dahlia_Adler), and published by [Flatiron Books](/source/Flatiron_Books). Her story appeared alongside authors such as [Kendare Blake](/source/Kendare_Blake), [Rin Chupeco](/source/Rin_Chupeco), [Lamar Giles](/source/Lamar_Giles), [Tiffany D. Jackson](/source/Tiffany_D._Jackson), and [Stephanie Kuehn](/source/Stephanie_Kuehn).{{Cite news|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/book-deals/article/76291-book-deals-week-of-march-12-2018.html|title=Book Deals: Week of March 12, 2018|work=PublishersWeekly.com|access-date=2018-11-12|language=en}} Monahan also contributed to an charity anthology, called ''Giving the Devil His Due: Special Edition'', edited by Rebecca Brewer and published in the Running Wild Press. {{Cite book |last1=Murray |first1=Lee |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WeyAzgEACAAJ |title=Giving the Devil His Due: Special Edition |last2=Sanford |first2=Jason |last3=Tieryas |first3=Peter |last4=Armstrong |first4=Kelley |last5=Williams |first5=Kenesha |last6=Addison |first6=Linda D. |last7=Henry |first7=Christina |last8=Monahan |first8=Hillary |last9=Warren |first9=Kaaron |date=2021 |publisher=Running Wild Press |isbn=978-1-955062-11-4 |language=en}} == Bibliography == ===As Hillary Monahan=== ====Novels==== =====Young Adult===== * Bloody Mary Series # ''MARY: The Summoning'' (Disney Hyperion, 2014) # ''MARY: Unleashed'' (Disney Hyperion, 2015) * ''The Hollow Girl'' ([Delacorte Press](/source/Delacorte_Books), 2017) =====Fantasy===== * Gods & Monsters * ''Snake Eyes'' (Abaddon, 2016) ====As Eva Darrows==== * ''The Awesome'' (Ravenstone, 2015) * ''Dead Little Mean Girl'' ([Harlequin Teen](/source/Harlequin_Teen), 2017) * ''Belly Up'' ([Inkyard Press](/source/Inkyard_Press), 2019) ====As Thea De Salle==== =====Romance===== * NOLA Nights Series # ''The King of Bourbon Street'' (Pocket Star, 2017) # ''The Queen of Dauphine Street'' (Pocket Star, 2017) # ''The Lady of Royale Street'' (Pocket Star, 2017) == References == {{Portal|Children and Young Adult Literature}} {{reflist}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Monahan, Hillary}} Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people Category:American women writers of young adult literature Category:American writers of young adult literature Category:Romani LGBTQ people Category:American LGBTQ writers Category:Romani writers Category:Welsh Romani people Category:American horror novelists Category:American fantasy writers Category:American Romani people Category:Writers from Massachusetts Category:Writers of mythic fiction --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Hillary Monahan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Monahan) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Monahan?action=history)). 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