Author of Pretty Things
JANELLE BROWN
New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Things, Watch Me Disappear, I’ll Be You, All We Ever Wanted Was Everything & This Is Where We Live
WHAT KIND OF PARADISE coming June 2025
Author of Pretty Things
JANELLE BROWN
New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Things, Watch Me Disappear, I’ll Be You, All We Ever Wanted Was Everything & This Is Where We Live
WHAT KIND OF PARADISE coming June 2025
A teenage girl breaks free from her father's world of isolation in this novel of family, identity, and the power we have to shape our own destinies. Coming June 2025.
Author of Pretty Things
“Brown’s refusal to commit to a single lane makes for a treat for readers who don’t think of themselves as typical suspense fans—her books are low on body count and high on heady pleasures."
TIME
Author of Pretty Things
“Brown’s refusal to commit to a single lane makes for a treat for readers who don’t think of themselves as typical suspense fans—her books are low on body count and high on heady pleasures."
TIME
Janelle
“A Los Angeles-based writer of both literary fiction and thrillers, Janelle Brown stands out for her surprise-filled plots, insights into contemporary life and willingness to plumb the depths of family dysfunction.”
LOS ANGELES TIMES
Janelle
“A Los Angeles-based writer of both literary fiction and thrillers, Janelle Brown stands out for her surprise-filled plots, insights into contemporary life and willingness to plumb the depths of family dysfunction.”
LOS ANGELES TIMES
Janelle Brown
Janelle Brown is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels I’ll Be You, Pretty Things, Watch Me Disappear, All We Ever Wanted Was Everything, and This Is Where We Live, with What Kind of Paradise coming in June 2025. Her books have been sold in two dozen countries around the world. Pretty Things - named a Best Book of 2020 by Amazon - is currently being adapted for television by Peacock and Fifth Season.
Her journalism and essays have appeared in The New York Times, Vogue, Elle, Wired, Self, RealSimple, The Los Angeles Times, and numerous other publications. Previously, she worked as a senior writer at Salon, and began her career as a staff writer at Wired during the dotcom boom years, working on seminal Web sites like HotWired and Wired News. In the 1990s, she was also the editor and co-founder of Maxi, an irreverent (and now, long-gone) women’s pop culture Webzine.
A native of San Francisco and graduate of UC Berkeley, she has since defected to Los Angeles, where she lives with her husband Greg and their two children.
Photo by Michael Smiy / https://michaelsmiy.com
Newsletter
“Brown is a gifted, au courant novelist”
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
Newsletter
“Brown is a gifted, au courant novelist”
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE