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Jill Baguchinsky writes raw, accessible young adult fiction that resonates with teenagers navigating an increasingly dark and complicated world. Her most recent book, SO WITCHES WE BECAME (LBYR 2024), received a starred review from School Library Journal; the young adult horror novel tackles society’s toxic “boys will be boys” mentality with nuance and sensitivity, challenging women and girls to find strength in the shadows of their past trauma and fight back. MAY THE DEAD KEEP YOU (LBYR 2026), her next YA horror, turns some traditional romance tropes upside down to illustrate that themes like obsession, possessiveness, and stalking aren’t romantic at all. Jill’s debut novel, SPOOKYGIRL, won the 2011 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award for Young Adult Fiction.
Although Jill works mainly in the young adult realm, she has also been recognized as a notable voice in adult horror; her stories have appeared in the women-in-horror anthologies INTO THE FOREST: TALES OF THE BABA YAGA and MOTHER KNOWS BEST: TALES OF HANDMADE HORROR (both Black Spot Books). Her work has been adapted for audio on the popular NoSleep Podcast, and her post-apocalyptic short story “Green Thumb” won Uncharted Magazine’s Sci-Fi/Fantasy Short Story Award. Although Jill’s work is often dark and sometimes grim, she weaves hope, strength, and subtle humor throughout her stories, offering readers a bit of light in the shadows.
Jill’s storytelling abilities adapt seamlessly to other genres as well. For her 2018 young adult contemporary novel, MAMMOTH (Turner Publishing), Jill worked with real-life scientists and trained at the Waco Mammoth National Monument to deliver a story of finding one’s confidence and voice as a young female intern in the male-dominated field of paleontology.
Born in New York and raised in Florida, Jill spends most of her time writing with the help of her menagerie of rescued office assistants (currently cats and guinea pigs), giddily cross-stitching rude or political sentiments, and chilling at Walt Disney World’s EPCOT theme park.
Works by Jill:
MAY THE DEAD KEEP YOU (Little, Brown and Company, April 2026)
SO WITCHES WE BECAME (Little, Brown and Company, July 2024)
“Never Love, No Room for Monsters,” part of the women-in-horror anthology MOTHER KNOWS BEST: TALES OF HOMEMADE HORROR (Black Spot Books, May 2024)
“All Bitterness Burned Away,” part of the women-in-horror anthology INTO THE FOREST: TALES OF THE BABA YAGA (Black Spot Books, 2022)
“All is Well, Friend,” adapted for audio on the Season Pass edition of S18:E15 of the NoSleep Podcast, 2022
“Green Thumb,” 3rd place winner, Uncharted Magazine 2021 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Award
MAMMOTH (Turner, 2018)
SPOOKYGIRL: PARANORMAL INVESTIGATOR (Dutton, 2012)
Looking for additional info? Email jbaguchinsky@gmail.com.
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