Happy December! Now that I’m home from tour, I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who came out to my events. I had a blast meeting so many of you and hope you had an amazing time celebrating the release of THE HOUSE SAPHIR! Thanks to you, it also became an instant New York Times bestseller, for which I’m very grateful.
For those of you looking to gift some bookish merch, The Happy Writer Etsy shop is on sale – save 25% off everything through the holidays!

It’s officially the beginning of the holiday season, so what better time to launch a giveaway! Joanne Levy (my assistant and co-writer for LET IT GLOW) and I are giving away prize packs featuring LET IT GLOW, swag, and copies of our recent books.
THE PRIZES:
– 2 prize packs, each containing: LET IT GLOW + THE HOUSE SAPHIR, ALL THE THINGS WE FOUND, WE COULD BE MAGIC, and BIRD BRAIN + swag (One will be awarded in the US, the other in Canada)
– 10 swag packs (open internationally)
TO ENTER:
– Follow each of us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marissameyerauthor/ and https://www.instagram.com/joanne_levy_/
– Fill out the Google form
– One entry per person, please! Duplicates will not be counted. This giveaway ends Sunday, December 7 at 11:59 pm PST.
Good luck!
What’s next? THE ESCAPE GAME, co-written with Tamara Moss comes out in April but is available for preorder now! Tour and preorder details to come but make sure to save those receipts.

An unforgettable YA murder mystery set in an escape-room themed game show, by Marissa Meyer, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Lunar Chronicles, and Tamara Moss, rising star and acclaimed author of Lintang series.
It’s all fun and games until someone ends up dead.
Six months ago, season four of The Escape Game ended in horror when contestant Alicia Angelos was found murdered on set.
Now season five is underway, and new contestants are ready to put their skills to the test solving the show’s trickiest escape rooms. There’s Adi, the cryptographer; Carter, the math whiz; Beck, the wannabe game master, and . . . Sierra Angelos, the girl who got away with her sister’s murder. Or so everyone believes.
But Sierra’s not just here to win. She’s here for justice.
When the contestants begin uncovering clues that hint at the identity of Alicia’s true killer, it becomes clear that the stakes aren’t high in this competition, they’re deadly. If these teens want to win—and survive—the game, they must solve the biggest mystery of who killed Alicia Angelos?
Wishing you a bookish and joyful holiday season no matter what you celebrate.
Much love,
Marissa
