EMILY FRANCE
Stories with a mindful twist.
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Author of ZEN AND GONE
a Washington Post Best Book for Young Readers
Author of ZEN AND GONE< SIGNS OF YOU, and the Zen-inspired picture book, KRIT DREAMS OF DRAGONFRUIT
(coming March 2020)
"This is a beautiful, gentle, contemplative story certain to both fascinate and educate readers about a new way of encountering the world and all the challenges within it."
—Publishers Weekly starred review
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"ZEN AND GONE reminds us that we are all connected, we all matter, and we are all loved. By lifting up others, we lift up ourselves."
—New York Times bestselling author Lauren Myracle
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also by Emily France
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SIGNS OF YOU
an Apple iBooks Best Book of the Month
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"Kudos to France . . . . The Sixth Sense meets The Da Vinci Code for teen readers."
—Kirkus Reviews
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"An inventive concept—part mystery, part supernatural, part spiritual meditation . . ."
—Booklist
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Emily France is the critically acclaimed young adult author of Signs of You and Zen and Gone. She graduated from Brown University and also holds an MFA in Creative Writing and a JD. She lives in sunny Colorado with her husband and son. Her Zen practice is the taproot of her inspiration. Connect with her online at emilyfrancebooks.com
ZEN AND GONE
A Washington Post Best Book for Young Readers
Bringing together mindfulness and mystery, Emily France mines her home state of Colorado in a novel of a teen girl's harrowing search for her missing younger sister—and her own search for self.
Born and raised in Boulder, Colorado, Essence McKree feels older than any seventeen-year-old she knows. Ever since weed was legalized, Mom has been working in a pot shop, high more often than not. Lately it’s been up to Essa to care for her nine-year-old sister, Puck.
When Essa meets Oliver—a brainy indoor type, in town for the summer—she is cautious at first, distrustful of the tourist crowd and suspicious of Oliver’s mysterious past in Chicago. But Puck is charmed and pushes Essa toward him. Soon Essa finds herself showing Oliver the Boulder she has forgotten: the mountain parties, the long hikes . . . and at Oliver’s urging, the exploration of Buddhism at the local zendo.
When Oliver agrees to accompany Essa on a three-day survival game in the Rocky Mountains, she feels a lightness she hasn’t known in a long time. Then she discovers that Puck has stowed away and followed them into the wilderness. After spending a night stuck in a mountain storm, Essa wakes to find Puck missing. Now Essa must rely on her newfound spiritual strength if she is to save her sister’s life, and ultimately her own.
RECENT BOOKS
ZEN AND GONE
A Washington Post Best Book for Young Readers
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Out now in hardcover and audiobook.
Bringing together mindfulness and mystery, Emily France mines her home state of Colorado in a novel of a teen girl's harrowing search for her missing younger sister—and her own search for self.
SIGNS OF YOU
An Apple iBooks Best of the Month
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Out now in hardcover, paperback, and audio.
A sighting of the ghost of a teen girl's mother unexpectedly draws her into a mystery surrounding a centuries-old relic and the clues it might offer about the afterlife. By reaching for the ones who are gone, she uncovers hidden truths about those she hasn’t yet lost.