A STUNNING OWN-VOICES FANTASY DEBUT by an African American writer, starring a resilient biracial heroine staking out her own place in an unforgiving society

IMMENSELY TALENTED YOUNG AUTHOR with an accomplished lyrical voice and an unusual, nuanced world

STRONG CROSSOVER POTENTIAL for mainstream and YA readers

TIMELY AND RESONANT NOVEL with themes of women’s oppression and rebellion evokes The Handmaid’s Tale

THIS TITLE WAS WON AT AUCTION with eight bidders competing for this incredibly talented debut author

UK RIGHTS PREEMPTED BY TRANSWORLD (RH) who will publish simultaneously

WE WILL SOLICIT QUOTES FROM TOP NAMES in the adult and YA fantasy world

WE OWN MORE BOOKS WITH THIS AUTHOR

Alexis Henderson is a speculative fiction writer with a penchant for dark fantasy, witchcraft, and cosmic horror. She grew up in one of America’s most haunted cities, Savannah, Georgia, which instilled in her a life-long love of ghost stories. Currently, Alexis resides in the sun-soaked marshland of Charleston, South Carolina.

Author Residence: Charleston, SC

“This is a beautiful, powerful, important book, and I hugely recommend it.”—Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author of The Unkindest Tide
  
 “The Year of the Witching is a dark wood ready to swallow you whole with its tense stakes and beguiling prose. Henderson takes witchcraft to its very depths, unraveling the horrific nightmares of bone-deep ideology and devastating oppression.” — Dhonielle Clayton, New York Times bestselling author of The Belles series
 
“A haunting, unique read I couldn’t put down—a story that cuts to the heart.”—Tamora Pierce, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Tempests and Slaughter

“The Year of the Witching tells a universal, timeless story about women’s power.” – O, The Oprah Magazine

“Has a classic setup but updates the olde puritanical tale to deal with issues of racism and sexism.”—The Washington Post

“Unique and haunting.” –Ms. Magazine 

“The Year of the Witching is a very, very good book. It’s unsettling and horrifying, beautiful and incisive, and ultimately, radiantly triumphant… I was torn between wanting to tear through the chapters as fast as possible to see how things resolved and savoring every sentence.” – Smart Bitches, Trashy Books

“The Year of the Witching is Alexis Henderson’s debut novel, but you’d never know it…. The story is enchanting, enticing, enthralling, enigmatic.”–Tor.com

“A thrillingly brisk and bracing tale of magic and power, I loved this book. It takes the best tropes of horror and witchcraft and gives them a refreshingly feminist twist.”– S.A. Chakraborty, National bestselling author of The Daevabad Trilogy
 
“A dark, dramatic tale of oppression and rebellion, ideology and morality, with a complicated, appealing protagonist caught in a Handmaid’s Tale nightmare.”- Louisa Morgan, Author of The Age of Witches
 
”A masterfully eerie, feminist story that binds itself to the reader’s mind and won’t let go.“ - Shea Ernshaw, New York Times bestselling author of The Wicked Deep
 
 “Creepy, compelling, and compulsively readable…blends the terror of the supernatural with the all-too-recognizable human evils of power and dogma.” — Fonda Lee, Award-winning author of the Green Bone Saga 
 
“Bone-chilling and breathtakingly beautiful…storytelling at its finest.” – Rena Barron, author of Kingdom of Souls
 
“A brutal tale of religion, witchcraft, & patriarchy. The perfect read for fans of The Handmaid’s Tale.” – amanda lovelace, National bestselling author of the princess saves herself in this one
 
“This book will haunt your dreams.”—Christina Henry, National Bestselling author of Alice and The Ghost Tree