One of the pens behind the press
Elin Suriya
Middle grade fantasy · Nusantara skies · Grief written gently
Elin writes for readers old enough to know when something is wrong and young enough to still go looking for the fix. Her worlds borrow their weather from the Nusantara: sky islands, monsoon winds, kites flown further than anyone sensible would allow, and the particular quiet that follows a storm. Her heroes tend to be the smallest person in the room holding the most stubborn idea in it. She writes about grief without once using the word, and about how long it can take to find your voice again.
3 books in print · 13 journal pieces
Books by Elin Suriya
Elin Suriya in the journal
- The Morning a Word Went Missing
- The Morning the Sky Held Its Breath
- The one thing the magic in my books is never allowed to do
- The character who would not come in out of the rain
- The afternoon the kite would not come down
- The Orionids are coming, and a nine year old is counting on me to stay awake
- The things nobody tells you about writing for children
- The song came back in pieces
- The long line
- What the storm left when it went
- A boy asked me why there has to be a sad part
- The rules my grandmother had about water