It’s been centuries since the Jeweled Valley and its magical gems were destroyed. The Seven Kingdoms have crumbled, their memory all but dissolved into myth. In the republics that rose to replace them, scientists craft synthetic jewels to heat homes, power gadgetry, and wage wa… [click for more!] Coming in June 2023!

Coming June 1, 2021! A group of goblins steal a boy's ability to apologize in this lively middle-grade fantasy from Nebula Award-winning author Fran Wilde. Preorder now!

2019 Nebula Award winner • 2020 Lodestar Award finalist

Full of both adventure and heart, Riverland is a story about the bond between two sisters and how they must make their own magic to protect each other and save the ones they love.

“Wilde [uses] the fantastic to symbolize and illuminate the complex emotions her characters experience. About courage and truth overcoming denial and fear, Riverland is an important book.” —Shelf Awareness, Starred Review

2019 Locus Recommended Reading List

The Fire Opal Mechanism is the fast-paced and lively sequel to Fran Wilde's The Jewel and Her Lapidary.

“This engaging stand-alone sequel to The Jewel and Her Lapidary highlights Wilde’s deft prose and fantastical imagination. Readers will enjoy the intersection of knowledge and freedom to learn twisted into something darker.” —Library Journal

2016 Hugo nominee • 2016 Nebula nominee • 2016 Locus finalist • L.A. Library Best of 2016

Buried beneath the layers of a traveler’s guide is a hidden history: two kingdoms, powerful gems, and the even more powerful Lapidarys who bind them. Lin and Sima, caught in a web of intrigue and deceit, must find a way to escape the traps set by the past and save their kingdom.

“…a splendid tale of courage and transformation in a world as exquisite as Wilde's prose. You will be utterly entranced.” —Ken Liu, Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award winner and author of The Grace of Kings

A Locus Award Best Novel nominee

A City of living bone towers crumbles to the ground and danger abounds.

“The final installment cements the setting of this Andre Norton Award-winning series as of the most imaginative we’ve encountered in recent years.” —Barnes & Noble

A Locus 2016 Recommended Read

The Towers are in disarray, without a governing body or any defense against the dangers lurking in the clouds, and daily life is full of terror and strife.

“It’s that rare bird, the follow-up to a highly praised first novel that doesn’t just equal its predecessor’s accomplishments, but exceeds them. I felt Updraft was a promising debut effort; Cloudbound sees much of that promise realised, with hints of more to come.” —Locus

2016 Compton Crook Award winner • 2015 Andre Norton Award for Best Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy • 2015 Nebula Award for Best Novel nominee

Welcome to a world of wind and wonder, sky and ground, heart and hope.

“Updraft is Fran Wilde’s debut novel, and an absolute delight to read, a coming of age story set in a truly original world, blending romance, conspiracy, awesome training montages, and some good-old-fashioned adventure to create a book that’s impossible to put down.” —Barnes & Noble