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Pascale Lacelle biography

Pascale Lacelle is a French Canadian author of young adult fantasy fiction and a New York Times bestselling novelist. She holds a bachelor’s degree in French literature and writes fiction in English. Her debut novel, Curious Tides, was published in the United States by Margaret K. McElderry Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, on 3 October 2023.

Curious Tides is the first novel in The Drowned Gods Trilogy, a dark academia fantasy series involving lunar magic, secret societies and ancient mythology. The story follows Emory Ainsleif, a student at Aldryn College for Lunar Magics, who survives a tragedy in the Dovermere sea caves that kills several of her classmates. When she develops unusual magical abilities, Emory begins investigating the circumstances surrounding their deaths. The novel received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and other literary review publications.

The second novel, Stranger Skies, was published in November 2024. It continues the interconnected stories of Emory, Romie, Baz and Kai as they encounter different magical worlds and investigate the history of Aldryn College. The novel received a starred review from Booklist.

In the UK, the trilogy is published by Simon & Schuster Children’s UK. The paperback edition of Curious Tides appeared in August 2024, followed by the hardcover edition of Stranger Skies in November 2024.

Lacelle has also announced Stars Incarnate, the first novel in a separate young adult post-apocalyptic fantasy duology, provisionally scheduled for autumn 2027.

The third and concluding Drowned Gods novel, Infinite Shores, was published in the United States on 7 April 2026 and in the UK on 9 April 2026 by Simon & Schuster Children’s UK.