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Author · Storyteller
Joel James
@joeljames
Young Adult writer drawn to flawed characters, unexpected consequences and the small details that make imagined worlds feel real.
Behind the stories
About the writer
Joel James writes young adult and contemporary. Their interests range from character and story structure to editing, formatting and the practical realities of independent publishing.
A book is made from hundreds of decisions nobody sees.
Books and story worlds
Stories by Joel James
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First draft
The Quiet Hours
Seventeen-year-old Mara Holt spends her evenings helping her mother sort books for a second-hand shop that is failing faster than she can admit. When she finds a hidden notebook tucked inside a donated copy of a local history guide, she becomes tangled in a chain of small lies, old regrets and one very public mistake that could cost her the shop, her friendships and the only version of home she knows.
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