Yvonne Ventresca writes suspenseful novels and short stories for teen, tween, and adult readers. She is the award-winning author of Black Flowers, White Lies (Sky Pony Press, 2016), and Pandemic (Sky Pony Press, 2014). She’s had several short stories for kids and adults selected for anthologies, including “Justice for Jaynie” in The Second Black Beacon Book of Mystery (2023), “The Third Ghost” in Voyagers: The Third Ghost (2020), and “The Art of Remaining Bitter” in Hero Lost: Mysteries of Death and Life (2017). She’s also written two nonfiction books: Avril Lavigne (Lucent Books, 2007) and Publishing (Lucent Books, 2005).
Yvonne holds an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She serves as the communications manager for Rebecca Dykes Writers and mentors other writers through AWP and Mystery Writers of America.
You can find Yvonne on social media at @YvonneVentresca, or visit her website, YvonneVentresca.com, where she features resources for writers and blogs about creative productivity.
She is a guest of the Rebecca Dykes Writers.
