Yellowface

Description

Yellowface.

A gripping literary thriller filled with biting satire, dark humor, and relentless suspense, Yellowface explores ambition, identity, and the high price of success in today’s publishing world.

June Hayward once imagined she and fellow writer Athena Liu would rise to fame together. Instead, Athena becomes a celebrated literary star while June’s career stalls in obscurity. When a shocking accident suddenly claims Athena’s life, June makes a life-changing decision—she takes possession of Athena’s unpublished manuscript and convinces herself that finishing and publishing it is justified.

Reworking the novel and releasing it under the name Juniper Song, June quickly finds the recognition she has always craved. Critics celebrate the book, readers embrace it, and her career transforms overnight. But behind the acclaim lies a dangerous secret that refuses to stay buried.

As questions about the novel’s true origins begin to surface, June becomes trapped in a web of deception, public scrutiny, and mounting paranoia. Every interview, online discussion, and unexpected discovery threatens to expose the truth, forcing her to confront how far she is willing to go to protect the life she has built on a lie.

Blending psychological tension with sharp social commentary, Yellowface examines authorship, representation, cultural identity, privilege, and the influence of social media in shaping public opinion. Thought-provoking, unsettling, and impossible to put down, this novel offers a compelling exploration of morality, fame, and the consequences of stealing someone else’s story.