Abigail Tyson — YA Writer

About

About Me

As a Young Adult fiction writer, I examine the crossroads of burgeoning or shifting identity, complex mental health, tumultuous female-led relationships (be they familial, platonic, or romantic), and the compulsory foundational earthquake that is adolescence at its core. All with a twist, of course.

After receiving my BA from Hampshire College with a self-designed major combining Creative Writing and Adolescent Development, I worked in traditional publishing as an Assistant Publicist in general fiction, then later as an Editorial Assistant in children's books. I then wore many hats in the video game industry for a decade, most notably as a Narrative Designer. I now work at an independent bookseller as a Specialist operating their personalized monthly book subscription. As a writer, I was accepted into the '25–'26 cohort of the Peacock Guild, a critique-based writers' salon held in Flannery O'Connor's childhood home.

My current project, a YA Mystery, is my first novel.

A Few Things I Love

Some Favorites

Books

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume, The Strange Case of Jane O. by Karen Thompson Walker, Wilder Girls by Rory Power, Summer's Edge by Dana Mele, Sadie by Courtney Summers, I Killed Zoe Spanos by Kit Frick, The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

TV Shows

Gossip Girl, Veronica Mars, Arrested Development, The Sinner, Sharp Objects, Cruel Summer (season one), Buffy the Vampire Slayer, VEEP, Hannibal

Movies

Peter Pan (2003 live action), Moulin Rouge, The NeverEnding Story, Castle in the Sky, Saved!, The Others, The Game, The Fellowship of the Ring, Uptown Girls

Games

Nancy Drew: Warnings at Waverly Academy, Virtue's Last Reward, Gnosia, Persona 4, 13 Sentinels, Oxenfree, Disco Elysium, Paradise Killer, Mario Party 3

* Please note this is not a conclusive, ordered list. The idea of a conclusive, ordered list of favorites paralyzes me with an unspeakable dread.

Current Project

YA Mystery

Complete at 70,000 words

Sixteen-year-old Lilac and her inseparable friend group must find their missing magnetic ringleader, Daphne (even though she instructed “Don't come looking for me” in a note left for Lilac), as her recent cagey behavior indicates she's more than likely in danger… and Lilac isn't convinced she's not the reason her best friend vanished after a vicious argument. Though as Lilac digs deeper into Daphne's hidden life, she starts to realize how much of her own identity is entangled with a friend she may have never truly known.

Lilac's Vibing Playlist ↗

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Note: I am seeking representation at this time.

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