The Handmaid\'s Tale meets Wilder Girls in this genre-defying novel about a girl who escapes a terrifying cult only to discover that the World Outside has succumbed to a viral apocalypse.
Visit her website at KellyMcWilliamsAuthor.com..
She lives in Colorado with her partner and young daughter.
Kelly has also worked as a staff writer for Romper , covering issues important to women and families.
She has loved crafting stories all her life, and her very first novel, Doormat , was published when she was just fifteen-years old.
Her novel, Agnes at the End of the World , benefitted from a We Need Diverse Books Mentorship.
For this and so many other reasons, young adult literature will always be close to her heart.
But in a World where faith, miracles, and cruelty have long been indistinguishable, will Agnes be able to choose between saving her family and saving the world? About author(s): Kelly McWilliams is a mixed-race writer who has always gravitated towards stories about crossing boundaries and forging new identities.
As Agnes ventures forth, a mysterious connection grows between her and the Virus.
But it isn\'t safe Outside, either: A viral pandemic is burning through the population at a terrifying rate.
Is she a sinner for saving him? Is her sister, Beth, a sinner for dreaming of the World beyond Red Creek? As the Prophet grows more dangerous, Agnes realizes she must escape with Ezekiel and leave everyone else, including Beth, behind.
Her younger brother, Ezekiel, will die without the insulin she barters for once a month, even though medicine is considered outlawed.
Then Agnes meets Danny, an Outsider boy, and begins to question what is and isn\'t a sin.
What she doesn\'t know is that Red Creek is a cult, controlled by a madman who calls himself a prophet.
There, she cares tirelessly for her younger siblings and follows the town\'s strict laws.
Agnes loves her home of Red Creek--its quiet, sunny mornings, its dusty roads, and its God.
The Handmaid\'s Tale meets Wilder Girls in this genre-defying novel about a girl who escapes a terrifying cult only to discover that the World Outside has succumbed to a viral apocalypse
