These Vicious Masks: A Swoon Novel (38 page)

Mild-mannered assistant by day, milder-mannered writer by night,
TARUN SHANKER
is a New York University graduate currently living in
Los Angeles. His idea of paradise is a place where kung fu movies are projected on clouds, David Bowie’s music fills the air, and chai tea flows freely from fountains.

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KELLY ZEKAS
, a New York University graduate, writes, acts, and reads in New York City. YA is her absolute favorite thing on earth
(other than cupcakes), and she has spent many hours crying over fictional deaths. She also started reading Harlequin romances at a possibly too-early age (twelve?) and still loves a good historical
romance.

kellyzekas.com

These Vicious Masks
is their first novel.

A Swoon Reads Book
An imprint of Pan Macmillan

First published in the US 2016 by Feiwel and Friends

This electronic edition published 2016 by Macmillan Children’s Books
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ISBN 978-1-5098-0352-1

Copyright © Tarun Shanker and Kelly Zekas 2016

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Book design by Liz Dresner

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