![]() ![]() “It’s important to know it’s a long process. And that’s not all: The 22-year-old Khoury is already writing her second novel for Penguin, and she has embarked on the publisher’s Breathless Reads tour.īut while the past two years have been a veritable whirlwind, Khoury wants to emphasize-especially to aspiring authors-that, as easy or speedy as her timeline might appear, writing and publishing a book takes significant time and effort. On September 4, Origin-a thought-provoking YA novel with a fascinating premise-debuts with an impressive 250,000-copy first printing. ![]() This year, she finished revising the book, appeared at book and library conventions and traveled to the jungle for the first time. ![]() In 2011, she wrote a book (in about a month) that was snapped up by Penguin’s Razorbill imprint. Publishing phenom Jessica Khoury has had a busy couple of years: In 2010, she graduated from college and got married. ![]()
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