PJ McIlvaine is a prolific best-selling author, screenwriter, and journalist.
PJ is the author of the twisty adult contemporary crime psych thriller A GOOD MAN (Bloodhound Books, August 2023), THE CONUNDRUM OF CHARLEMAGNE CROSSE a YA alternate history adventure set in Victorian London(Orange Blossom Books, September 2023), VIOLET YORKE, GILDED GIRL: GHOSTS IN THE CLOSET a MG historical supernatural mystery (Darkstroke Books, 2022), and the picture book LITTLE LENA AND THE BIG TABLE (Big Belly Book Co., 2019), illustrations by Leila Nabih.
PJ’s Showtime original movie My Horrible Year was nominated for a Daytime Emmy. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Newsday, and elsewhere.
PJ lives in Eastern Long Island with her family who are an endless source of inspiration, perspiration, and exasperation, along with Luna, an extremely spoiled French Bulldog/couch potato. Also, she’s distantly related to the French philosopher/feminist/writer Simone de Beauvoir (PJ not Luna).
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THE FUCK IT LIST Comedy Horny high school virgins who think banging "fugly chicks" will be easy, and their equally frustrated Dad's who aren't getting any either. It's hard out here for a virgin. Non-virgins too. No one's getting laid.
THE RETURN Family ⋄ Horror ⋄ Thriller Set in the aftermath of a mysterious pandemic that has decimated society, desperate parents are determined to rescue their teen deaf-mute daughter. Gritty, graphic sex and violence.