Soman Chainani

“No one likes boys! Even girls who like boys can’t stand boys!”

— Soman Chainani

“Nothing will ever be enough to satisfy the black hole in our hearts.”

— Soman Chainani

If you get trapped in your head and out of your body during the writing process, it's very easy to make wrong…

— Soman Chainani

“If there was one word Agatha dreaded more than "ball", it was "dancing".”

— Soman Chainani

“The thing Tedros liked about girls is that they always started the conversation. Most of the time, his job was just to…

— Soman Chainani

“No one likes boys! Even girls who like boys can't stand boys! They smell, they talk too much, they mess up everything,…

— Soman Chainani

“[B]eware trying to bend the Truth to fit your story instead of facing it head-on. That was your father's mistake. And that's…

— Soman Chainani

“To me, a king is a lighthouse. A guide who can cast his glow across his kingdom and bring every last one…

— Soman Chainani

“Hester glowered at her. “The biggest mistake a villain can make is to get caught up in revenge. Hansel and Gretel were…

— Soman Chainani

“But when children continued to disappear every four years, the village shifted their attention to burrowing bears, then phantom bears, then bears…

— Soman Chainani

“Sophie: "For the Create-A-Tale Competition, your story ended with Snow White eaten by vultures and Cinderella drowning her-self in a tub." Agatha:…

— Soman Chainani

“Someone had to save him from himself.”

— Soman Chainani

“Agatha: "If you say anything smug or stuck-up or shallow, I'll have Reaper follow you home." Sophie: "But then I can't talk!”

— Soman Chainani

“What's the one thing Evil can never have... and the one thing Good can never do without?”

— Soman Chainani

“Hold on to me!” Tedros yelled, hacking briars with his training sword.Dazed, Agatha clung to his chest as he withstood thorn lashes…

— Soman Chainani

It's the problem with fairy tales. From far away, they seem so perfect. But up close, they're just as complicated as real…

— Soman Chainani

“Professor Manley begins his first day of Uglification class by explaining why villains must be ugly to succeed. Ugliness releases you from…

— Soman Chainani

I never think of my work as writing for a young audience, frankly, because I think it risks talking 'down' to them.…

— Soman Chainani

“It's not what we are, Sophie. It's what we do.”

— Soman Chainani

“You gave me a dead frog for my birthday! To remind you we all die and end up rotting underground eaten by…

— Soman Chainani

“Because we won’t be there for them in the Woods,”

— Soman Chainani

“Sophie bristled. “About to die with your beloved prince and still thinking about me. My story will go on without you, Agatha.…

— Soman Chainani

“Gently Agatha touched her face in the mirror, glowing from inside. A face no one recognized because it was so happy. There…

— Soman Chainani

“Sophie and Agatha locked eyes one last time but neither screamed for the other. Once true loves, the two girls now pulled…

— Soman Chainani

“Look for where the tales go at night.”

— Soman Chainani