Akwaeke Emezi announced on Twitter that they will be publishing their first romance novel titled You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty. The novel is set to be released by Atria Books in 2022.
Last year, I wrote a romance novel. This year, it sold in a major deal at auction to @AtriaBooks, and that’s how my romance debut YOU MADE A FOOL OF DEATH WITH YOUR BEAUTY will be published next year in 2022!!! 🙌🏾✨🎉 #FoolOfDeath pic.twitter.com/oec8iYFbLT
— AKWAEKE (@yungdeadthing) February 24, 2021
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty is about “a young artist struggling to overcome the loss of an old love, while inviting a new one in.”
The novel takes its title from a lyric in indie rock band Florence + the Machine’s song, “Hunger.” Emezi shares in the Twitter thread:
I started the romance novel in 2019, which was one of the worst years of my life, and listening to @florencemachine stitched me together when my spirit was pulling itself apart. I am so grateful for their work and the way it carved me down to the bone.
You Made a Fool of Death will be Emezi’s sixth book published in four years across five genres. They conclude the exciting news with a TikTok glow up video.
Congratulations to Akwaeke Emezi!
Thank you all so much for celebrating this with me! 🥺💞✨ It means the world and it is a great pleasure of my life to bring these stories to you! 🙏🏾 Here’s some cuteness for your timeline 🌸 pic.twitter.com/CsKbWHh5cz
— AKWAEKE (@yungdeadthing) February 24, 2021
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