Trang Thanh Tran

Author of SHE IS A HAUNTING

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She Is a Haunting

The tense atmosphere of Mexican Gothic meets the coming-of-age story in The Astonishing Color of After in this YA horror novel about a closeted Vietnamese American girl who discovers sinister forces plotting to keep her family in her estranged father’s house in Vietnam.

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Untitled YA Novel

I can’t say much about this yet but it’ll certainly be spooky and bi. 🙂 Check out my Spotify playlist for vibes.

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Meet the Author

Welcome! I’m Trang (also secretly three grumpy cats in a trench coat). Thank you for checking out my website. I write books about big feelings in small moments, people making bad decisions, and ghosts—real and imagined. Watch this space for special book content, updates, and blog posts about writing life, publishing, and current obsessions.

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AUTHOR PLAYLISTS

Check out Trang’s playlists to explore what she listens to while writing.

TRANG ON SPOTIFY

She Is a Haunting is the type of story that settles deep down inside of you and never lets you go. Beautiful, terrifying, and haunting (of course), it’s impossible not to devour as quickly as you can.

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“Wow, you actually sold a book.”

Mom
paraphrased and translated

A riveting debut from a remarkable new voice! Trang Thanh Tran weaves an impressive gothic mystery in which Jade’s father is determined to restore a decrepit home to its former glory and Jade is the only person who feels the soul-crushing devastation of colonialism lingering within its walls.

Angeline Boulley
#1 New York Times bestselling author of The Firekeeper's Daughter

She Is a Haunting is a beguiling feast of a book that drew me in immediately with its exquisitely unsettling atmosphere, vivid prose, and creeping horrors-both supernatural and all too human.

Kate Alice Marshall
author of I AM STILL ALIVE and RULES FOR VANISHING

Electric and unsettling with a deliciously rich theme readers will sink their teeth into, She Is a Haunting is my absolute favorite new entry in the gothic genre. Layers of identity, fright, and heartfelt romance are tenderly laid one over the other, creating a richly complex story that questions the very nature of a haunting. Trang Thanh Tran is a force to be reckoned with.

Courtney Gould
award-winning author of THE DEAD AND THE DARK