Trang Thanh Tran - Author of SHE IS A HAUNTING

They Bloom at Night

Noon has always been a late bloomer—until her coastal town became choked with a strange red algae. When neighbors start to disappear, she must reckon with the monsters itching at her skin and the past that’s come calling. The strange, atmospheric setting of Annihilation meets the intimate story and young voice of Speak in this YA horror They Bloom at Night.

Coming 3.4.25. Preorder today!

A March/April 2025 Kids’ Indie Next bookseller recommendation!

Starred review from School Library Journal

Among the Best YA Books of March 2025 from Barnes & Noble

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.

A B&N YA Book Club pick, Target YA Book Club pick, Kids Indie Next pick, instant NYT & Indie bestseller, and William C. Morris Debut Award 2024 Finalist

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Meet the Author

Welcome! I’m Trang. 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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TRANG ON SPOTIFY

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

She Is a Haunting is exactly the kind of book I love—gorgeous prose, a deliciously terrifying atmosphere, incisive thematic resonance, and a gloriously complex heroine. Jade is an unforgettable character, all tender longings and sharp edges, and readers everywhere will root for her just as hard as I did. Put it on your shelf next to Rebecca and The Haunting of Hill House. An incredible, riveting debut.

Claire Legrand

New York Times bestselling author of Furyborn and Sawkill Girls

This exquisitely disturbing tale of identity and colonialism and intergenerational trauma will eat its way under your skin and live there forever. Read this one with the lights on. I’m ready to be haunted by whatever Trang Thanh Tran writes next.

Emily X.R. Pan

New York Times bestselling author of The Astonishing Color of After

…a satisfying blend of traditional horror with modern themes and concerns. Both the ghosts and the humans in this richly layered work are alluring and deadly.