Grady Hendrix is an award-winning novelist and screenwriter living in New York City. He is the author of Horrorstör, My Best Friend's Exorcism (which was adapted into a feature film by Amazon Studios), We Sold Our Souls, and the New York Times bestseller The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires (currently being adapted into a TV series). Grady also authored the Bram Stoker Award-winning nonfiction book Paperbacks from Hell, a history of the horror paperback boom of the seventies and eighties, and his latest non-fiction book is These Fists Break Bricks How Kung Fu Movies Swept America and Changed the World.

"Hendrix's genius as a horror writer is his ability to develop complex, human-scale emotional arcs...Never before has one of his books so aptly met the moment...at turns frightening, anxiety-producing, infuriating, beautiful and sad." - The New York Times

"A devilishly good time." - People

"An engrossing, compelling read." - The Guardian (UK)

"Fantastic ... Hendrix is a wizard at mixing together tropes of terror in thought-provoking ways." -Minnesota Star Tribune

"There's spells, there's witches, and then there's the magic Grady Hendrix conjures up in this amazing novel." - Stephen Graham Jones, New York Times bestselling author of I Was a Teenage Slasher

"Terrifying, darkly funny, moving, immersive, and deeply relevant--a page-turner that will keep you up until one in the morning. I devoured every page of it. Grady Hendrix is at the top of his game." - Simone St. James, New York Times bestselling author of Murder Road

"Will delight fans new and old with his convincing rendering of characters juggling pregnancy and magic, childhood and adulthood, helplessness and power - and of course good and evil. Another nail-biter not to be missed!" - Tananarive Due, author of The Reformatory

"This book is so twisted and smart, it could hide behind a spiral staircase. It's got such a warm beating heart, and it broke mine several times. As soon as I finished I wanted to start all over again." - Catriona Ward, author of The Last House on Needless Street and Nowhere Burning

"Grady Hendrix again brings to life a fully realized ensemble of characters who you'll cry with and root for while deftly molding the historical novel, the supernatural, and gritty, all-too real life horrors into a morally complex and genuinely haunting and moving tale. I couldn't put it down once I started." - Paul Tremblay, author of Horror Movie and The Cabin at the End of the World

"Another stellar novel from Hendrix, a perfectly constructed story that has a strong emotional core, compelling plot, unforgettable characters, and 360 degrees of terror." - Booklist (starred review)

"A magical look into the lives of teenage girls, of making the jump from powerlessness to power, of facing your fears and finding your coven. Enchanting and entertaining, but ultimately the novel's greatest strength is its fearless truth-telling. Press this book into the hands of the young women you know." - Alma Katsu, author of The Fervor

"Captivating from the start, Witchcraft for Wayward Girls takes readers on an incredible journey exploring female victimization and empowerment...that may or may not entail tapping into the dark magic within. A phenomenal read for witches everywhere!" - Carissa Orlando, author of The September House

Publisher: Random House Large Print Publishing

Pub date: 2025-01-14

Length: 624 pages