Courtney Gould

Courtney Gould writes books about queer girls, ghosts, and things that go bump in the night. Her debut novel, THE DEAD AND THE DARK, came out in 2021 and received the Leslie Bradshaw award for Young Adult Readers. She is also the author of WHERE ECHOES DIE and the forthcoming WHAT THE WOODS TOOK. Courtney Gould writes books about queer girls, ghosts, and things that go bump in the night. She graduated from Pacific Lutheran University in 2016 with a Bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing and Publishing, and now lives in Salem, OR where she continues to write love letters to small towns and haunted places. Courtney is represented by Claire Friedman and Jessica Mileo at InkWell Management.