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Ellen Poe: The Forgotten Lore by Diana Peterfreund
On Sale April 7, 2026
Diana Peterfreund
Diana Peterfreund

Diana Peterfreund has published fifteen novels for adults, teens, and kids, including the four-book Secret Society Girl series, the “killer unicorn novels” Rampant and Ascendant, For Darkness Shows the Stars (a post-apocalyptic retelling of Jane Austen’s Persuasion), and Across a Star-Swept Sea (inspired by the classic series The Scarlet Pimpernel). Her middle grade trilogy, Omega City, are contemporary adventure novels for younger readers set in a secret bunker city somewhere under modern Maryland. Her CLUE mysteries were written in partnership with Hasbro to bring the classic board game to life for the modern teen.

Her works have been named to the New York Public Library’s Books for the Teen Age list, the Capitol Choices (metro DC-area) reading list, the Texas LoneStar List, and the Sunshine State Young Reader Awards List, as well as having been named to Amazon’s Best Books of the Year. In addition, she’s written dozens of critically acclaimed short stories and a variety of non-fiction essays about  popular children’s literature.  Diana lives outside Washington D.C., with her family.

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Ellen Poe: The Forgotten Lore

Book #1 from the series: Ellen Poe

The first book in an exciting YA series about a teen girl, descended from Edgar Allan Poe, who must navigate the haunting legacy of her ancestor while learning to harness her own strength and intelligence, especially as she begins to commune with the dead.

What happens when your tell-tale nightmares turn into reality and the ghost of Edgar...

In the Ballroom with the Candlestick

From the series: The Clue Mysteries

In the Ballroom with the Candlestick is the dramatic and deadly conclusion to Diana Peterfreund’s thrilling YA mystery series inspired by the classic board game CLUE!

After a tragic accident at Blackbrook Academy kills one of their own, Orchid, Scarlett, Peacock, Mustard, and Plum are desperate to put the pieces back together and finish out the...

In the Study with the Wrench

Book #2 from the series: The Clue Mysteries

Diana Peterfreund’sIn the Study with the Wrench is the thrilling sequel to the “ingeniously plotted and vastly entertaining” (Kirkus Reviews) In the Hall with the Knife, in a mystery series inspired by the classic board game CLUE!

New semester. New secrets. New murder.

In the aftermath of their headmaster’s brutal murder, Blackbrook Academy...