Rainbow Raul was a columnist and copywriter at the Omaha World Herald. Her first novel catapulted her to YA fame. She's she's also a notable a Marvel Comics writer at this point too.
This novel about a wizarding school and its teen magicians feels like the finale of a series that you've heard about but haven't read. Which is...sort of the point? Born out of an in-universe work of fan fiction from a different Rowell novel, Carry On provides a great opportunity to dig into what helps a story inspired by another story succeed.
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