Excerpt - The Halloween Moon by Joseph Fink

About this episode

Joseph Fink discusses his new middle grade novel 'The Halloween Moon' and its themes.

From New York Times bestselling author Joseph Fink (and creator of Welcome to Night Vale and Alice Isn’t Dead) comes a wickedly fun middle grade novel about a Halloween-obsessed girl named Esther Gold, who goes out trick-or-treating for one last year, only to find her town under the thrall of a mysterious presence. BOOK LAUNCH: July 27 @ 8pm ET with author Joseph Fink in conversation with Ransom Riggs. Pre-order the book here (https://www.welcometonightvale.com/books#halloweenmoon) to attend this event. THE HALLOWEEN MOON by Joseph Fink is available now at welcometonightvale.com/books or wherever it is you get your books. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Guest: Joseph Fink

Topics covered

• Halloween
• middle grade novel
• trick-or-treating
• mystery
• book launch

Keywords

• Halloween
• Esther Gold
• trick-or-treating
• mysterious presence
• book launch

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New York Times, Night Vale Presents, Welcome to Night Vale

Books & works: The Halloween Moon

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