Synopsis "Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton's the Nightmare Before Christmas "

**THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**Read Sally's story in this young adult companion to Tim Burton'sThe Nightmare Before Christmas written by New York Times best-selling author Shea Ernshaw. Jack and Sally are "truly meant to be" ... or are they? Sally Skellington is the official, newly-minted Pumpkin Queen after a whirlwind courtship with her true love, Jack, who Sally adores with every inch of her fabric seams-- if only she could say the same for her new role as Queen of Halloween Town. Cast into the spotlight and tasked with all sorts of queenly duties, Sally can't help but wonder if all she's done is trade her captivity under Dr. Finkelstein for a different cage. But when Sally and Zero accidentally uncover a long-hidden doorway to an ancient realm called Dream Town, she'll unknowingly set into motion a chain of sinister events that put her future as Pumpkin Queen, and the future of Halloween Town itself, into jeopardy. Can Sally discover what it means to be true to herself and save the town she's learned to call home, or will her future turn into her worst... well, nightmare?

Shea Ernshaw

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Shea Ernshaw (Oregon, USA) is an American author known for her fantasy and mystery novels, characterized by a lyrical style and an atmospheric setting inspired by the landscapes of her homeland. From a young age, she dreamed of being a writer, sending manuscripts to publishers at ten years old and nurturing her love for magical worlds in notebooks filled with stories. She resides in a small mountain town in Oregon, where she finds inspiration in nature and shares her life with her family and a dog named Juno.

Among her most notable works are The Wicked Deep (2018; winner of the Oregon Book Award 2019), Winterwood (2019), A History of Wild Places (2021), Long Live the Pumpkin Queen (2022), and A Wilderness of Stars (2022), as well as upcoming publications such as The Beautiful Maddening (2025). Her books, published in over twenty countries and repeatedly selected as Indie Next Picks, have been praised for their ability to weave supernatural elements with deep human emotions, establishing Ernshaw as a key voice in contemporary fantasy.

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