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Jordyn Taylor is a Canadian author and journalist based in New York City. She’s the award-winning author of THE PAPER GIRL OF PARIS (2020), DON’T BREATHE A WORD (2021), THE REVENGE GAME (2023), THE REBEL GIRLS OF ROME (2025), and WICKED DARLINGS (2025), and former Executive Digital Editor of Men’s Health magazine.

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WICKED DARLINGS

From the author of The Revenge Game comes a twisty YA thriller about the underbelly of Manhattan’s high society, where nothing is off-limits—not even murder.

“Jordyn Taylor has range y’all and she proved it once again with Wicked Darlings.”—Cosmopolitan

“A twisting thriller that tackles grief head-on.” —Kirkus

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THE REBEL GIRLS OF ROME

From the author of The Paper Girl of Paris comes The Rebel Girls of Rome, a thrilling and heartfelt dual POV novel about Lilah, a girl looking to reconnect with her grandfather over his mysterious past during a trip to Rome, and Bruna, a queer Jewish woman who escapes the Nazis in Italy and joins the resistance during World War II.

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The Revenge Game

A wickedly comic feminist mystery about the dark side of a hopeless romantic's seemingly perfect love story.

"It all comes together to give us that level of thrill that we obviously cannot get enough of, especially when it comes to Jordyn's books." —Cosmopolitan

"An empowering and timely feminist mystery.” —Kirkus

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The Paper Girl of Paris

Winner of the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People

"A quick read that history lovers will easily devour"—Teen Vogue

"Get ready to be transported to Paris in Taylor's incredible debut novel."—Seventeen, Editor's Choice

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Don’t Breathe a Word

Bank Street’s Best Children’s Books of the Year 2022

Finalist for the Forest of Reading White Pine Award

Shortlisted for the Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence for Best Juvenile/YA Crime Book

"A fast-paced, exhilarating story about a boarding school shrouded in secrecy and the girl who will do anything to right the institution's wrongs." —Jessica Goodman, Indiebound bestselling author of They Wish They Were Us

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