Author of forthcoming queer YA horror Lockjaw (June 4, 2024), Matteo L. Cerilli’s sophomore YA novel Striga is a fantasy noir in which eighteen-year-old orphaned twins—one mortal and one fey—investigate magical killings in order to protect a dangerous family secret, clear their infamous names, and blaze a new path to equality for all, amidst political intrigue in a crooked city, edited by Peter Phillips at Penguin Random House/Tundra Book Group, for publication in Fall 2025.