EATING VERONICA is a feminist psychological horror novel about beauty standards and empowerment, following the bloody glow up of a young woman who spawns a carnivorous monster that feeds on her peers, and with each kill brings her closer to attaining the body of her dreams.
Publishing director Rosanna Forte acquired UK and Commonwealth rights from Hannah Todd at Janklow & Nesbit in three-way auction.
The novel has also been sold at auction to Grand Central [in a seven-way bid] in the US. Forte and editor Sam Harding will publish the novel in spring 2027.
Photography by: Nicole Barton
Maddison Dawn began writing fifteen years ago when a play of hers was produced by her community theater in Oklahoma.
Today, her fiction blends darkness, satire, and an edge of romance, exploring the monstrous, the beautiful, and the blurred line between the two.
Her debut novel, EATING VERONICA, draws from her lived experience with body image, weight, and the complicated ways our bodies shape how the world sees us.
Chad Luibl, North American
Hannah Todd, United Kingdom
Kristina Moore
