Cover Reveal: When We Were Strangers by Alex Richards

Hi everyone! Today on Pop! Goes The Reader I’m excited to welcome author Alex Richards to the blog as we reveal the cover of Alex’s sophomore young adult novel, When We Were Strangers!

Coming to a bookstore and library near you July 13th 2021 from Bloomsbury USA, When We Were Strangers sounds like a powerful, riveting contemporary story in which the novel’s protagonist, Evie, must come to terms with her father’s sudden death while grappling with the secrets only she knows he took with him to the grave.

Alex’s debut novel, Accidental was described by School Library journal as “tragic, moving and genuine” and When We Were Strangers sounds every bit as compelling and irresistible. With a beautiful cover designed by Danielle Ceccolini and accompanying artwork by David Lanaspa, When We Were Strangers is at the very top of Pop! Goes The Reader’s most-anticipated YA reads of 2021 and I’m honoured to have been asked to host its exclusive cover reveal here today!



About Alex Richards

Alex Richards is the author of Accidental and a freelance magazine contributor. She is a terrible navigator (just ask the African jungle she got lost in) but makes up for it with a dark sense of humor and homemade horror films. Raised in New Mexico, she and her family live in Brooklyn.

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Cover design by Danielle Ceccolini, Cover art by David Lanaspa


Title When We Were Strangers
Author Alex Richards
Intended Target Audience Young Adult
Publication Date
Genre Contemporary, Realistic Fiction
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Seventeen-year-old Evie Parker is devastated in the wake of her father’s sudden death. But she knows something her mother doesn’t: the day of his heart attack, her dad was planning to move out. After finding his packed bags, an impulsive Evie puts everything away, desperate to spare her mom more heartache.

To make matters worse, Evie soon learns the reason her father was going to leave: he had been dating his twenty-two-year-old receptionist, Bree, who is now six months pregnant. Desperate to distract herself, Evie signs up for a summer photography class where she meets a motley crew of students, including quirky and adorable Declan. Still, Evie can’t stop thinking about her father’s mistress. Armed with a telephoto lens, she caves to her curiosity, and what starts as a little bit of spying on Bree quickly becomes full-blown stalking. And when an emergency forces Evie to help Bree, she learns there’s more to the story than she ever knew…

Alex Richards crafts an addicting and compelling new story about betrayal, complicated family secrets, and getting to the heart of what matters — ultimately asking readers how far they’d be willing to go to unravel the truth.

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