Revamp any of your existing short- and long-form offers to make them more valuable and more effectively move leads down the funnel.Overhaul your existing copy so it’s easier to follow, supplemented with annotated screenshots and GIF animations where applicable.Revamp any of your existing decks to make them more compelling.Includes an audit, copy overhaul, and recommendations for design changes, but does not include implementation.Includes an audit, copy overhaul, and recommendations for design changes, but does not include implementation.Yes, these are marketing assets, too—show how easy it is to use your product and the helpful resources at customers’ fingertips!Make your educational presentations shine.Wow your leads and conference attendees with stunning presentations.Show off how you’ve solved existing customers’ problems.More in-depth free offers to more effectively generate leads: ebooks, guidebooks, workbooks, templates, etc.Once those leads start rolling in from your website, make your sales team more effective at closing deals with product/service sell-sheets optimized for each persona or use case.Make it easy for prospects to evaluate your product via website pages, price tier comparisons, FAQs, etc.The website pages where prospects complete a form to grab your lead magnet or request a free trial, demo, quote, etc. Includes the full conversion flow: landing page, confirmation page, confirmation email, and a call-to-action copy for other pages on your website, blog, or newsletter.

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Under the Surface

Under the Surface hit a regional Indie Bestseller List!

American Booksellers Association: Under the Surface is a September/October 2024 Kids' Indie Next Pick!

Kirkus: 6 Back-to-School Novels that Deliver Teen Drama (September 2024)

Amazon: The #1 Best YA Book & Personal Editor Pick for August 2024

Publishers Weekly:  "A delight from start to finish" ⭐️ starred review ⭐️ (May 2024)

The Nerd Daily: Read an Excerpt from 'Under the Surface' by Diana Urban (May 2024)

Junior Library Guild: Under the Surface is a 2024 Gold Standard Selection! (May 2024)

Kirkus: "A nonstop thrill ride through an eerily claustrophobic setting: (May 2024)

Goodreads: New YA Books to Keep Teens (and Adults!) Reading All Summer Long (May 2024)

SheReads: Most Anticipated YA Thrillers of Summer 2024 (April 2024)

Lying in the Deep

People Magazine: Best Books of Summer 2023: Our Must-Reads for Summer (June 2023)

BookBub: 15 Mysteries and Thrillers Set at Sea (June 2023)

Literary Hub: 12 YA Mysteries, Thrillers, and Horror Novels to Check Out in 2023 (January 2023)

Publishers Weekly: 2023 Dark Academia Novels for Teens (January 2023)

CrimeReads: 12 YA Mysteries, Thrillers, and Horror Novels to Check Out in 2023 (January 2023)

Goodreads: 2023's Most Anticipated Young Adult Books (January 2023)

Buzzfeed: Here's 40 of the Most Anticipated YA Books of 2023 (December 2022)

SheReads: Most Anticipated YA Books of 2023 (December 2022)

Brightly: The Most Exciting YA Books Coming in 2023 (December 2022)

Forever Young Adult: 2023 Most Anticipated Books (December 2022)

All Your Twisted Secrets

Honor Title in the San Jose Public Library Mock Printz Awards, 2021 (All Your Twisted Secrets)

Barnes & Noble: 11 YA Mysteries and Thrillers Set on Campus (July 2023)

Collider: 10 Mystery Novels to Read Before Watching 'Glass Onion' (December 2022)

Epic Reads: 14 Whodunit YA Books to Read if You Love Knives Out (September 2022)

Elite Daily: 10 Books to Read if you Love Squid Game (October 2021)

Epic Reads: 2020's YA Fiction Books to Read Before the Year Ends (November 2020)

BuzzFeed: New YA Thrillers and Mysteries You Won't Want to Put Down (July 2020)

The Nerd Daily: Read These 2020 YA Mystery Books for the Ultimate Thrill Ride (April 2020)

Paste Magazine: The Best Young Adult Books of 2020 (March 2020)

Cosmopolitan: The Best Young Adult Books You Literally Won't Be Able to Put Down in 2020 (March 2020)

Goodreads: The Best Young Adult Books of March (March 2020)

Epic Reads: YA Books that Wonderfully Blend Revenge and Romance (March 2020)

Publishers Weekly: Children's Book Review - All Your Twisted Secrets (January 2020)

BookBub: The Young Adult Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2020 (January 2020)

PopSugar: New Thriller and Mystery Books to Look Out For in 2020 (January 2020)

PopSugar: Promising New YA Books to Look Out For in 2020 (December 2019)

Forever Young Adult: Most Anticipated Books of 2020 (December 2019)

School Library Journal: All Your Twisted Secrets Review (November 2019)

SheReads: The Most Anticipated YA Books of 2020 (October 2019)

Hypable: ‘All Your Twisted Secrets’ Cover Reveal, Excerpt (July 2019)

The Big Thrill: Unlocking the Allure of Locked-Room Thrillers (March 2019)

These Deadly Games

Winner of the Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award, 2022-2023 (These Deadly Games)

YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers, 2023 (These Deadly Games)

Salon: Books for Hard-to-Shop Teens and Tweens (December 2022)

Cosmopolitan: 10 of the Best New Books to Read (February 2022)

Girls Life: 8 Books to Read Based on the Cutest Candy Heart Messages (February 2022)

The Nerd Daily: Q&A: Diana Urban, Author of These Deadly Games (February 2022)

Paste Magazine: The Best New Young Adult Books of February 2022 (February 2022)

BookRiot: Most Anticipated Books of 2022 (January 2022)

Goodreads: The 68 Most Anticipated YA Novels of 2022 (January 2022)

The Nerd Daily: 72 Upcoming YA Book Releases to Add To Your TBR (January 2022)

Seventeen: The Ten Best Young Adult Books Arriving in 2022 (December 2021)

Buzzfeed: 40 Highly Anticipated YA Books Releasing in the First Half of 2020 (November 2021)

She Reads: Best Fiction Books Coming in 2022 (November 2021)

Other Mentions

The Mary Sue: HarperCollins Authors Are Turning Down Awards in a Show of Worker Solidarity (November 2022)

BookRiot: Amazon is Adding Goodreads Ratings to Book Listings (November 2022)

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