A sapphic debut about three ghost hunters turned art thieves using their viral show as a front, who are blackmailed into completing their catastrophic last heist and retrieving the haunted painting that may have murdered their ringleader—but something followed them home that night, and it will do anything to stop them from finishing the job.
Sophia Hannan (she/her) is a Canadian author who writes YA and Adult fiction. Her YA debut, We Were Never Here comes out in 2025 with Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. She is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and working as a bookseller. When she isn't writing about ghosts, she's either watering her plants or listening to Moon Song by Phoebe Bridgers on repeat.
get in losers, we're going feral over a new sapphic YA horror soon!
about: A sapphic debut about three ghost hunters turned art thieves using their viral show as a front, who are blackmailed into completing their catastrophic last heist and retrieving the haunted painting that may have murdered their ringleader—but something followed them home that night, and it will do anything to stop them from finishing the job.
Even though I read a very early version of WE WERE NEVER HERE two(!!) years ago, it grabbed me by my throat and never once let me go. Full of grief, intrigue and the most perfect chaos, this sapphic YA horror novel has everything I love about the genre and is SO feral-worthy. You truly don't want to miss Sophia's unique, emotional and thrilling debut!!
this book is so fantastic and I'm so happy it's being published so I can read it for the first time all over again!!! Soph's talent is truly a spooky force to be reckoned with <3