The Story Behind the Title: Petrified Flowers

YA author Joiya Morrison Efemini writes about the inspiration for the title of her YA novel, Petrified Flowers.

Wednesday YA: Petrified Flowers by Joiya Morrison-Efemini

In a midweek reading slump? Here’s a top pick from our YA collection! Petrified Flowers by Joiya Morrison-Efemini

Meet Joiya Morrison-Efemini, author of Petrified Flowers!

Welcome to Anaiah Press! Tell us about yourself. What’s more important: characters or plot? Characters are more vital to my stories. Characters drive the plot. When I create a fictional person, or write about a person I know, the identity of that person forms her ideas, her dialogue, and her actions. As long as I [...]

Release Day: Petrified Flowers by Joiya Morrison-Efemini

AMAZON LINK Book Blurb: Tragedy uproots Iris and her sisters, all named after flowers, from the solid ground of middle-class life and plants them, unsupervised, in the rocky terrain of low-income housing. In a world where rain falls only on the privileged, Liam, a student who attends the elite private school directly across the street, proves [...]

Cover Reveal: Petrified Flowers by Joiya Morrison-Efemini!

Coming in June! Tragedy uproots Iris and her sisters, all named after flowers, from the solid ground of middle-class life and plants them, unsupervised, in the rocky terrain of low-income housing. In a world where rain falls only on the privileged, Liam, a student who attends the elite private school directly across the street, proves refreshing [...]

Meet new author, Joiya Morrison-Efemini!

We are thrilled to welcome Joiya Morrison-Efemini and her upcoming book, Petrified Flowers. Tell us a bit about yourself. Include a couple of facts that not a lot of people know about you.   I’m a Christian wife, mother, avid reader, and marathoner. I grew up in Vestal, New York. I earned my undergraduate degree at [...]