Cults, curses, and supernatural terror—oh, my.

Step into the darkness with Diana Rodriguez Wallach.

    HATCHET GIRLS

    Released October 2023. Order now!

    Fall River, Massachusetts.

    The Morses are dead.

    But who did it?

    More than a hundred years after the Lizzie Borden’s parents were axed, this propulsive supernatural thriller imagines what might happen if history repeated itself.

    Praise for Hatchet Girls
    “Hatchet Girls storms the YA horror realm with blistering, unputdownable storytelling. A magnificent setting, characters full of surprises, and clever twists team up for a heart pounding ride. Hold on to your hatchets! And don’t miss this stunner.”—Laura Taylor Namey, New York Times bestselling author of A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow

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    SMALL TOWN MONSTERS

    Available now!

    The Conjuring meets The Vow! Diana's new horror novel Small Town Monsters weaves together a girl, a dark angel, and the cult hellbent on taking over her small, coastal town. It’s up to Vera Martinez and Maxwell Oliver to save his mother and expose the harmless self-help group she joined that might be something more...sinister. It’s a terrifying tale that will leave them both staring into the very heart of evil.

    Praise for Small Town Monsters
    “With razor sharp pacing, hair-raising chills, and well-drawn characters to root for, Small Town Monsters does for YA horror what Stranger Things did for Netflix.”—Laura Taylor Namey, New York Times bestselling author of A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow
    "The strong writing, ghoulish details & brisk plot give this work reader appeal. An eerie thriller emphasizing the power of inner strength." —Kirkus
    "With death cults, possession, exorcism, and demons, Small Town Monsters is like all of my favorite horror movies rolled up into one unputdownable book!"Gretchen McNeil, author of Ten and #murdertrending
    Kirkus names SMALL TOWN MONSTERS one of the "13 Scariest Books of 2021"

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News & Updates

Coming Fall 2025, NEW YA Horror THE SILENCED!
Inspired by a real abandoned girls’ reform school in the author’s hometown, THE SILENCED explores what happens when adults are given full control over teenage girls and what it takes for those girls to fight back—even from beyond the grave.
Hatchet Girls, Fall 2023
Diana’s most recent YA Latinx Horror, a modern-day murder mystery set in Lizzie Borden’s hometown, is set for Fall 2023 through Random House’s Delacorte imprint.