Blank Paige - by Ashley Griffin

About the Book

A genre bending exploration of fate vs free will and the power of stories set in an ethereal Bookstore where the employees are fictional characters who have yet to be written. From best seller Ashley Griffin.

Book Synopsis

Set in an ethereal bookstore where all of the employees are fictional characters who have yet to be written, and must live a purgatory-like existence tending to the literary canon until their author shows up to claim them, "Blank Paige" follows Paige - an intelligent young woman who is the only character to arrive in the Store without any knowledge of her genre or story. Paige's appearance sends the world of the Bookstore into a tailspin - causing the characters to question how much free will they have over their own lives, and threatening to destroy the very fabric of imagination. In this world, characters are far more complex than their archetypes would imply, and nothing is as black and white as it appears. From best-selling author and Broadway artist Ashley Griffin, "Blank Paige" is a meta, genre bending exploration of fate versus free will and the power of stories.

Review Quotes

"Brilliantly genre defying...sits comfortably on the shelf next to Erin Morgenstern, Neil Gaiman, Susanna Clarke, Catherynne M. Valente, Baum and Carroll...I highly recommend you check it out. This is a special story." - OnStage

"The kind of storytelling defined by George MacDonald and Madeline L'Engle...I believe she is the MacDonald of our generation... (Griffin) utterly subverts all expectations of a 'YA Fantasy' book." - OnStage

"If storytelling - as put by Griffin - is a dying art, then she herself is in the vanguard of its resuscitation...Owing to a rich heritage of stories past and present, Griffin's work reflects the best elements of storytellers past and combines them in her own style (with) just enough detail for the imaginations of her audience to take over...I am predisposed to trust any (piece) under Griffin's auspices." - Paper Tiger Reviews

"Within the subtext of Ashley Griffin's dark stories of struggle and survival is one of the most surprisingly cathartic voices about mortality and immortality." - Mike Rinaldi, "What is Hip?"

"She transports us through eras, characters and story lines clearly and with ferocious grace...It is truly stunning what she can do with...nothing but the simplest...magic." - The Harlem Times