Please tell us a little about yourself… Who are you when you’re not writing? TIMEKEEPER (Sky Pony Press, Fall ’16) is her debut YA novel. Half-Indian and full geek, she eats too many samosas and awkwardly dances to Bhangra music. Tara grew up in California, but braved the elements of Virginia to study English/Creative Writing at Hollins University. When she’s not writing about magic, clocks, and boys, she drinks tea, wrangles cats, and sings opera. Tara Sim is a YA author found in the wilds of the Bay Area, California.

Though the boys are drawn together by their loneliness, Danny knows falling in love with a clock spirit is forbidden, and means risking everything he’s fought to achieve.īut when a series of bombings at nearby towers threaten to Stop more cities, Danny must race to prevent Enfield from becoming the next target or he’ll not only lose his father, but the boy he loves, forever. Danny soon discovers why: he is the tower’s clock spirit, a mythical being that oversees Enfield’s time. Danny’s new apprentice both annoys and intrigues him, and though the boy is eager to work, he maintains a secretive distance.

Though Danny is a prodigy who can repair not only clockwork, but the very fabric of time, his fixation with staging a rescue is quickly becoming a concern to his superiors.Īnd so they assign him to Enfield, a town where the tower seems to be forever plagued with problems. It’s a truth that seventeen-year-old clock mechanic Danny Hart knows all too well his father has been trapped in a Stopped town east of London for three years.

In an alternate Victorian world controlled by clock towers, a damaged clock can fracture time-and a destroyed one can stop it completely. Genres & Themes: Young Adult, Fantasy, Steampunk, LGBT, Mystery, Family, Historical Fiction, Mythology, Romance Dear readers, today I have the opportunity to introduce you to a new voice in Young Adult literature, Tara Sim! I have had the chance to read her novel, Timekeeper, a few weeks ago and I immediately contacted the author for an interview.

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