CG Drews

# 1 New York Times Bestselling & Award-Winning Horror Author

CG Drews is the award-winning # 1 New York Times Bestselling author of Don’t Let The Forest In, Hazelthorn, You Did Nothing Wrong, and Scorpion Deep. Their work has been translated into over 12 languages, won the Barnes & Noble 2025 YA Awards and has been nominated for the 2020 and 2025 Carnegie Medal, as well as has been Indie Next Picks and Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selections. CG lives in Australia under a pile of unread books.

Preorder the Don’t Let The Forest In paperback and submit your receipt here to receive a digital short story from Thomas's POV, set before the events of the book!! Releases on January 27th.

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Preorder You Did Nothing Wrong and submit your receipt here to receive a signed bookplate and character art print!! Releases on March 17th.

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  • “...fantastical read; prepare for the emotional roller coaster...”

    Booklist (starred review)

    Don’t Let The Forest In

  • “...rich, extravagant prose”

    KIRKUS reviews

    Don’t Let The Forest In

  • “Visceral, haunting, and blisteringly raw, You Did Nothing Wrong is a masterpiece of a gothic thriller"

    Ava Reid, #1 New York Times bestselling author

    You Did Nothing Wrong

  • “Viscerally atmospheric and beautifully eerie"

    Pascale Lacelle, NYT Bestselling author

    Hazelthorn

  • "a beautiful, horrific novel out of underbrush and ink stains and blood"

    Andrew Joseph White, NYTimes bestselling author

    Don’t Let The Forest In

  • "A uniquely arranged bouquet of terrors, as disturbing as it is beautiful."

    Kirkus, Starred Review

    Hazelthorn

  • "...a gothic psychological thriller rife with brutal twists and gruesome scenes of botanical body horror."

    Publishers Weekly

    Hazelthorn

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View fullsize weekly meme dump >>> idk i just think the reader logic is sound. any new books on your tbr?? i really want to get the god of the woods and the bog wife so maybe i just might. am currently doing copyedits for Hazelthorn (coming october 2025)

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