Spotlight of A Grim Reaper's Guide to Living Twice by Maxie Dara

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A GRIM REAPER'S GUIDE TO LIVING TWICE

MAXIE DARA

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ALL INFORMATION IN THIS POST IS TAKEN FROM AN E-MAIL FROM KAILA MUNDELL-HILL | PUBLICITY BERKLEY | PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE THE PUBLISHER'S WEBSITE | AND THE AUTHOR'S GOODREADS PAGE

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A funny, heartwarming fantasy mystery about the struggles of modern-day grim reapers wrestling with death—and life.

A grim reaper’s body is hijacked by the soul she was sent to collect.

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November 3, 2026

Berkley Trade Original

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PRAISE FOR A GRIM REAPER'S GUIDE TO LIVING TWICE:

“Witty and poignant…a fast-paced caper with some surprisingly sweet meditations on mortality. . . Delightful.” —Publishers Weekly

“The novel explores themes of found family, overcoming fear, and supernatural bureaucracy, all while maintaining Dara’s trademark humor.” —Library Journal

**PRAISE TAKEN FROM THE PUBLISHER'S WEBSITE**

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ABOUT A GRIM REAPER'S GUIDE TO LIVING TWICE:

A dead-end job has never been funnier when a grim reaper's body is hijacked by the soul she was sent to collect.

Jack McCoy’s body is dead and buried, but he's got a new one—the body of the grim reaper assigned to transport his soul to the afterlife. Instead of a freewheeling, small-time crook, he's now to all outward appearances a prim senior citizen. It gives him the chance for professional redemption: one final spectacular heist! It's Ocean's Eleven in the afterlife, as Jack, aka Margaret Chen, must convince his old gang that (a) he's actually Jack and (b) they can make a killing by stealing the list of who's about to die.

In this delightfully zany mystery, Jack must contend with arthritis, the woman who got away, and someone who's one step ahead of him. . .

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Maxie Dara is a writer and actor from Ontario, Canada.

She has been a freelance journalist focusing on the local arts and culture scene for more than five years, with bylines in publications such as Hamilton Magazine and Beyond James, among others.

She is also a two-time award-winning playwright, taking home the Best of Fringe award at the 2017 Hamilton Fringe Festival for the musical comedy This Is Not a Musical: The Musical! and the 2020 Torpedo Prize for her play Alone Together, a pandemic drama.

Maxie knew she wanted to be a writer at the age of seven, when she first fell in love with the written word.

She also wanted to be a mermaid but has mostly focused on the writing side of things.

**AUTHOR PHOTO TAKEN FROM THE AUTHOR'S GOODREADS PAGE**

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