Meet the Author: M. Minji Jacome - Trapped Marionettes

Come by to meet M. Minji Jacome, author of Trapped Marionettes!

Minji published Trapped Marionettes, her debut novel, earlier this year at age 14. She is a young SFF writer living in Valencia with her multilingual family and her nine adopted cats.

Stop by our shop to meet her, check out her work, and pick up a signed copy.

🗓️ Minji will be at the Book Lovers Valencia bookstore on Tuesday, October 27 from 18:00–20:00. Come by any time!

An RSVP is not required, but helps us prepare better.

📍 Carrer del Historiador Chabàs, 5, 46003, Valencia

About the Book
She wanted things to make sense again. Instead, she found the Cats.

On a surreal, Wonderland-like island, in a hidden realm parallel to Japan, live the Cats: creepy, humanoid cat-like creatures governed by an enigmatic leader named Halfmoon, referred to as It. Obsessed with Its genius technological inventions, It watches everything…

Amber, a young girl struggling to process her parents’ divorce, a recent move, and her emotionally absent mother, exists at the edge of reality. When she slips through a portal from her small coastal town, she finds herself in the Cats’ world, an impossible place where nothing is quite as it seems. The Cats need her to save their island from impending doom. Fail, and she might be trapped in their nonsensical world forever.

Alongside a wacky Cat companion, Amber embarks on a surreal journey — one that pulls her deeper into the dizzying, addictive allure of Halfmoon’s inventions and the Cats’ chaos. The further she travels, the more reality, and Amber herself, begin to unravel.

More about Minji
Minji likes coffee, classic literature, jellyfish, and the wonderful whimsy of Tim Burton films. Passionate about art and self-expression, she enjoys writing and sharing the wacky creations of her mind.

Find her work online: @minji.writes