Where Are You, Echo Blue? is out today!

Today is finally here! After two plus years of work, after talking about it for days, for months, for years, Where Are You, Echo Blue? is out today, available where ever books are sold. I’m so proud of my Hollywood book about an obsessive journalist and a trouble starlet.

Where Are You, Echo Blue? is about the most famous child star of the 90s who disappears on the eve of Y2K and the journalist, who is also an obsessed fan, who goes to search for her. It’s about so much more. Fathers and daughters. Nepo babies. How women are treated in Hollywood. Parasocial relationships with celebrities. Fan obsession and so much more.

So many cool things I want to point out:

1. The Echo Blue Spotify playlist

2. My essay in People about how I loosely based this book on Tatum O’Neal

3. The new Audio version of Where Are You Echo Blue? that you can get on audible or Libro.fm

4. My interview with Raegan Revord, a young actress who has an IG book club called Read With Raegan. Reagan played Missy on the CBS television show Young Sheldon, she has her own book coming out next year and she has over a million followers on Instagram. It was a fascinating conversation between us. I wrote a book about a child star and she actually is a child star. She had a lot to say about growing up in Hollywood.

Word of mouth is such an important part of building buzz around a book, and I'm so grateful for all the support this book has garnered so far—so to everyone who's preordered, cheered it on, or talked it up, THANK YOU!

If you're willing to support Where Are You, Echo Blue?, here are some ideas (all from the amazing author Andrea Bartz who not only wrote the nicest things about Echo Blue, but whose book, The Spare Room, is out now.

1. The first week of sales determines whether a book will hit the bestseller list, so if you'd like to buy a copy, now is a great time! Your local independent bookstore is always the most author-friendly bet, but here are some other buy links:

Amazon
Target
Bookshop.org (a portion of proceeds supports indie bookstores!)
Barnes & Noble

2. If you belong to your local library, you can request the book and they'll special order it for your branch. (Fun fact: Libraries pay a higher price per book than consumers, so this $0 act helps authors bigly!)

3. I'd be so grateful if you posted about the book via Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, sky-writing, billboard, LinkedIn—wherever! (You could even forward this email to friends who might enjoy the book.) Feel free to share posts from my Instagram or Facebook or TikTok or to post the cover (attached) or a photo you take of the book. Anything you'd like to write is fab, but if you're stuck, here are some ideas:

My friend @hayleykrischer ’s new book is out TODAY! #WhereAreYouEchoBlue is about the most famous child star of the 90s who disappears on the eve of the millennium and the journalist who is an obsessed fan who goes to find her. Get your copy here: 

https://bookshop.org/p/books/where-are-you-echo-blue-hayley-krischer/20908651

#WhereAreYouEchoBlue by my friend @hayleykrischer is out now! BookList said “Her look at fame and the toll it takes is piercing, timely, and astute.” Order here! 

https://bookshop.org/p/books/where-are-you-echo-blue-hayley-krischer/20908651

Happy pub day, @hayleykrischer! #WhereAreYouEchoBlue is a Hollywood mystery about the most famous child star who disappears and an obsessed journalist. Get your copy here: amzn.com/gp/product/1984820494

4. The best way to throw even more love my way is to leave a review on Goodreads and Amazon (you do not need to purchase it to write a review). Even a one-liner helps immensely. Once a book hits a certain number of reviews, the algorithm recommends it to more people.

I really love the support that I’ve been getting through the newsletter. So Very is something that I’ve been doing for a long time and it means so much to me that you’re still reading.

xoxo

Hayley