My debut novel, Paradise Pawn is out now! Click here to order it.
Here are some very nice things people have said about it:
“Brilliant and bighearted, Paradise Pawn transported me back to the electrifying intensity of young friendship. It beautifully captures the feeling of slowly waking up from childhood and emerging into the adult world only to realize it’s often not what we thought it would be. A total gem of a debut!”—Charlee Dyroff, author of Loneliness & Company
“You’ve never read a coming-of-age novel like this before. Meg Richardson manages to capture the exact moment when childhood tips into puberty. Funny and sweet without shying away from the darker moments of adulthood, Richardson transforms our ideas of what it means to be a girl in this laugh-out-loud novel about best friendship, growing up, and working class life.”—Molly McGhee, author of Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind
Here is some media about it:
Daily Fiction: Paradise Pawn in Literary Hub
Vermont Author Centers Teen Friendship—and a Pawn Shop—in Debut Novel on Vermont Public Radio
10 Must-Read Books Coming in July 2026 in Marie Claire Magazine
Espresso Shots: Paradise Pawn in The Driftless Area Review
How Friendship Anxiety Helped Me Write My Debut Novel in The Chicago Review of Books