Actor Raegan Revord will make her literary debut next year with a young adult novel.
Wednesday Books will publish Revord’s Rules for Fake Girlfriends in the fall of 2025, the St. Martin’s imprint announced in a news release. It says the novel “cleverly plays with rom-com tropes to deliver a heartfelt and satisfying read.”
Revord, 16, acted in episodes of the series Modern Family and Grace and Frankie before booking a starring role in Young Sheldon, the sitcom prequel to the hit show The Big Bang Theory.
She is an avid reader, and in 2022, launched her own book club, Read With Raegan, which has featured titles including Tess Gunty’s The Rabbit Hutch, Hayley Krischer’s The Falling Girls, and Kayvion Lewis’ Thieves’ Gambit.
Revord’s novel will follow Avery Blackwell, an 18-year-old woman whose late mother leaves her a photograph that serves as the first clue in a scavenger hunt. She enlists the help of a new friend—who begs Avery to pretend to be her girlfriend—on her search.
“I’ve been a fan of Wednesday Books since I began reading YA, so to have my debut novel be published under [publisher Eileen Rothschild’s] expertise and guidance has been a dream come true,” Revord said in a statement. “I am so excited for readers to go on this journey with Avery and her friends. Inclusive stories are more important now than ever and I’m excited to have been given the opportunity to share Rules for Fake Girlfriends with readers.”
Michael Schaub is a contributing writer.
