Tori Amos will make her children’s literature debut next year.
Penguin Young Readers will publish the singer-songwriter’s Tori and the Muses, illustrated by Demelsa Haughton, in the spring, the press announced in a news release. It calls the book “a thoughtful and sprightly tale of young Tori navigating the magical world of inspiration in all its forms.”
Amos first gained fame in 1992 with her debut solo album, Little Earthquakes, which spawned the hit alternative single “Crucify.” She followed that album up two years later with Under the Pink, which contained what would become one of her signature songs, “Cornflake Girl.” She went on to release more than a dozen more albums, most recently, Ocean to Ocean.
She is the author of two autobiographical books: Piece by Piece, co-written with Ann Powers, and Resistance: A Songwriter’s Story of Hope, Change, and Courage, which a critic for Kirkus called “a profound autobiographical playlist and radically political call to action primarily for Amos fans.”
Tori and the Muses follows a young girl whose father makes her practice for a piano recital but who would rather play her own songs, inspired by the eleven Muses who have visited her since she was a baby.
Amos shared news of the book in a video on Instagram, saying, “For a family or for a kid who reads this book, I’d like them all to walk away, maybe creating together, maybe encouraging each other, even the parents, to find their Muses and the magic that will make them passionate about creating.”
Tori and the Muses is slated for publication on March 4, 2025.
Michael Schaub is a contributing writer.
