Renee Mangieri
Renee writes adult fiction ranging from fantastical or dystopian to cozy quilt shop mysteries.
Renee Mangieri lives on Long Island with her amazing husband, two awesome boys, and a spirited collection of cats, dogs, and chickens.
A lifelong lover of books and imagined worlds, she writes to explore the thin line between reality and the worlds that may, or may not, exist just beyond it. When she isn’t writing, Renee can be found quilting, teaching martial arts, or getting lost in a good novel.
Rust Born is her debut novel.
RUST BORN
Grace is a sleepwalking assassin who believes she’s the hero in her dreams, but she must face the devastating reality that the monsters she’s slaying are the very people she’s trying to save.
Rust Born is an adult dystopian novel with a romantic thread. It will appeal to readers Daggerouth by H.M. Wolf for its high-stakes story and family dynamics and Bones by K.L. Speer for its gritty survivalist atmosphere.
113,000 Words
Querying 2026
Masks of Verona
Arianwan and Emerys are the main characters in the blend a fantastical retelling of Shakespear’s Romeo and Juliet and the Movie Mr. & Mrs. Smith.
What to expect:
– Steampunk technology
– Dragons
– Star-crossed fated mates
– Reverse grumpy/sunshine dynamics
– Femine rage
More info to come!