Nova Ren Suma writes haunting, female-fronted tales about sinister things, exploring the complexities of family, different kinds of ghost stories, and what it means to be a woman in the world. Her latest, A Room Away From the Wolves, takes place in the stifling rooms of an all-female boarding house in New York City. Deeply unreliable teen narrator Bina flees to Catherine House after an unnamed trauma, and there she falls under the sway of long-dead founder Catherine de Barra, and of fellow boarder Monet, who may just be the key to breaking Catherine House’s spell. We talked to Nova about New York stories, girls gone astray, and her path to becoming a writer.