Writing

Young adult novels:

Wolfpack. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. 2023.

A young adult mystery written in verse, about a group of teenage girls living in a cult and the suspicion and paranoia that emerges when one of them goes missing.

Selected for Illinois Reads 2024, 2025 Sequoyah High School Masterlist

“Brunskill (The Window) employs absorbing verse and a keen grasp on the teen voice in this stirring psychological thriller about nine teenage girls raised in a cult…[I]ntricately detailed alternating third-person POVs that center individual perspectives as well as a lush, collective voice”-Publishers Weekly

“This novel-in-verse brilliantly develops layers of intrigue, with each answered question leading to a more disturbing one, the sum of which ultimately paints a picture of well-intentioned deceptions and the terrible tragedies they bring about.”–Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

The Window. Delacorte Press. 2018.

After Jess Cutter’s twin sister, Anna, dies in what appears to be a tragic accident, Jess becomes obsessed with tracking down the identity of Anna’s secret boyfriend.

The Fiction Shortlist for the 2018 Chicago Review of Books Award 
2019 Nominee for Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers
2021 Nominee for NYSRA Charlotte Award

“It’s a heartfelt depiction of the grieving process and a thought-provoking exploration of secret lives kept hidden.” –Publishers Weekly

“[S]hort chapters move this debut briskly along, and it will hook those interested in a mystery that’s as much a psychological examination of one girl’s grief as it is a thriller”–Booklist

Short stories:

The Hunter’s Child. Luna Station Quarterly. June 2022.

This One. Arts & Letters. Fall 2020.

Outcomes. Indiana Review. Summer 2018.
Nominated for the Pushcart Prize.

Dive Deep, Breath Held. Ninth Letter. Spring/Summer 2017.
Awarded an Illinois Arts Council Agency Literary Award