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J Dylan Yates

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J Dylan Yates

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English
Chenery Press
01 May 2026
Poetry; Reincarnation & past lives
g h o s t c o m p o s e r

Unfinished compositions.

Hidden recordings.

Melodies no one knew existed.

When her son dies from an overdose, he leaves behind more than silence.

As his work is discovered, restored, and released to an international audience, he begins to speak again-haunting, intricate, alive with longing. The world meets the artist. His mother must confront the man.

ghost composer is a luminous work of prose poetry that moves through the aftermath of substance-use disorder with unflinching tenderness. It traces the hidden architecture of a life-brilliance threaded with isolation, ambition shadowed by addiction, love complicated by divorce, alternative family structures, the bizarre dysfunction of authority, and the quiet fractures of abandonment. It examines the science and inheritance of dependency, the machinery of the hospital protocol, and the moment when procedure eclipses instinct.

As the mother assembles her son's legacy, she discovers that death does not end a narrative-it alters its key. Through memory, research, and the aching act of reconstruction, she composes a counterpoint to loss: a testament to creative genius, maternal devotion, and the fragile hope that art can carry what the body cannot.

ghost composer is both elegy and resurrection-a symphony of sorrow, secrets, and the possibility of grace.
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Imprint:   Chenery Press
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 140mm,  Spine: 5mm
Weight:   109g
ISBN:   9780996382557
ISBN 10:   0996382550
Pages:   86
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

THE BELIEF IN Angels, Dylan's debut novel, was written over the course of many years while she held a number of BFA-related jobs, including waitressing, teaching, corporate training, nursing, interior design, parenting, and reluctant housewifery. Dylan volunteered with Boulder County's Voices for Children program as a CASA for 15 years and with the Girls Rising program as a mentor. Dylan's next novel, Szaja's Story, follows Szaja's quest to reunite with his family and escape to America while revealing the intrigue of the post-war Parisian couture houses. exposing the horrors of the Madjanek death camp and the gripping mystery of the tragically, doomed Mefkura, torpedoed while carrying Nazi camp survivors, including over 100 WWII orphans. THE BELIEF IN Angels won the 2015 THEODOR S. GEISEL AWARD, the 2015 SAN DIEGO BOOK AWARD, the 2015 INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARD and for adapted Young Adult version: the 2018 INDIE BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD, 2015 IPPY AWARD, the 2015 KINDLE BOOK AWARD, the 2014 USA BEST BOOK AWARD and the 2015 LEAPFROG PRESS AWARD To arrange a speaking engagement, please contact: CheneryPress@gmail.com Stay in touch: www.jdylanyates.com

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