Rainbow Rowell Reveals She Wrote Corinne as Rebecca Morrow and Announces a Sequel

Rainbow Rowell has revealed that she wrote Corinne, the 2022 novel published under the name Rebecca Morrow. In a November 2 essay for ELLE, the author of Eleanor & Park and Cherry Baby also announced that she has written a sequel, Catch Us the Foxes. William Morrow plans to publish a revised hardcover of Corinne under Rowell’s name in July 2027, followed by the sequel in March 2028.

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Why Rainbow Rowell published Corinne as Rebecca Morrow

Rowell wrote Corinne during the pandemic. The novel drew on feelings about faith, shame and sexuality that she found difficult to discuss publicly. She also wondered how readers who knew her for queer YA fantasy would respond to a book that felt so far from what she had been publishing. Using a pen name gave her a way to put the story into the world while keeping that part of her writing life private.

When St. Martin’s Press released Corinne on July 12, 2022, the author bio identified Rebecca Morrow only as the pen name of a bestselling author. In her essay, Rowell said Corinne had become her favorite of her books. As time passed, the privacy she had wanted began to get in the way of something she wanted more: a chance to talk about Corinne and Enoch and share their story with the readers who already knew her work.

What is Corinne about?

Corinne Callahan is cast out of the fundamentalist church that raised her and cut off from her family. She builds a life outside the church, but years later she moves back to her hometown hoping to be welcomed into her mother’s home again. There she runs into Enoch Miller, the deacon’s son and the boy she once risked everything for.

That return gives the book its sharpest tension. Corinne has already proved she can make a life away from home. What she still wants is something she can’t give herself: a place at her family’s table. Seeing Enoch again brings those two lives into contact, and the question becomes how much of the life she’s built she is willing to risk for a chance to belong again. Rowell describes the characters as fictional and says that although their love is central to the story, she sees the book outside the romance genre.

Find the original edition of Corinne on Amazon.

When do the revised Corinne and Catch Us the Foxes come out?

• July 2027 in the U.S. — Corinne. Rowell says she expanded some of the material about the church and sharpened the focus on certain characters. Penguin lists its U.K. edition for July 8, 2027.
• March 2028 in the U.S. — Catch Us the Foxes. Penguin confirms it is a direct sequel and lists the U.K. edition for March 16, 2028. Its listing confirms the title and reading order.

If you want to start now, look for the 2022 edition under Rebecca Morrow. If you’re planning a reread before Catch Us the Foxes, the 2027 hardcover gives you a reason to revisit it. The changes Rowell describes return to the church and its members, the part of Corinne’s past that still shapes what she wants when she comes home.

Check Amazon for Catch Us the Foxes by Rainbow Rowell.

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