What if you could relive your happiest childhood memories?
The Memory Token
A novel by Andrea Ruggirello
A young woman starts a new job at a nonprofit equipped with mysterious coin-operated horses that allow the rider to relive their happiest childhood memories. But when she rides, what she sees isn't familiar. As she unravels the mystery of why she experiences the horses differently, she quickly learns that the organization has a secret, sinister purpose.
Coming Fall 2027 from Harper Horizon
About Andrea
Andrea Ruggirello’s debut novel, The Memory Token, is forthcoming from Harper Horizon in 2027. She was a 2024 New Jersey State Council on the Arts fellow in prose, holds an MFA in fiction from West Virginia University, and is an alumnus of the Tin House Workshop. Her writing appears in Joyland, Redivider, Third Coast, the Baltimore Review, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Electric Literature, the anthology Body Language (Catapult, 2022), and elsewhere.
Andrea was born in Korea and adopted as a baby. She was raised on Staten Island, New York. After stints in upstate New York, Boston, West Virginia, Washington, D.C., Brooklyn, and Jersey City, she currently lives in the D.C. Maryland suburbs with her husband and dog, a black lab/brittany mix who loves broccoli and pillows.
Photography by Magdalena Photography
Other Writing
Andrea’s fiction and nonfiction appear in magazines, journals, anthologies and other publications. Her fiction includes short stories and humor pieces and her nonfiction spans personal essays, reported stories, interviews, and books coverage.