Do I Know You?


 
 
 
 PRAISE FOR
 The Roughest Draft
 “Real, raw, and heartfelt.”
 —USA Today
 “The Roughest Draft is a book about books, and a breathtaking meditation on the ways in which fiction can be a space to expose and write large our most vulnerable truths. . . . Complex and achingly romantic, The Roughest Draft feels as if it’s a palimpsest for Wibberley’s and Siegemund-Broka’s most deeply held beliefs about writing and each other—a profound collective story inked out for all of us to find ourselves on its pages.”
 —Entertainment Weekly
 “The Roughest Draft has it all: romance, rumor, and intrigue, and you won’t want to put it down.”
 —Shondaland
 “Wibberley and Siegemund-Broka deliver on what they’ve always done best: imperfect characters who you want to follow all the way to the end. There’s fire-hot tension and yearning and resentfulness and fights and steamy romance, but there’s also beauty in the way the story depicts the uncertainty of creative careers, working as a team, and individual growth. If you have a case of winter blues, this is the novel to pick up.”
 —BuzzFeed
 “Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka are the dream team from heaven. Starting as YA authors and shifting their powerhouse kingdom into adult, The Roughest Draft absolutely gives me The Hating Game vibes for a new generation, but sweeter. And maybe steamier?”
 —Oprah Daily
 “This novel is that rare piece of writing that needs no editing, haunts your sleep, and leaves you wishing it was longer when you turn the last page.”
 —Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wish You Were Here
 “I love, love, loved this book. It sucks you into a slow, sexy burn from page one and keeps you hooked with its layered, heart-wrenching honesty. This is contemporary romance at its best!”
 —Lyssa Kay Adams, author of A Very Merry Bromance
 “Together, Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka produce a seamless voice that is compulsively readable. Their characters spark to life immediately on the page and are so real and relatable that I’m still thinking about them days later.”
 —Jen DeLuca, USA Today bestselling author of Well Traveled
 “There isn’t a single page of The Roughest Draft, not one, that doesn’t contain a sentence 
 Titles by Emily Wibberley & Austin Siegemund-Broka
 
 
 
 
 The Roughest Draft
 Do I Know You?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Copyright © 2023 by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka
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 Excerpt from The Roughest Draft copyright © 2022 by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka
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 Eliza
 SAY SOMETHING.
 I watch my husband out of the corner of my eye, imploring, wishing he would end the silence filling our car. In the window past him, the ocean glitters, unchanging. The California coastline should inspire wonder, with its rippling cliffs and its crystalline expanse, even when you’ve spent hours watching the water