StarCrossed and A Curse Dark as Gold have appeared on Oprah's Kid's Reading List. Her high fantasy Thief Errant series includes the novels StarCrossed, A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best book for 2010, and Liar's Moon, one of Kirkus Blog's Favorite YA Novels of 2011. Morris Award for a young adult debut novel and was named a Smithsonian Notable Book and an Amelia Bloomer Project selection. Her first novel, A Curse Dark as Gold, won the inaugural William C.

The fourth book, In Myrtle Peril, is a 2023 Agatha Award finalist, and all four are available now in all formats with the fifth installment, Myrtle, Means, & Opportunity, coming in 2023. The series continues in How to Get Away with Myrtle (a #1 Amazon New Release) and Cold-Blooded Myrtle, also an Edgar Award finalist, Agatha Award finalist, and Anthony Award finalist, as well as a Kirkus 2021 Top 10 Best Book of the Year-Middle Grade Fiction, a Silver Falchion Award finalist, and a Wall Street Journal holiday guide recommendation. Bunce is the Edgar Award-winning author of the Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery series, beginning with Premeditated Myrtle, an Amazon Top 20 Children's Book of the Year for 2020, an Indie Next Pick, winner of the 2021 Edgar Allan Poe 'Edgar' Award, a Society of Midland Authors Honoree, a Library of Congress National Book Festival selection, a Best Children's/YAA BookPage Best Book of 2020, A Mighty Girl's 2020 Books of the Year, a three-time Agatha Award finalist, a two-time Edgar Award finalist, and a two-time Anthony Award finalist.

StarCrossed by Elizabeth C. Bunce