# Is "She Wakes" by Jack Ketchum a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of She Wakes by Jack Ketchum (Berkley, 1989) is identified by: Berkley paperback original, 1989 (ISBN 0425114538 / 0-425-11453-7). The 1989 Berkley PBO is the true first.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Berkley paperback original, 1989 (ISBN 0425114538 / 0-425-11453-7)
- A mass-market softcover with no hardcover priced above it; the copyright-page printing history should show the Berkley edition as the sole printing, with the printed cover price present on the front cover
- This is Ketchum's only supernatural novel (businessman Jordan Chase and the tomb in Greece), which makes the true PBO the sought first appearance of the text
- Publisher imprint reads Berkley
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Jack Ketchum |
| Publisher | Berkley |
| Year | 1989 |
| True first | — |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Berkley paperback original, 1989 (ISBN 0425114538 / 0-425-11453-7) |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
Berkley paperback original, 1989 (ISBN 0425114538 / 0-425-11453-7). A mass-market softcover with no hardcover priced above it; the copyright-page printing history should show the Berkley edition as the sole printing, with the printed cover price present on the front cover. This is Ketchum's only supernatural novel (businessman Jordan Chase and the tomb in Greece), which makes the true PBO the sought first appearance of the text.

## Is this the true first?
The 1989 Berkley PBO is the true first. Later reissues (including the limited hardcover / Cemetery Dance line) print a revised text and are first-thus only, not the first appearance.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
N/A (paperback original; no book-club edition).

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *She Wakes* by Jack Ketchum a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/she-wakes
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.