No disappointment like realizing 1) you misheard a song's lyrics and 2) you liked your version better

hello fellow kids Got a chance to catch up with my goats finally.

NY! Illinois! Missouri! My schedule has been updated with a few more appearances! Details, as ever, at my website: maggiestiefvater.com/maggie-stief...

Over on my substack this week, I talk about what makes characters compelling and also share some Evo flashback images. open.substack.com/pub/maggiest...

I am in a toxic relationship with this Mitsubishi. Today, I drove it 500 miles, bringing it back from CT, where RRT did a magnificent job of resurrecting it,* only to have the side skirt fall off five miles from home. *Thanks to everyone who bought dachshund originals/ helped fund the new engine.

When I said my cats didn't mess with my dozens of houseplants, I apparently spoke too soon. This specimen, however, is the last one I expected to be the one that broke their fast, though.

Because I am an obsessive listener but also a kind one, I use headphones when listening to my novel's playlist, so that Lover doesn't strangle me on the 140th time through a song.

I hadn't given a lot of thought to the effects of 6 years of Catholic school on me until yesterday, when a reader in my line asked for her book to be signed to "Eden," and I, pen poised, confirmed, "spelled like the place?"

This week's blog post for subscribers is on stealing the shapes between people for characters, using the characters from TRC as examples: open.substack.com/pub/maggiest...

BALTIMORE! Tomorrow: baltimorebookfest.com

If you didn't get to grab character cards on tour, One More Page Books let me know they have a few graphic novels/ bookplates/ cards left & they can ship them to US addresses. I'm also going to share the poignant news that our partnership is coming to an end. OMP is a small, family-run business...

The secondhand armani cocktail dress I bought online for an upcoming event just arrived and although it fits, I believe I'd require both double-sided tape and a priest to go out in public with it.

TEXAS! Happy to announce you're officially added to my fall line up of appearances, more details on all these at maggiestiefvater.com/maggie-stief...

Desvelamos nuestra sorpresa para octubre... ¡se incorporan a nuestro catálogo THE RAVEN BOYS! 🐦‍⬛ El primer libro de la saga superventas de Maggie Stiefvater🃏reimaginado como novela gráfica por Stephannie Williams y Sas Milledge. 👧A partir de 16 años. ¡El 03/10 📚en librerías!

My next batch of Daily Dachshund originals is up for sale! www.ebay.com/usr/greywaren

I have just read my favorite 1 star movie review ever

ok but where do bobby pins GO

E-book 01.09.2025, Gebundene Ausgabe 24.9.2025, Leseprobe: www.book2look.com/book/9783104... @sfischerverlage.bsky.social

Odds and Ends for this week over on my Substack, including the Godfather fig I just buried in my yard. open.substack.com/pub/maggiest...

[email protected] featured THE LISTENERS on "What to Listen to This Month" lithub.com/the-most-ant... And Erin Bennett got an Earphones award from @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social for her narration, so . . . give it a listen? www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read...

Do you buy used books? Did any of them come with a favorite inscription or other interesting marking? Here's my thrift store copy of Charlotte's Web.

Festival season begins! There are a few more announcements coming, so check back later this month. Links to all here: maggiestiefvater.com/maggie-stief...

The first batch of the originals of my "Dachshunds of the Old Masters" is finally up for sale, with a portion of the proceeds going to Old Dog Haven: www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?i...

A bit of midweek(ish) fun: while looking for blank memory cards, I found a 13 year old video I made after the FOREVER book tour: open.substack.com/pub/maggiest...

Choose your fighter. These are all the same novel. Which one do you pick up, and why?

@maggiestiefvater.bsky.social is here, and it's beautiful.

I've just posted a monster of a blog post on something I feel very passionately about: learning to read like a writer, so that every book on your shelf can be an education. This is Part 2, where I demonstrate how I would analyze the first chapters of five novels. open.substack.com/pub/maggiest...

you heard the dog, it's fifteen bucks with their current hardcover sale

Adam Parrish is extremely disappointed that you are already behind on reading for the semester.

In this month's @caranddriver.bsky.social, I chatted with Elana Scherr about Gansey's Z28 and what I think about the roles cars play in fiction. (On newsstands now).

I don't know who needs to hear this but you can peel ginger with just a spoon

Acabada "La voz del agua"/"The Listeners", de @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social Antes de este, hace un par de años, leí "Milagros en Bicho Raro" y también fue un 5⭐ favorito inmediato de la vida con más o menos el mismo número de esquinas dobladas marcando fragmentos.

you heard the dog, it's fifteen bucks with their current hardcover sale

On tour with Maggie Stiefvater, a lil photo essay by @publisherswkly.bsky.social: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

"Where do you write?" I think all writers get asked this a lot, but for me, there's no magic sauce: anywhere. Whenever I can find time. Wherever I have my laptop or a piece of paper.

"One ought to hold the line at Naziism, the novel suggests. There can be no healing until we do." @nochshorn.bsky.social looks at how Maggie Stiefvater's The Listeners handles Naziism in a time where our approach is more important than ever:

I've written another post on my 100 Novels reading project, talking about what they all had in common: open.substack.com/pub/maggiest... (for paid subscribers)

every girl loves jewelry!

Peering at her reflection in the mirror, she remarked, "I think you look like someone who deserves a copy of WATERSHIP DOWN that doesn't smell fifty years old."

Shall we NYCC? Yes, we shall. www.newyorkcomiccon.com/en-us/things...

let sleeping dogs lie, they say, but—

"what's your biggest piece of advice for aspiring writers" use 6 heavily caramelized onions in the base of your shepherd's pie

Want a hardcover copy of THE LISTENERS for just $15? Yes, please. @barnesandnoble.com has you covered (premium members get access first). www.barnesandnoble.com/b/book-haul-...

Hannelore, Tucker, June: the characters of THE LISTENERS.

I popped into The Book House in Floyd, VA, to browse with Winnie and signed the two old copies they had of mine while I was at it.

You guys came out in droves to support the Raven Boys graphic novel—I hope you're loving it! Thank you, and thank you to the indies who hosted me on my tour: @redballoonbookshop.bsky.social @bookpeople.com @onemorepagebooks.bsky.social @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social

Tomorrow I have two virtual events, check 'em out: SLJ Teen Live! (3:25-4:10p ET) www.slj.com/event/slj-te... and an AMA at the Stiefvater Discord Server (6-9pm ET): discord.com/events/10917...

Over on my substack, I've posted some entries from my writing journal during the era of drafting BRAVELY: open.substack.com/pub/maggiest...

"it’s as unhinged, beautiful, and emotionally devastating as you’d expect. Maggie Stiefvater’s cult-favorite 2012 novel just got a fresh visual remix, and the new graphic novel adaptation feels like both a revival and a resurrection." thehoneypop.com/2025/08/05/s...

Big thanks to everyone who came out on The Raven Boys graphic novel tour to see me in conversation with the characters of the Raven Cycle. Captured here at one of the stops by artist Ashe Tohill. #theravencycle