AWP24 panel on autobiographical fiction: Now that you’re older, make inferences about what flummoxed you in the past. @chrisdennis.bsky.social @jeffreydlofton.bsky.social @sashavasilyuk.bsky.social

COMING SOON! Robert Gwaltney and I had a chin-wag-on-the-front-porch kind of visit with @zacharysteele.bsky.social to discuss his novel PERFECTLY NORMAL. #wellreadmagazine #insidevoices #betweenthepagespodcast #podcastersofinstagram #comingofage #autismawareness #authorsofinstagram #bookrelease

@rasheed.bsky.social enthralled and entertained Robert Gwaltney and me during our conversation for this month’s issue of #WellReadMagazine’s INSIDE VOICES. issuu.com/articles/372... #litearymagazine #mygovernmentmeanstokillme #lgbtq #betweenthepagespodcast #insidevoices #authorinterview

"September is “Library Card Sign-Up Month.” It is not widely known or celebrated, but it should be. The tenor of our times requires those of us who understand the power of books to get involved. The children of today need our help." - Alice Faye Duncan

Audiobook deal! @gabino.bsky.social's THE DEVIL TAKES YOU HOME is just $4.99 at Chirp Books! #horror #ad #amreading #amreadinghorror shorturl.at/lpJPQ

Thrilled to share that BREATHE & COUNT BACK FROM TEN won the Writers' League of Texas Book Award in the YA/MG category! Thank you to the WLT for honoring this book about a disabled Latinx teen with mermaid dreams! Huge congratulations to all the winners & finalists! writersleague.org/programs/ann...

the good news keeps a'comin! Join us for a fab writing retreat in the mountains of West Virginia! 4 days writing at gorgeous Cacapon State Park 🌲 Apply by November 1st to come along! www.theinnerlooplit.org/cacaponretre...

Thrilled that BuzzFeed News came calling and spoke to the heart of my book. 📚

If you’re in DC hope you can join!

My Shirley Jackson Award is here and it is GORGEOUS.

So grateful to the librarians & library staff at Brooklyn Public Library for selecting A Living Remedy for this longlist! It’s an honor to be in the company of many writers I admire, to be recognized by this great library system, to be a writer of library books ♥️ www.bklynlibrary.org/support/bpl-...

Cynthia Graham Hurd Memorial Award 2023, a travel award of $1,500 for library employees to attend the Charleston Library Conference, sponsored by Springer Nature. Applications due Sept. 29. www.springernature.com/gp/librarian...

Happy birthday!

I feel as though I've just won the literary lottery. Being among such talent and accomplishment is nothing short of thrilling. A thousand thanks! #TheCenterforFiction tinyurl.com/58yu6k7s #Red Clay Suzie #FirstNovelPrize