Announcing new deals for @melindasalisbury.bsky.social @jacquelinewest.bsky.social @ninamoreno.bsky.social @bretshuford.bsky.social + more buff.ly/SuDEz1l

I have news. 🖤 BLACK POINT, coming summer 2026. YA horror. Folklore and climate change and insiders vs. outsiders and a hotel full of ghosts. Can't wait to share it with all of you.

This creepy and magical book is out in the world TODAY, and I'm excited for every reader who finds it. 🖤

While the King quote on the front is amazing, the back ones also make me cry happy tears! Thanks @chuckwendig.bsky.social Daka Hermon @jacquelinewest.bsky.social @shakirahwrites.bsky.social @lorienlawrence.bsky.social

Middle grade horror forever 🖤

Our statement in response to the Supreme Court ruling in Mahmoud v Taylor. Image thread with alt text. 1/4

Supremes say parents can opt out of letting their kids listen to LGBTQ stories. Can parents similarly opt out of kids listening to stories that DON'T have LGBTQ themes or incidents? 🤣

Dear friends, tonight we're raising money for @wck.org--through poetry! We're streaming live from 8-10 PM Eastern on my twitch channel: twitch.tv/csecooney. You don't need an account to watch, just if you wanna join the chat! Read all about our illustrious poets here: csecooney.com/2025/06/11/p...

Fifteen years ago today, I became a published author. It feels impossible -- both that it's been so long, and that it happened at all. Fifteen years, and somehow, The Shadows is still finding its way to readers. Happy birthday, little book. 🖤 #mglit #thebooksofelsewhere #middlegrade

I do not understand telling creatives to "shut up about politics." One, this is life in this world. You can acknowledge being part of it, or you can pretend you're immune until you find out you're wrong. Two, there are plenty of creatives doing the latter. If you don't like us, follow them 🤷‍♀️

A thought for the book clubs! Set aside a little time at the start of meetings to fight for the right to read. Members send emails, sign petitions, write postcards. Research local candidates. 10-15 minutes tops & then onto the book, wine, fun. Amplify your activism. Celebrate your community.

I’m going to write this novel and the next one and the one after and I have no clue if my agent will like them or be able to sell them or how much they’ll sell for or to whom or how well they’ll perform, but none of that matters because the only thing I can control is the work I put in. Let’s write.

"Are you sure you want to go camping?" Spooky books for camping! (Disclaimer: All of these books actually exist and were compiled by a real person) spookymiddlegrade.com/2025/05/27/a...

I am one of the 1,350 individuals and organizations who signed the open letter to HarperCollins in support of IMLS, libraries, and library workers across the United States. #libraries #librarians #library #books #amreading (Thanks to @michaelleali.bsky.social for the leadership.)

LOOK AT THIS!! #BrokenDolls

Apparently the ebook of my YA horror novel LAST THINGS is on sale for $0.99 right now via Bookshop.org (and other places, but you could just ignore those and get it here) bookshop.org/p/books/last...

Firmly in the "I keep forgetting I have a book coming out this year" state of mind, but my debut collection of weird nature & cosmic horror will be here in October! Digital ARCs coming soon. Publicity info attached in graphic for those interested✨ Pre-orders: darkmattermagazine.shop/products/cya...

As a fellow lifelong Wednesday fan, all I can say is YES YES YES

"In the real world, the world of cause and effect, when we tear down the best among us and provide bogus reasons for why we did it, reality will eventually come for us." Here's hoping. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...

I think about this comic at least once a week

I see you, fellow mothers.

My National Book Award-winning novel Last Night at the Telegraph Club was banned statewide in South Carolina because it includes descriptions of "sexual conduct." Why are book banners so scared of sex? I wrote about this in the @scdailygazette.com today. scdailygazette.com/2025/05/08/w...

Know what’s great about pre-ordering books (besides supporting writers and booksellers, obvs)? If you’re like me, by the time the book arrives, you’ll have forgotten that you ordered it, so it’s like getting a delightful surprise gift from a past version of yourself @novarensuma.bsky.social 🖤

"It is not reasonable to expect public school teachers to be complicit in hiding the existence of an entire group of people. And there is no way for a school to make LGBTQ+ students and families invisible without doing tremendous harm to all their students." macleans.ca/society/how-...

The Institute for Museum and Library Services had a whole 266.7 million dollar budget.... I cannot believe I had to pay taxes for this.

There's still time to enter this Halfway to Halloween MG book giveaway over on Instagram! 🎃 www.instagram.com/p/DIyg8cqRRq...

After a 6-year hiatus, the 90-Second Newbery Film Festival returned to Minneapolis on Saturday! Thanks to @jacquelinewest.bsky.social for being a tremendous co-host, and to all the talented young film filmmakers. Here's to next year!

It's only in a broken unhappy nation that you have to think about the president many times a day. On top of everything else, narcissists are just...exhausting

Lord, social anxiety + social media makes for one poisonous cocktail

Arbor Day is tomorrow so LETS DO A GIVEAWAY!!! Let's spread some books and plant some trees!! Enter here: www.facebook.com/sarahthewrit...

Really proud (and lucky) to be a Minnesotan.

While you're distracted by a SCOTUS case about inclusive books in schools, the new leader at the IMLS is demanding that state librarians share what their grant money is being used for. I told you this would happen, and here it is.

Visit ordway.org/festival/ for details!

MYSTERY JAMES DIGS HER OWN GRAVE pubs in less than 6 months! If you haven't, please sign up for my newsletter. Everyone has a newsletter, but mine is scary. And you can read it while you're enjoying your morning coffee or tea. allyoutthere.beehiiv.com/subscribe #spookymiddlegrade #kidlit

A film that takes place where you're from

It is really bothering me (understatement) that the message is “bring back that one innocent guy” and not “WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK SHUT DOWN THIS WHOLE OPERATION IMMEDIATELY.”

Hey babes! If your local classroom, writing/reading club, or homeschool group would love a children's author visit, let's connect!! I do virtual and local (Kitsap County) writing Q&As, readings, and personalized skill-focused mini-workshops on a generous sliding scale. 🖤🏳️‍🌈

On 4/26, I'll be co-hosting (with the brilliant @iamjameskennedy.bsky.social) the Mpls screening of the 90-Second Newbery Film Festival! Tickets are free! There will lyrics about children's literature set to famous Broadway tunes!! Come join us!!! #kidlit www.ticketleap.events/tickets/90se...

Signed.

I'm honored to have a poem in one of these beautiful collections - especially because all proceeds from UNDER HER EYE are donated to The Pixel Project to support advocacy and efforts to end violence against women worldwide. #nationalpoetrymonth #blackspotbooks

I just got a public death threat from a few folks who noticed I am doing a library event to talk about my career and my books. They called me all the familiar names, then “I won’t be sad if someone shoots her in the face.” And a woman’s reply, “Right between the eyes.” I am a children’s author.

"Unmarked and unidentified law enforcement abducting a lawful migrant, seemingly in retaliation for First Amendment-protected speech, is the sort of attack on civil liberties that we would not hesitate to label as authoritarian in another country." Beyond terrifying.

Every single MG and YA novel I've published is in here. Every one. Including Spanish, French, and Hungarian translations. They've stolen and used my life's work without my permission. And god knows I never would have given it. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Truly thrilled for @curtisjobling.bsky.social – one of the best people I’ve been lucky enough to run across in this weird writing business. Now, everybody go and watch Wolf King (and read Wereworld while you're at it) 🖤 m.imdb.com/title/tt2091...

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"'The Navajo Code Talkers earned their place in history through their courage and sacrifice, giving their lives in defense of this nation,'” Navajo Council Speaker Crystalyne Curley said in a statement." Learn about the Indigenous Code Talkers of WWII. #booksky

Happy bookday to @lorienlawrence.bsky.social and THE MANY HAUNTINGS OF THE MANNING FAMILY (Can't wait to have this one in my clutches) 🖤

Last month, reviewed the finalists for the Bram Stoker YA Awards, (link in comments) today Tony takes a look at the MG Horror Finalists. gnofhorror.com/bram-stoker-... @anneursu.bsky.social @maryaverling.bsky.social @edenroyce.bsky.social @markdoesstuff.bsky.social 💙📚

I am accepting submissions for my emerging writer series at gay.submittable.com. You should have three publications or fewer and no book contract. Yes, this is a paid opportunity. Guidelines at the link. Plz follow the guidelines.