I will be teaching my first online classes! A six week seminar on crafting characters at @WritingWorkshps Sign up here: shorturl.at/U1Co3

@derekmilman.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b... this podcasts mentions Scream All Night!

I wrote about these fabulous YA books in stunning locations by @derekmilman.bsky.social, @dianaurban.bsky.social, @sabrinafedeleaudio.bsky.social, Aashna Avachat, Olivia Worley, and KC Cast & Pintip Dunn in The Nerd Daily: thenerddaily.com/rachel-ekstr... #YABooks @getunderlined.bsky.social

Sunday shelfie! The fantasy (mostly) books under my beside table. Including @derekmilman.bsky.social and, hey, my Kalamazoo story 💙📚 #booksky

Well haha everyone I’m going super strong on hive social

NYC skyline at dusk

Me writing at a bar lol

Hi new followers! I am following everyone back as quickly as I can. Right now I’m still mostly active on Instagram. Please find me on there: @DerekMilman Will be posting more here soon! Nice to see you all.

I'm thrilled to announce A DARKER MISCHIEF has received its second ⭐️starred ⭐️ review - from BOOKLIST! "Milman has a singular gift for creating atmosphere that, with a twist of the sinister, is almost painfully vivid, as is his characterization."

A DARKER MISCHIEF is out in the world today! Please enjoy these photos of me letting go of this book now, as this story, and these characters, have been in my head since 2017. OMMGGGG.😭 Buy: shorturl.at/4REVh GR: shorturl.at/kMNh1 Launch: shorturl.at/5SaJH

It's here, it's real, it's REALLY A BOOK THE ONES WHO COME BACK HUNGRY, my scary, wintry vampire book, creeps onto bookshelves everywhere today! Go sink your teeth into it

I am thrilled to announce that my new YA novel, A DARKER MISCHIEF, has received a Kirkus ⭐ (This is my first Kirkus star). "Twisted, entrhalling dark academia". Read the full review here: shorturl.at/aXTWr ADM is out 7/2 from Scholastic.

I HAVE ARCs!!!!

Thrilled to reveal the first blurbs for my upcoming YA, A DARKER MISCHIEF

Thrilled to tell y’all A DARKER MISCHIEF will be heading to Spain!

COVER REVEAL!!!!!! A DARKER MISCHIEF out 7/24 from Scholastic A twisty love story centers this queer dark academia involving a boarding school secret society and a high profile kidnapping. GR: shorturl.at/iOVW0 Pre-order: derekmilman.com

TOMORROW @lgbtqreads.bsky.social / scholastic

Pssst! If you go to my B&N page, you can pre-order my third novel, get 25% off, and…. Learn its new title 🤫😉

Started: February 2021 Finished: September 2023 My first adult rom-adventure. ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING meets UNCUT GEMS. But queer af. More soon… Keep at it, friends!

I GOT MY NEW AUTHOR PHOTOS! Do you have a favorite??

Happy 4th birthday to my second child, SWIPE RIGHT FOR MURDER

My brother’s impression of being stuck in a hotel elevator with Jennifer Coolidge while they both tried to figure out how their keycards worked IS THE STUFF OF LEGEND

OMG

Okay let's try this again: good alternatives to Substack that are not pricy and do not require one to be tech savvy, and I am emphatic on the latter part; please do not recommend Buttondown. I'm sure it's great but not for me. Also not doing Wordpress. Already use Wix for a different newsletter.

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She fearlessly and publicly took down the Catholic Church before anyone was willing to listen. A monumental talent and a huge loss. RIP.

I admire your pluck

someone I know is on Blue Sky now!

i put together a list of multiple funds you can donate to if you want to support striking hollywood workers - including funds for picket line meals https://docs.google.com/document/d/1weorhmG1H7cszY3rGHCpNYsgleegkuOSH7rD47JzSAQ/edit

welp! i'm on strike!

I love how the devil is an interdisciplinary scholar

my life would be easier if I liked T-Swift as much as my bf. Look, I like her just fine! She’s talented. But a measurable percentage of our apartment is now taken up by T-Swift colored vinyl. Lol. The Ramones LPs are mine.

Hi all. I’m Derek! I’m a queer YA author based in Brooklyn. My third novel, WITH LOVE & MISCHIEF, will be out from Scholastic next year. It’s a dark gay romance set against a secret society (based on a real one) at a top New England feeder school, involving a high profile kidnapping. More soon!

hey no death threats yet from anyone with an American eagle as their header - so far so good

Hi, just got here! Don't even have a profile photo yet of my adorable face! :-)