Please help me share! Book sale alert: The ebook version of Doll Parts is on sale today only, 10/9. For only 2.99, get yourself a copy at places Barnes & Noble, Kobo, or Amazon. 🖤👻🎀 www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0DK...

My personal and unofficial fall curriculum while editing Book 2 (Accidents Never Happen 💋) is a combination of Poe and Shirley Jackson, haunted bar stories, and the architecture of Baltimore row homes.

Good morning, Bluesky. I chanced upon my own alternative universe yesterday, unexpectedly taking a long walk through the neighborhood I once thought would be my lifelong home, surprised/gratified/chagrinned at how limited my imagination is when it comes to my own life.

It’s my birthday! 🥳 Instead of candles, I’d love more readers discovering Doll Parts. If you’ve been looking for a sign to grab a copy (or leave a review), consider this my shameless birthday wish. Oh, and eat some cake while you're at it, too. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1464...

Ooh #booksky – Doll Parts by @pennyzang.bsky.social is delicious, if you like your fiction dark and sexy and conspiratorial. (And I’m only on chapter six)

Turns out that I really needed to unplug. Getting back on the hamster wheel but adjusting the speed to slow.

My copy of DOLL PARTS by @pennyzang.bsky.social finally arrived!!!! Can’t wait to read it!!!

Asheville folks! I hope you can join me and @pennyzang.bsky.social for a celebration of THE COVER GIRL and her amazing book DOLL PARTS at Malaprop’s Books! malaprops.com/event/2025-0...

My copy of Doll Parts arrived! Can't wait to dive in @pennyzang.bsky.social.

Book 142: Doll Parts by @pennyzang.bsky.social

Every time you see a book and you can think of someone you know who is the ideal reader for it, I called that a special kind of love language. open.substack.com/pub/pennyzan...

I’m talking about vibes over on Writer’s Digest: “The book is anchored in themes of grief and girlhood, with a setting on an all-women’s campus in the 90s and full of 90s grunge references. Signaling this to readers started with a title change.” www.writersdigest.com/vibes-cant-m...

"I was finding that grief was changing who I was, how I wrote, how I processed, how I listened to music. Gosh, music was the hardest to listen to." @pennyzang.bsky.social talks w @evalangston.bsky.social & @hollyrizzutopal.bsky.social about her new novel, grief, and Sylvia Plath.

Warm congratulations to all concerned!Delighted that I have such a fine lineup to appreciate as a reader 💙📚 #booksky @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social @regretteruane.bsky.social @pennyzang.bsky.social @antonialloydjones.bsky.social @lindeneditions.bsky.social @jennyknight.bsky.social

I loved this conversation with Thriller Thursday. Any chance to talk about Sylvia Plath and writing 🖤 open.substack.com/pub/thriller...

When the bookstore gets the assignment. Thank you to M Judson Booksellers in Greenville, SC for making my pub day so fantastic.

This was such a fun conversation. Please go listen to This Mama is Lit!

Happiest of book launch weeks to the VERY talented author @pennyzang.bsky.social 🥳📖🙌🏼❣️ #thrillers #crimefic #darkacademia #pennyzang #writingcommunity #dollpartsthenovel

Check this out #ThrillsandChills ❤️

August is coming to a close with 8 great new #books for you to read, including the latest by R.F. Kuang, which may be the most recommended book of the year, having earned mentions from over 30 publications. + @authormiriamtoews.bsky.social, @dhbaron.bsky.social, @pennyzang.bsky.social, & more!

Happy book birthday @pennyzang.bsky.social ! I have been intrigued by the description of this dark academia suspense debut and am looking forward to reading it.

Today is the day! Doll Parts is officially out in the world. 💗💗💗

So excited to see what dropped into my e-reader today: Congrats, @pennyzang.bsky.social !!

It’s a big week for new books! crimereads.com/10-new-books...

Happy Friday! Have a great day! #5amWritersClub

Happy Friday. If it’s a Friday. It feels like Thursday. A cold, wet, writing day Thursday. #5amwritersclub #writers #amwriters #books #reading

The countdown to book pub day is on. Which means extra cake.

New Books in My House!! @buehlmeister.bsky.social @anovelescape.bsky.social @manylittlewords.bsky.social @lauracranehill.bsky.social @andreamorstabilini.bsky.social @pennyzang.bsky.social @mkhardywrites.com @vanessalilie.bsky.social @titanbooks.bsky.social @readlandmark.bsky.social

Just preordered this! Can’t wait to get my copy. ♥️

"read widely" is the only real reading advice

Just found some old friends

I know this is gonna sound weird but I have feelings attached to this clock

DOLL PARTS is out now in the U.K. A suspense novel about grief, girlhood, secrets, and the haunting legacy of a mysterious college club. If you love: complicated female friendship, dark academia, Sylvia Plath, dual timelines …this one’s for you.

This is me rereading Meditations for Mortals with a cat who missed me. It’s good to be home.

Italian covers of some real bangers

I am offering a free “paid” membership to Mourning Pages (my Substack newsletter) for one full year to anyone who pre-orders Doll Parts, my debut novel, before August 26. You can order from any store, in any format. Thank you to everyone who has pre-ordered! open.substack.com/pub/pennyzan...

Hand selling my book to anyone who will listen

I have this amazing idea for a story, why would I ruin it by writing it

As all the best books are! I hope she has dog-eared corners and scribbled notes in her margins. Can’t wait to get my hands on this one.

This traveling ARC is coffee stained and well-loved.

How many books is too many books to pack for vacation? 😅

just realized I could take off the book jacket! This spine. I’m in love.

Not to brag, but I'm very excited to have an early copy of DOLL PARTS by @pennyzang.bsky.social 🩷 #booksky

There was a time when my son was much younger and he kept drawing birds for an art project until he got them right. I keep these pictures above my desk to remind me, especially when I’m revising. Bird by bird, indeed.

It’s that time & I could really use help with pre-orders! If you have a B&N Rewards or B&N Premium Membership you can save 25% when you pre-order Doll Parts (e-books and audiobooks, too) Rewards membership is free & this is happening for the next two days only. Use code PREORDER25 at checkout.

DOLL PARTS by @pennyzang.bsky.social releases 8/26/25 from @readlandmark.bsky.social @sbkslibrary.bsky.social #debut #women #college #deaths #TwentyYearsLater #BookSky

Happy Friday. Happy for the sunshine, trying to find pockets of joy.

Audiobook News! The Doll Parts audiobook, narrated by the amazing Leah Horowitz and Helen Laser, is available for pre-order. I am thrilled beyond words. 🖤🖤🖤

Signed my first book at ThrillerFest—dream come true! 🩷🩷🩷

My Thrillerfest 2025 experience has been a whirlwind. At the Sourcebooks party—my book! (And so many other amazing books). Seeing Doll Parts in NYC—😍