🚨SCAM ALERT🚨 Several writers have reached out and let me know they've been approached by a fake email address claiming to be me. Please be advised that I will never contact you from a gmail account. Stay vigilant, and be wary of anyone who approaches you unprompted: awfulagent.com/writers-bewa...

We spy Adam Oyebanji's LINE OF DESCENT, forthcoming November 17!

It’s all awful, but I do appreciate that their general incompetence, aggressive overpolicing, and fascistic tech use are now literally running into one another and facing off against each other.

The cover reveal for TERMINA STATION by @sagapressbooks.bsky.social ! Releasing 2/23/27 Right now, it’s getting pitched as a fantasy/horror mash up of Ray Bradbury/Joe Hill Cover Illustration was by Philip Harris, and then Cover Deisgn by Zach Bokhour

Same #Sookie story, new Sookie cover! We can't wait for the reissued DEAD UNTIL DARK, with its BRAND NEW COVER, to come out next Tuesday 6/30! Can't wait? The ebook is currently on sale for $1.99 on US ebook retailer platforms and £2.99 on Amazon UK! #SookieStackhouse #DeadUntilDark #BookDeals

Last year I was a stay-at-home mom who wrote a book, got an agent, and sold my debut. After a year of wishing for things to work out, that debut is now available to “wish” for on NetGalley! Early Netgalley reviews are a huge help to new authors, so make a wish! ✨ www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

My cozy mystery is available to “wish” for on NetGalley and to request if you’re a bookseller or librarian! 🙌 (Other users will be able to request in July!) www.netgalley.com/catalog/book... #booksky

Line of Descent by Adam Oyebanji is a sci-fi tale that you'll never want to put down. This inventive and twisty thriller is of a mysterious kidnapping that sparks turmoil on a generation ship. Preorder now, available 11/17: buff.ly/aT6mfx9

it sucks that MSG is being turned into a fortress and viewing parties in the area were shut down so that asshole can attend, but luckily the entire city is in party mode and you can find a celebration on any block and he can't change that

We’re on the New York Times Best Sellers list! Dungeon Crawler Carl Vol. 1 (Graphic Novel) broke through into the Graphic Books & Manga category. Crawlers, this means everything! https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/graphic-books-and-manga/ #DungeonCrawlerCarl #NYTBestSeller #Comics

Our shiny new edition of @realcharlaine.bsky.social's AFTER DEAD, a collection of 130-plus "Where are they now?" stories from the world of Sookie Stackhouse, is now available wherever ebooks are sold! 🦇 awfulagent.com/ebooks/after...

Calling all querying writers! I'll officially be open to queries on Monday (June 1st) and will remain open until the end of the summer (August 31st). My full MSWL can be found on the JAB Agency website. Looking forward to seeing you all in the query box! awfulagent.com/agents/chris...

We're so excited to see Adam Oyebanji's ESPERANCE on the shortlist for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize! 🎉 Congratulations Adam! awfulagent.com/ebooks/esper...

My very pink arcs have arrived! Unboxing video is on my Instagram! (Same handle).

The cover for LINE OF DESCENT by Adam Oyebanji is gripping. Perfect for fans of Blake Crouch, Rob Hart, and Andy Weir, this twisty thriller has humanity’s bid for the stars facing disaster after a mysterious kidnapping. Art and illustration by Natalie Sousa Preorder now: buff.ly/3oPN217

It's a double #bookbirthday today! Happy publication to RACHEL WEST AND THE FALLEN STARLET by Emma Mills and NAVIGATORS YOU CAN TRUST by Patrick Fitzgerald! 🎉

Going to Balticon 60? Join JAB authors Patrick Fitzgerald and Jack Campbell, alongside company founder Joshua Bilmes, to celebrate the release of NAVIGATORS YOU CAN TRUST and SQUAD KILL! 🎉📚 The event will be on Sat. 5/23 at 1pm at the convention; more details here: awfulagent.com/book-launch-...

New blurb alert! So grateful to @bethcato.bsky.social for reading! 🧀

Can't wait for you to DEVOUR this book in October! Remember to add GRACE & JO HAVE NEVER SOLVED A MURDER to your TBR list and reserve your copy now! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/827351... #mystery #cozymystery #booksky

UK READERS! If you pre-order GRACE AND JO HAVE NEVER SOLVED A MURDER on Bookshop.org between 13-17 May, you can save 20% with the code: PREORDER20. Every sale supports real independent bookshops across the UK!

UK friends! This week, you can pre-order ETERNITY'S TOMB at 20% off *and* support local independent bookstores by using code PREORDER20 over at Bookshop.org! Why would you not? It's a no-brainer! (Well, technically there is a brain in the book.) uk.bookshop.org/p/books/etern...

*SCAMMER ALERT* I’ve been informed by writers that they’ve been contacted by someone claiming to be me. I will never contact you from a gmail account, plus there’s a lot of inaccurate info here. Please be on alert, and if you think you’re talking to me, reach out to confirm.

The paperback of Esperance, a Los Angeles Times Books Prize Finalist has a thrilling new cover that perfectly captures this fast-paced and brilliant novel. Preorder now, out October 13, 2026 Cover Design by theBookDesigners buff.ly/OHdMdne

We have a multi-book birthday today with four new client books published! Available now: ☀️ THE STORY OF EVERYTHING, THE STORY OF YOU written by Kara Newhouse 💥 SQUAD KILL by Jack Campbell 💐 FATALLY YOURS by Jessica Lacy ⛪️ FOR BETTER OR MURDER by Simon R. Green

The Devil Wears Prada 2:

i'm back open to queries, hooray! i'm still looking for all things speculative fiction, and am especially hungry for horror projects across all subgenres 🖤 open to adult and YA! more details on what i'm looking for in sf/f/h + link to my query form: awfulagent.com/agents/valen...

Congratulations to JAB client Adam Oyebanji — ESPERANCE has been longlisted for the 2026 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize! 🎉 www.wilbur-niso-smithfoundation.org/index.php/pr...

Hey, it's my birthday. No need for presents: just, as the guys said, be excellent to each other. But I guess if you *really* wanted to get me something you could preorder my next book, ETERNITY'S TOMB. Though seven months is a long time to wait for a gift, I guess. www.amazon.com/Eternitys-To...

Can’t make it to a bookstore but still want to celebrate Indie Bookstore Day? You know we’ve got you covered with free shipping all weekend long 🥳📚

🚨ACQUISITION ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 We've snapped up @kat-collins-books.bsky.social 's JETSAM: A thrilling cyberpunk mystery for fans of THE MURDERBOT DIARIES! World Eng rights acquired by @bardythoughts.bsky.social from @bradymcagent.bsky.social @awfulagent.bsky.social Learn more👉 https://bit.ly/4tSRJiO

Grace and Jo have never solved a spell-check

And welcome to BlueSky @kat-collins-books.bsky.social! Arriving with a bang 😎

I’ll be at BookCon this weekend (both days) and on Sunday I have a signing and a queer horror panel with @haileypiperfights.bsky.social, @ninocipri.bsky.social, @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social, Jade Song, and @laurarsamotin.bsky.social. Come by and say hi!

My book baby's first blurb! I'm incredibly grateful to #cozymystery author Alex Erickson for taking the time to read and say kind things about GRACE & JO HAVE NEVER SOLVED A MURDER!

If you pre-order this you get not one, not two, but THREE coffins www.amazon.com/Three-Coffin...

POV: The MC in my #cozymystery updates her LinkedIn profile.

Times have changed. The old rules no longer apply. Our foes have grown in strength. We must adapt. Don't worry. I gotchu. With updated tactics and brand-new tips for every monster, REMONSTERED! THE MONSTERS KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING comes out this Oct. 6. Preorder at bookshop.org/a/511/9.... #DnD

Look, it’s an excellent book. My publisher and my mom both say so.

i have the privilege of knowing an above-average number of writers and editors. all of them would spit in their own grandmother's face before they chatgpt-ed their art. my information is anecdotal, but so is the majority of this reporting.

I'm about $40 from THE NOVA INCIDENT earning out its advance, so if people could buy about 50 copies of the ebook—and nobody returns any more paperbacks—I can probably hit that in my next royalty period. (If you're curious, this book came out the week my kid was born. 😅) dmoren.com/writing/gala...

You would get so many more amazing books if you had Universal Basic Income. Not even the most dream-scenario AI could compete with the creativity of a world of authors no longer afraid of affording rent.

I have some fun and exciting news to share! I've signed on with JABberwocky Literary Agency! They'll be repping my new cozy mystery series and I'm really excited to be working with them and agent James Farner specifically!

I'm thrilled to announce that @teribarnett.bsky.social is our newest @awfulagent.bsky.social client! I love the cozy little town she's created, filled with a cast of lovable characters that keeps you coming back for more and more. Throw in a dead body (or two...?), and it doesn't get any better!

If your books are in the Anthropic copyright settlement...don't be this guy. Yes, a crappy gift card is the expectation in many class action settlements, but not this time: per work payout is at least $3,000, & may be higher. If you don't file, you get nothing. Deadline is 3/30. File today.

A HUGE congratulations to JAB client @ajirving.bsky.social — THE BI BOOK is a 2026 Lambda Literary Award finalist in the LGBTQ+ Children's Books category! 🎉💖💜💙 A sweet, loving lesson in language and love, on a subject rarely covered." —Booklist, starred review! awfulagent.com/ebooks/the-b...

Super sleazy thievery by @the-independent.com

I will be attending #ThrillerFest in May, where I will interview Pulitzer Prize Finalist, Luis Alberto Urrea, participate in a panel, AND be presenting the ThrillerMaster Award to Harlan Coben! If you're attending, here's where you can find me:

and too many books to only be reading one

on four tables

Our 2026 London Book Fair is roaring from the starting line