Recently devoured all of Tana French’s novels and craving more. Any recommendations for what I should read next?

Received some cool news while on maternity leave: My YA sci-fi, THE ORACLE HAS QUESTIONS, made the top 150 in the Novelry’s Next Big Story contest (in which there were more than 22,000 entries!)!

Just finished this absolutely delightful MG mystery on NetGalley and I LOVED IT!!! Check it out! #mg #mgmystery #kidlit

We are thrilled that THE SONGBIRD AND THE RAMBUTAN TREE by Lucille Abendanon is the #ForewordINDIES Gold Winner for Juvenile Fiction! ❤️ www.forewordreviews.com/awards/winne...

Today’s the day! Happy pub day to @sabkleckner.bsky.social and her absolutely delightful cast of characters in THE COMPLEX ART OF BEING MAISIE CLARK!

We are excited to share that CHASING STARS by @meggaertner.com is a 2025 Childrens Book Council Favorites Award winner! 💫 In this middle grade Hi-Lo novel, a twelve-year-old girl struggles to adapt to big changes within her familly. northstareditions.com/jolly-fish-p...

Psyched to get to work with @jengelmattern.bsky.social to bring this gorgeous story into the world!!!

“A heartfelt story... MIGHTY MILLIE NOVAK shows how life’s shake-ups can quickly put everything in perspective and help us see what makes us mighty.” —@jmillwrites.bsky.social, author of WE GOT THE BEAT Available now! 🛼 @elizabethwriter.bsky.social northstareditions.com/flux/mighty-...

“@tlsimpson.bsky.social's frank, unflinching portrait of two defiant teens struggling to transcend brutal violence is a crackling alchemy of baseball and punk rock....A rare, relentless, gorgeous gem of a novel...” — @sarahlariviere.bsky.social (RIOT ACT) northstareditions.com/flux/cope-fi...

“@sabkleckner.bsky.social delivers a heartwarming, giddiness-inducing journey.” —@matthewhubbard.bsky.social, author of THE LAST BOYFRIENDS RULES FOR REVENGE and THE REBEL'S GUIDE TO PRIDE THE COMPLEX ART OF BEING MAISIE CLARK releases June 10! northstareditions.com/flux/the-com...

We're glad to share that THE SONGBIRD AND THE RAMBUTAN TREE by Lucille Abendanon has been selected as a 2025 Independent Book Publishers Association Award winner! ❤️ This middle grade historical fiction debut is available now. northstareditions.com/jolly-fish-p...

Great news! CHASING STARS, my middle grade hi-lo (high-interest, low reading level) novel published through @jollyfishpress.bsky.social is a 2025 CBC Favorites Award Winner in the Middle Grade category! That means 6th-8th graders across the country read it and rated it as one of their favorites!

Author Nancy Carlson visited Glen Lake Elementary to read her new book, A SWING FOR SAMARA, at the school that inspired it! 💙 This book shows the power of community and highlights the the right that all children have to play. Available now! northstareditions.com/jolly-fish-p...

THE LAMPLIGHTER is a 2024 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist! Congratulations, @cjbell.bsky.social! northstareditions.com/flux/the-lam...

Excited to announce our 3rd annual MGHub Off-Social-Media pitching event for all ages of kidlit: PB / CB / MG / YA Click to learn more… #mglit #kidlit #pitch

The wait is over! COPE FIELD by @tlsimpson.bsky.social is available now. Don't miss this thrilling, romantic, and poignant YA contemporary about courage and surviving abuse. ❤️⚾️ northstareditions.com/flux/cope-fi...

WHAT WE DID TO EACH OTHER by Josuee Hernández is available to request for early review! 📕 Out 9/30/25. netgalley.com/catalog/book... edelweiss.plus?sku=16358310... Two Latinx teens grapple with the power and privilege of whiteness until their actions put them on a dangerous collision course.

THE SONGBIRD AND THE RAMBUTAN TREE by Lucille Abendanon is a A 2024 Freeman Book Awards Winner! 💙 Available now. northstareditions.com/jolly-fish-p...

First, watch Adolescence on Netflix—a terrifying but incredibly well-written four-episode series. It is well worth any parent’s time—or anyone who regularly comes into contact with young people in this intensely online era. Second, read this short article by one of the writers. 1/?

Woohoo!!!

Ahh!!! So excited for this book to be introduced to the world!!!

IF YOU FOUND YOUR NOVEL IN THE LIBGEN DATABASE, YOU MAY BE A CLASS MEMBER FOR THE KADREY ET AL V. META PLATFORMS CLASS ACTION Law firms you can contact if you're a potential class member: Joseph Saveri Law Firm, LLP (415) 500-6800 Mathew Butterick (323) 968-2632 [email protected]

We are proud to share that THE FIGHT FOR MIDNIGHT is a 2025 Spirit of Texas Reading List selection! 🧡 Congratulations, @dansolomon.com! northstareditions.com/flux/the-fig...

Better late than never to share, but . . . these two weirdos are having a baby! If all things go to plan, this kid will be making his debut in August! As if that wasn't enough, we also just bought a house! So agents + authors, if I seem out of it these next months, I blame this (delightful) chaos.

I’m very excited to see Racing the Clouds featured here in such wonderful company! Thank you, @imaginationsoup.bsky.social!! imaginationsoup.net/middle-grade... #middlegradebooks #middlegradefiction #newreleases #kidlit @thetobiasagency.bsky.social @annmrose.bsky.social @jollyfishpress.bsky.social

✨ We're giving away a book bundle including LONELY PLACES by Kate Anderson, THE LAMPLIGHTER by @cjbell.bsky.social, and THE WEIGHT OF A SOUL by Elizabeth Tammi! 📚 Head over to Instagram for details: www.instagram.com/p/DHGoHG3z2JY/

Woot woot! This story is 🔥🔥🔥. We’re thrilled over at @fluxbooks.bsky.social to be able to help bring @tlsimpson.bsky.social’s next hard-hitting, timely YA novel into the world.

We are delighted to announce that IT HAPPENED ON SATURDAY by @sydneydunlap.bsky.social is a 2025–2026 Virginia Readers' Choice Selection! 📚💚 northstareditions.com/jolly-fish-p...

I had a great time chatting with Beth and Lisa for this episode and hope it’s useful for querying authors! #kidlit

I just found out STRONG LIKE YOU made the Young Adult Library Services Association's 2025 List of Best Fiction for Young Adults.

"This is a great book that many middle school students will relate to." —Story Monsters Ink CHASING STARS by @meggaertner.com is available now! 💫 northstareditions.com/jolly-fish-p...

HAPPY PUB DAY to @sydneydunlap.bsky.social for her incredible sophomore novel, RACING THE CLOUDS!!!

Happy #MSWL day! I’m not currently open to submissions, but you can always find my wish lists for MG and YA here: www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/me...

Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our First Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 12, 2025. 🎉🎉🎉 Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying. Learn more here: manuscriptwishlist.com/the-next-off...

Heads up that we vastly overestimated our ability to catch up on submissions, so @fluxbooks.bsky.social and @jollyfishpress.bsky.social will remain closed to new submissions for now. Please watch this space for updates about when we’ll reopen!

Thanks to Kirkus and Laura Simeon for featuring COPE FIELD by @tlsimpson.bsky.social! This must-read YA novel comes out April 22nd. ⚾️❤️ kirkusreviews.com/news-and-fea...

I cannot overstate how frustrating it is to have our tools turned to shit, and that's exactly what's happening for every writer and editor. I do not want to write anything more quickly than I already can. I do not want to spend less time in manuscripts. I do not want my sentences finished.

The worst thing my husband has ever done was give my lovingly annotated and note-scribbled copy of House of Leaves, which I let him borrow for a trip to Mexico, to a stranger who was interested in the book. He got me a new copy to replace that one. But it is not the same. Forgive, never forget.

This WIP is the hardest thing I’ve ever written. Layered, interlocking narratives. Cathartic and raw. I’m gutted just writing out my revision plans for the next draft. The idea, the dream, is so clear in my head. I can only hope I’m a good enough writer to do it justice. #amwriting #amediting

Creators, don’t stop pitching queer content to editors, producers, etc. because you’re afraid it’s going to be stifled going forward. That just helps the bad guys. Don’t pre-censor yourself or the industry you’re in!

“Full of heart and with a pace faster than a derby bout....An absolute treat!” —Jamie Pacton, award-winning, best-selling author of THE ABSINTHE UNDERGROUND and THE VERMILLION EMPORIUM MIGHTY MILLIE NOVAK by @elizabethwriter.bsky.social is available now! 🛼 northstareditions.com/flux/mighty-...

★ “A wise, emotionally rich tale of a young man finding his way through family trauma.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) COPE FIELD by @tlsimpson.bsky.social releases April 22. ❤️⚾️ northstareditions.com/flux/cope-fi...

#kidlitchat In addition to all of the great resolutions people are making for the new year, might I suggest also resolving to be gentle with yourself (or flexible, or resilient, or some variation of that) if things don't work out as you hope?

I JUST finished Draft 2 of my WIP🥳, and it took a little over a year😬. My goal is to knock out D3 in six months, which feels achievable but also a good challenge, given a ton of personal changes occurring in my life (that I hope I can share soon!). Theme word: MOMENTUM! #kidlitchat

Loved RACING THE SKY and really looking forward to anythiny by Erin Fry!

“A gripping thrill ride with monsters and deception lurking behind every page.” —Lina Kao, author of A CROOKED MARK THE MERCILESS KING OF MOORE HIGH by Lily Sparks is available now! northstareditions.com/flux/the-mer...

Looking for the perfect book to read over the holidays? COPE FIELD and THE COMPLEX ART OF BEING MAISIE CLARK are available for early review on NetGalley and Edelweiss+! 📚💕 COPE FIELD: netgalley.com/catalog/book... THE COMPLEX ART OF BEING MAISIE CLARK: netgalley.com/catalog/book...

STRONG LIKE YOU is a 2025 TAYSHAS Top 10 Reading List Selection! Congratulations, @tlsimpson.bsky.social! northstareditions.com/flux/strong-...

Happy Winter Solstice! These photos were taken with a pinhole camera I made from a beer can and left out from Summer to Winter Solstice - a 6 month exposure. Bottom line = Winter Solstice. Top line = Summer Solstice. The lines are the Sun moving across the sky w/some reflections. No line = clouds

I just got a ton of followers through no doing of my own, so in thanks, here’s a thread about staying well while being in the querying trenches. A key skill for maintaining well-being in writing (+ in life) is focusing on what’s in your control. So, let’s discuss! #amwriting #amquerying #kidlit 1/