And I would never want to get between Ted and a trip to Cancun when there’s an emergency in Texas

barely on here but anyways most of my free time lately has been spent 💨🥬🤪-ing and playing Baldur’s Gate 3, so have some screenshots of my half-elf College of Swords Bard named Lindelin 🖤 in my head, pre-worm-thing he invented rock music and had a band named The Booming Blades

Here are some excerpts from their interview, where they discuss what readers can expect from FUTBOLISTA, what it was like writing about a soccer player, wanting to impart expressions of positive masculinity, and how readers can show up for authors affected by book bans.

Stonewall Award Winning author, Jonny Garza Villa, was kind enough to stop by the WNDB newsletter to “spill the tea” on their new release, FUTBOLISTA — a classmates-to-friends-to-lovers new adult romance that’s equal parts raunchy, heartfelt, queer, and abundantly Mexican-American!

June 21 at 2 p.m. I'm moderating a talk with Lillie Lainoff, Jonny Garza Villa and Robbie Couch! We're going to talk about grief in young adult fiction. It'd be awesome if you came! docs.google.com/forms/d/10li...

Pride was a riot we're running that shit back Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

the people in LA putting their safety on the line right now to try and stop ICE are the bravest people we have got

Hell of a photo

Hot Girl Summer is OUT Abolish ICE Summer is IN

“Tasted a little tear gas— tasted like fascism”

This is How We Roll is my forthcoming anthology of queer D&D themed stories! Editing this anthology was such a dream come true and I love every single one! It comes out this fall, so a preorder for the fam perhaps??

some futbolistas 💙⚽️

COME AS YOU ARE hits shelves today! I don't like to pick favorites, but Evie and Salem have lived in my heart for *so long*, and I can't wait for everyone to meet them <3 If you like boarding school settings and banter-y rom-coms, I hope you'll pick it up! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

Hi! I'll be leaving KBP at the end of May, but I'll still be there for the summer series! The first panel has @lillielainoff.bsky.social, @jgv.bsky.social, & @robbiecouch.bsky.social talking about grief in YA, moderated by @shes-allison.bsky.social. Join us! kneebracepress.com/summer-series/

love seeing the firstborn continue to get shoutouts 💛 bookriot.com/must-read-qu...

wanna see something funny bc uh

Check out the Q&A @jgv.bsky.social did with The Nerd Daily about their new book, Futbolista!

the audiobook for FUTBOLISTA is out now! 💙✌🏽 🔗: libro.fm/audiobooks/9...

In truth, I haven’t been this invested in a Romance since RWRB; I was kicking & screaming, laughing AND crying—trust me when I say you’re gonna wanna put FUTBOLISTA by @jgv.bsky.social at the very top of your TBR pile. Or buy it from your local indie asap! (Shoutout to @libby.app for having it!) 1/2

✨Todat at 5pm!✨ Don't miss our event with @jgv.bsky.social, celebrating their adult romance, FUTBOLISTA ⚽, in conversation with Torie Jean. Event attendees & those who preorder will receive amazing vinyl stickers, courtesy of the publisher! Details: buff.ly/XbNYlyn

✨Tomorrow!✨ Don't miss our event with @jgv.bsky.social, celebrating their adult romance, FUTBOLISTA ⚽, in conversation with Torie Jean. Event attendees & those who preorder will receive amazing vinyl stickers, courtesy of the publisher! Details: buff.ly/iwFcS2b

guess what is out today? FUTB⚽️LISTA by Jonny Garza Villa! College sports, bi awakenings, and tender coming of age — Futbolista has it all! 🍍

FUTBOLISTA—my first new adult, college romance with all the bisexual, soccer, philosophy, South Texas, horny vibes—is out TOMORROW ‼️💙 if you’re in San Antonio, Austin, Brownsville/the RGV, or Houston, come hang out this week! we’re taking Texas for the queers ✌🏽and we’ll have stickers!

on Futbolista: “I’m sat, and I’m ready to cry. Bring it.” 💙 bookriot.com/new-queer-bo...

We're SO excited to welcome @jgv.bsky.social to the bookshop to celebrate their adult romance, FUTBOLISTA! ⚽ They will appear in conversation with Torie Jean. Event attendees & those who preorder will receive amazing vinyl stickers, courtesy of the publisher! buff.ly/6IGgul2

We're SO excited to welcome @jgv.bsky.social to the bookshop to celebrate their adult romance, FUTBOLISTA! ⚽ They will appear in conversation with Torie Jean. Event attendees & those who preorder will receive amazing vinyl stickers, courtesy of the publisher! buff.ly/vdBZuNx

Canto Contigo by @jgv.bsky.social is an MM rivals to lovers YA novel that beautifully captures the deep emotions of longing, love, and loss through a world of music. Check out my #queerbookreview: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

it’s been so much fun getting to be a part of this anthology 🪕🗡️ cant wait for y’all to meet Uani and Toro—a noble, half-elf bard and minotaur paladin—and follow them as they fall in love (and try to save the world along the way). but until then, thIS COVER, Y’ALL.

my entire legacy will be built on pushing the insta-lust agenda

happy aries season to my non-binary gremlin aries sun Ander Martinez 🤎 I’m sure wherever they are they’re making it everyone’s problem and so much gratitude to everyone who’s read ANDER & SANTI WERE HERE, who keeps them and Santi alive in your heart and on your shelves. read queer, Latine lit ✌🏽🏳️‍⚧️

★ YA author Jonny Garza Villa scores big with his irresistible adult debut. There’s plenty of heartfelt wisdom and thrilling soccer matches, but it’s the sweetly sexy romance that really makes this shine.

I completely made all this shit up in my head and that's how I became a writer

"Romance writers and readers are mighty, and with the increased censorship of romance books at every level, it’s up to us to use that might to fight back," says @adibkhorram.bsky.social in our new Shelf Love interview in collaboration with @authorsabb.bsky.social. Read more: pen.org/adib-khorram...

One of our core reading prompts for 2025 is Trans Men and Masc rep. We've included a few suggestions here, but there are a TON to choose from. Let us know your favorites, and check out our StoryGraph for more. #booksky #bookrecs #trr25 #transrightsreadathon

One of our prompt this year is a trans+ book by a Latine/Latinx author. We’ve included a selection of our favorites. We’d also love to get your recs in the comments! #booksky #trr25 #transrightsreadathon

bought a game system for the first time in my entire life and obvi Baldur’s Gate 3 is going to be the first game I purchase I’m about to romance that bear druid so hard

honestly getting to make FUTBOLISTA as stupid and horny as I wanted to has really given me the validation I need to make new adult romance number two even more stupid and so much more horny

Feeling... rough. Lately.

one thing about me is that I will never be an author who will beat the insta-love/-lust allegations and you know what so be it

The No-Girlfriend Rule comes to paperback March 4th! Even cooler: the first chapter of my next cozy, feel-good romance ACCORDING TO PLAN, is included at the end! Be the first to meet my new nonbinary, neurodivergent af lead, Mal Flowers!

being an author on Valentine’s Day is spending the day writing characters having their meet cute and getting some kisses while I myself get reminded paragraph by paragraph how single I am

wild how sometimes you start on a manuscript and then shelve it for a while for whatever reason but realize there are scenes you really liked so you find a way to put those into the manuscript that you have to prioritize in that moment instead like always keep your manuscript words are useful!

with JGV main characters and love interests— late: Ander, Santi, Rey early: Jules, Mat, Vale right on time: Rafie, Gabi

TY @jgv.bsky.social! L🧡VE this #YALit #audiobook AND Spotify playlist!!! spoti.fi/4gtHQRw

ANOTHER YEAR ANOTHER JGV BOOK ON THE RAINBOW BOOK LIST’S TOP TEN ❤️ bookriot.com/rainbow-book...

Have you read Ander and Santi Were Here by the ever amazing and talented @jgv.bsky.social ? A poignant, funny, sexy, and emotional novel of two queer youths who fall in love, but have to make complicated and hard choices about their lives because of the threat of ICE and a heated political climate.