I'm thrilled and honored to share that The Lustrous Dark is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection!!!!🖤✨🖤✨🖤✨ This sticker is dedicated to little Loretta who always rode her bike to the library and came home with plastic bags bulging with books hanging from the handlebars!💜🥹😭

Check out this jaw-dropping cover for The Lustrous Dark by @writerlyme.bsky.social Inspired by North African folklore, this haunting story is beautiful inside & out! Perfect for readers hungry for: ✨ Ancient Magic ✨ Bone-chilling monsters ✨ Haunted forests ✨ Toxic mothers ✨ Political revolutions

Hey if you’re wanting to support autistic voices/curl up with an autistic hero who’s mad as fuck about the state of the world (and uh gonna bang a hot conwoman about it) this sale’s going till the end of the month! All ebook platforms✨ bookshop.org/p/books/my-k...

I’m so excited to help reveal the cover for Loretta Chefchaouni’s GORGEOUS debut novel, The Lustrous Dark!! Get ready to fight the patriarchy and dive into this lush, mystical fairy tale world on May 19! ✨preorder now✨ Cover artist: Tom Roberts Publisher: Peachtree Teen

COVER REVEAL!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so excited to share the cover of The Lustrous Dark with you! It's everything I could have asked for! Tom Roberts perfectly captured the dark fairytale and epic fantasy vibes of the book! Available for pre-order and on Goodreads!

We are thrilled to help reveal the cover for The Lustrous Dark by Loretta Chefchaouni! A lush YA fantasy inspired by Moroccan folklore, The Lustrous Dark is for fans of haunted forests, sweet romance, and stories that are "beautiful and a little gross." reactormag.com/cover-reveal...

Word garden inspiration: Let Children Laugh Forever! 💙💚

Convincing you to add THE LUSTROUS DARK to Goodreads with a single snippet: THE LUSTROUS DARK is a YA fantasy retelling of a Moroccan folktale that combines the lush world of This Woven Kingdom with the mother trauma of Snow White and a dash of Tim Burton (think seven ghouls)! #booksky #2026debuts

IT'S PM OFFICIAL!!!!!!! ✨🖤✨🖤✨🖤✨🖤✨🖤✨ I'm so excited for all the things to come over the next year, and very thankful to those who are here to share it with me and the ones who played a part in helping me get this far! 😭🫶🏼 #2026debuts #booksky #booksbooksbooks #readreadread #YAfantasy

This is not a humble brag i promise! But i blew past my optimistic goal of 40 books sold before my book came out, and so now i have a new goal of 100 books sold before the end of the summer!🙏🏾

My book combining the lush mythology of This Woven Kingdom with the mother trauma of Snow White is being published! I’m thrilled to work with Ashley Hearn at Peachtree Teen who gets all the layers of The Lustrous Dark and has the vision to grow this story into its final form!!

Coming soon: new projects from @shihopate.bsky.social @umurrayhusted.bsky.social @writerlyme.bsky.social + more buff.ly/88cTNyN

If you're in the Seattle area, you can come see me at my first ever author events on Thursday April 17th to celebrate my friends' book releases and discuss Muslim books! You might even hear a sneaky peeky preview about my secret newsy news!! 🤫🤫🤫

Get ready to board The Celestial with me in 2026! NIGHTMARE ON THE CELESTIAL is a YA fantasy perfect for fans of HOTEL MAGNIFIQUE and CARAVAL. This sweeping fantasy has romance, magic, mystery, a loveably chaotic found family, and a darker side to the luxurious entertainment aboard.

What is your cat's favorite toy? And why is it a shoelace?

Shift change.

THIS BOOK! What a beautiful, profound, and masterfully crafted read!! It took my breath away every time I picked it up to read it and the last 20% of the story was !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #booksky #thekeepersofrecordsofrevolution #fledgling

BYE 2024

2025 OUT: Jumping to the worst conclusion about everything and worrying about things I can't control. IN: Trusting Allah's plans.

Israel just murdered Khaled Nabhan, whose story garnered global attention last year when CNN ran a report about Israel slaughtering his grandchild "the soul of [his] soul" Khaled had been sharing videos depicting daily life in Gaza Israel also recently bombed his brother's home.

I'm so in love with the art piece I commissioned! (The artist is Nadya.ez on IG.) 😍 I'm trying to hold off on sharing it until I'm able to add it to a certain announcement, but I reached the midpoint in revisions and couldn't resist doing a "sneak peek" reveal for now! 😭 #booksky #revising #art

Last #kidlitartpostcard of the year!! :) My name is Lilibeth Jimenez. I am a Mexican American author&illustrator. I am available for picture book and board book projects. Reach out to my agent, Sophie Sheumaker, for inquiries. #illustrator #kidlitart #illustration #childrensbooks

Please share widely 🙏🏼 I am taking item donations (literally anything from the publishing community or readers) for the next #KidLit4Ceasefire fundraiser to run Jan 15th through 31st. I am at about 100 items, trying to get to at least 500. airtable.com/appgMC1CTRup...

This #InternationalDayOfPersonsWithDisabilities I’m thinking about threats to healthcare and disabled student services, but grateful for my community, and the chance to highlight disabled experiences in all my books. I want to share some resources for those who want to learn and support.

Excited to share the cover of my next Contemporary YA novel, MY PERFECT FAMILY 💜 iA, it's being released on July 1st, 2025, from Holiday House #BlackAmericanMuslimYAauthor #NewMexicoauthor

Okay friends, it's time to give back in a major way. For the first time ever, I'm offering 50% off all Full Manuscript Critiques, and 30% off all Full Manuscript Developmental Edits. Happy #cybermonday #writingcommunity #writersky Please send all inquiries through my website: www.mariatureaud.com

So being a writer is really just waking up every day and convincing yourself all over again that you can, in fact, write, no matter what you accomplish or what stage you are at in the process, huh?

YESSS! and more diverse horror of all kinds, including Muslim Horror!!!!

I think we're going to see a HUGE proliferation of #horror over the next four years. We will need the catharsis, and of all sorts: splatterpunk, weird, cosmic/eldritch, folk/cult, Gothic, and bubblegum, to name a few. Horror contains multitudes. Horror can heal. Horror lets us know we aren't alone.

GIVEAWAY TIME! I am hosting a GIVEAWAY on my newsletter! To enter, share this post, sign up for my mailing list, and fill out the form linked in my "welcome" e-mail! bit.ly/3Zbdw8Y Winner will be selected on December 15th!

Saw a friend, met some new writers, and spent all my money on books at the Miami Book Fair this weekend! 😊And the weather was perfect!!

if you give me kibble, I will let you scribble #booksky #writingcompanions

✨We are PM official!✨ My middle-grade debut is a love letter to #BTS, by fans for fans! The book is BDS-friendly & portions of proceeds will be donated to causes we care about, center of mind Pal BTS fans 💜 @majablanque.bsky.social & I hope this book will be a spot of joy in these times.

Hi #booksky!!! 👋🏻👋🏻 I'm Loretta, a YA fantasy author of lush worlds with a sprinkle of spooky who loves cats, coffee, and connecting with other writers! I've been through every stage of the writing, querying, and submission process, and am 👀👀👀 24-7 now because I'm very bad at keeping ✨secrets✨! 😅😭

🚀✨ LAUNCH DAY✨🚀 Mentor to the Marquess is AVAILABLE NOW on Azn and KU! Mentor to the Marquess is an extra spicy Victorian romance with autistic rep and mystery solving. Cover by Kim Killion.

It's publication day! This little book has had a hard journey to print, but I've already had amazing reviews and I'm so proud of the story. FATED WINDS is about not conforming, fighting Fate, saying "this is who I am". It's also about healing, kindness, and family. I really hope you love it too

An escape room for writers but it's just you and a blank screen. Good luck. #mondaymemes #booksky

Curious about the inspiration behind Sami’s Special Gift? Watch the 12x12 Book Chat where I share my publishing journey and read the story aloud! Plus, PB creators, apply for a 12x12 scholarship by 11/30! Thank you to 12x12 for hosting! Links in comments. @12x12challenge.bsky.social

Hazel, Chibi, and Beetlejuice say they love butterfies!! #BWtoBF #booksky

I’m thrilled to share the COVER REVEAL of my first author-illustrator picture book! #kidlitart YETI IS NOT READY FOR SCHOOL • Out July 1, 2025 • Preorders open: lacarter.com/books More below! 🩵

I'm putting together a starter pack of 2026 debut authors!! There are many more to come and many more will be added before then so definitely follow along! 2026 debut group is an incredible cohort of authors so you definitely don't want to miss this! go.bsky.app/9Sw356k

Post a picture of yourself to show the newbies what they’re dealing with. 🦃 💜

#sundaysnippet #booksky ✨🖤

If you see this post a vampire and pass it on.

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Here are some details of my 2nd Contemporary YA standalone novel. MY PERFECT FAMILY is due out July 1st, 2025, from Holiday House #NewMexicoAuthor #BlackAmericanMuslimAuthor

Mermaid mug ✅ Capybara pants ✅ Today's goal: finish revising act one!

IT’S HAPPENING 🫶 My sapphic YA beach volleyball romcom is being published by Knopf BFYR / Penguin Random House !! 🧡🏐🩷 SMASH OR PASS is my love letter to autistic girls, summer camp, team sports & so much more. I truly can’t wait for you all to meet Ellie & her friends in 2026!!✨

No one can tell me that my cats don't understand everything I say when I talk to them.