A *LOT* of folks have elections on Tuesday. Here's how to prepare and be a pro-library, pro-public education voter this year (& every year): bookriot.com/library-elec...

Today, in the small town of Edmonds, WA., THOUSANDS of people filled the park & the streets in pouring rain at the No Kings protest. It was meaningful and powerful to stand with our neighbors and say that we deeply care about democracy, our fellow human beings, and our planet. No hate here.#nokings.

Join the nationwide protest this Saturday, October 18th. We'll be there! (Find your nearest location: nokings.org) #NoKings

NO KINGS! Thousands and thousands of people in the small town of Edmonds, WA. 💕🇺🇸

This is what democracy looks like! In the small town of Edmonds, THOUSANDS of people showed up to listen, to march, and to protest their beautiful hearts out. Big thanks to Rick Steves and the other incredible speakers. NO KINGS!

Happy No Kings Day, friends. Let's Roll!

The scam artists in the administration are hiring seat fillers for Saturday's masturbation party, and they're being offered payment in cryptocurrency. washingtondc.craigslist.org/doc/tlg/d/wa...

Saturday plans! Find your nearest protest location here: app.sosha.ai/s/dZE0ZLLR

Hey! I know the answer to 55 Across in today’s USA TODAY crossword puzzle! 😉 (Plus, some extra fun in Sally Hoelscher’s Off the Grid column: bit.ly/42Z1ktX)

Today, we filed a lawsuit on behalf of three anonymous Rutherford County families, and @penamerica.bsky.social, against the Rutherford Co. Board of Education, in response to the banning of almost 130 books from school libraries. Rutherford Co. School Board, we'll see you in court. (🧵 ⬇️ )

I’m truly grateful to Pen America and the ACLU of Tennessee for fighting for our books (in this case, PLAN A) and students’ right to read. More info. here: bit.ly/4cFQjRt

Wow! So honored that Kirkus Reviews chose ONE GREAT LIE as one of the Best Books of the 21st Century (So Far). Amazing. Huge thanks! Full list here: bit.ly/3FMNHod

Hooray! PLAN A was recently chosen by a panel of Illinois high school librarians, public librarians, English teachers, and students to be included on the 2026 Master List for the Lincoln Award, with the winner chosen by Illinois teen readers. Big thanks to the committee!

Every author I know has been finding their books in this database of pirated books that Meta used to train AI. Twenty-nine of mine are here. This is meta Meta, given that I just released TRUE LIFE IN UNCANNY VALLEY, which explores the theft of art to train AI. bit.ly/4kJHaLd

I’m so happy to share an excerpt of the audiobook of my newest novel, TRUE LIFE IN UNCANNY VALLEY, narrated by the exceptionally talented Brittany Pressley, and coming to you from the wonderful team at PRH Audio. Brittany’s voice transports! bit.ly/4bGTrfj

#bookreleaseday ! From the acclaimed author of A Heart in a Body in the World comes the gripping story of a girl living a lie in order to find the truth about her family and herself. #gifted by @getunderlined.bsky.social #booksky 📚💙 #yalit #books

I can’t think of a better way to celebrate the release of TRUE LIFE IN UNCANNY VALLEY than talking with the wonderful Megan Labrise on the Kirkus Reviews Fully Booked podcast. I love both Megan and Fully Booked, so WHAT A TREAT. Huge thanks to them for having me. Listen here: bit.ly/4hk7yIC

TRUE LIFE IN UNCANNY VALLEY, my twenty-second novel, is out today! Come for the story of Eleanor, who takes on a false identity to become the nanny for the charismatic, tech-billionaire father she’s never known. Stay for the themes of identity, found family, and the need to truly see each other.

140+ new books today, Tuesday March 18th, featuring: True Life in Uncanny Valley by @debcaletti.bsky.social (Standalone) The Story She Left Behind by Patti Callahan Henry (Standalone) The Paris Express by @emmadonoghue.bsky.social (Standalone) See them all: tinyurl.com/mar18books #booksky

My new novel, TRUE LIFE IN UNCANNY VALLEY, releases TOMORROW! You can read an excerpt here: bit.ly/3XVyMyi Thanks so much, @thenerddaily! Also, check out the first image of Miss Fury from Chapter One. I do love the design of this book! 🧡

🧡Three more days!🧡

How wonderful to see True Life in Uncanny Valley featured on Publishers Weekly New and Noteworthy Children’s and YA books of March! Full list here: bit.ly/3XIHEqO

My author copies are here! They’re beautiful, and they FEEL good, too, readers - wonderful matte texture and nice heft. We like that, don’t we?! 😊 True Life in Uncanny Valley, coming to you on the 18th!

What WONDERFUL news! PLAN A was chosen for YALSA/ALA’s Amazing Audiobooks of 2025. I love this audiobook so much, and Jorjeana Marie’s portrayal of Ivy is just incredible. Huge thanks to the YALSA committee, to Jorjeana Marie, and the lovely team at Penguin Random House Audio. bit.ly/43xrR2b

Celebrating! PLAN A is out in paperback TODAY! 🎉🎉🎉

@debcaletti.bsky.social @elisastoneleahy.com @joymccullough.bsky.social @doctoryasmin.bsky.social @brigityoungbooks.bsky.social

One more month! 🧡

Look what arrived! I’ve been really excited for this. PLAN A, my abortion road trip love story, will be out in paperback in just a few weeks. I can’t wait for this book to reach more readers, beginning February 25!

I’m absolutely thrilled that PLAN A has been chosen for this year’s RISE: A Feminist Book Project List, one of my most favorite lists of all. Huge thanks to the judges! I can’t wait until PLAN A releases in paperback in March. More about the list and the 2025 books on it, here: bit.ly/3CfqUjw

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TRUE LIFE IN UNCANNY Valley (coming in March!) receives a lovely STARRED REVIEW in Publisher’s Weekly, as well as a gorgeous review in Kirkus, which calls it thoughtful, poignant, and heartbreaking but ultimately hopeful. More at bit.ly/4heYFQT and bit.ly/3Pzmmrd 🧡

Wrestling once again with the question of how to process horrible truths revealed about someone you loved or admired? These novels by @debcaletti.bsky.social & @coreyannhaydu.bsky.social are beautiful, powerful, cathartic reads revolving around this very theme.

I would come back to work from a holiday break with proverbial bells on any day when I have a new manuscript from @debcaletti.bsky.social waiting for me. 😍 And, friends, this one is a most breathtaking *LOVE STORY*! Get ready to have your hearts cracked open in every best way.