Woke up to the lovely news yesterday that I’ve received a Best of the Net nomination. Forever grateful to Lynn & Centaur Lit, and that my strange little stories have found their place out in the world ❤️😭 #bestofthenet2026

WriteGirl mentorship applications are open until September 12th! Serving girls and gender expansive teens, it pairs writers with teens to cultivate their creative writing journeys. It’s been such a lovely experience and I highly recommend applying! www.writegirl.org/volunteer #writingcommunity

👀👀 Hudson Booksellers is having a major sale for released (20%) and yet to be released books (30%). If you have some books on your TBR (psst including my YA speculative debut Twin Tides) take a peek! This is the best discount I’ve seen for preorders. 🔗 in comments! #yabooks

I’m so thrilled to be moderating a panel on Deadly Secrets at this year’s Decatur Book Festival featuring some absolutely 💖 amazing ✨ YA authors. Keep your calendar open October 3rd and 4th for the 20th anniversary fest and an impeccable line up of authors 👀 #yabooks

It’s once again the BN prêörd3r event! Twin Tides is my YA debut about family, girlhood, ghosthood, and the love & violence that can cross generations 👀👀 Check out some of the amazing 2025 releases as well! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/twin-tides...

My dad often makes up “facts” based on his anecdotal assessment of things (one being deer will someday go to extinct because they get hit by too many cars). However, he once said: “Americans didn’t like Jimmy Carter as a president because Americans love war” and I’ve thought about it a lot recently.

"When the midwife had fluttered through the windows earlier that night, she had already taught eighteen babies to smile." Read "The Nineteenth Smile" by @authorhien.bsky.social inner-worlds.ghost.io/the-nineteen... #Fantasy #SpeculativeFiction #SpecFic

Surprise! One of my first published stories, The Nineteenth Smile, is reprinted in the newest issue of Inner Worlds. Please check out all the stunning pieces in issue 7 💕

Hehe it was so fun 👀 be sure to take an eye out for the 2025 WriteHive Conference dropping later this year!

Baby’s first blurb 🎉😭 #yabooks

Me, doing research to write a scene & typing into Google: “sound of car hitting suitcase” Google: here are videos of cars hitting a person No I don’t want to see that 😭😭😭😭

have you ever wanted to read an advanced review copy (ARC) of a book? Twin Tides is now available to request on NetGalley & it’s completely free to create an account 🥰 #yabooks www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

🔔in AANHPI month w my debut Twin Tides (out Dec 9) my partner (biased but a prof of asian am lit) told me this felt like an asian american novel, which was my intention. as much as it’s about teen hijinks, it’s also about legacy of war & diaspora. available for preörder & to request on Edelweiss!

surprise! issue 9 of Centaur Lit dropped today & I have a hybrid CNF piece published in it. I’m full of gratitude this weird little piece (400 words & only 13 sentences) has found a home with many other stunning pieces 💖🌘🌳 #cnf centaurlit.com/watching-you...

Me, carefully filming & editing a video on publishing: 200 views Me, posting a video joking about my lopsided butt from my roller skating accident: 3k views and clinging, with 5 people apparently sending it to their friends Ty social media 🫡

New profile picture 🤭

A new blog post on the B&N sale, feeling like a dancing monkey 😅 and Twin Tides being available on Edelweiss! #authors www.authorhien.com/blog/on-bein...

It’s that time! Barnes & Noble prëôrder sale is live for premium & rewards members! Twin Tides is a YA thriller that’s a haunted Viet Parent Trap www.barnesandnoble.com/w/twin-tides... ❤️💖 #yabooks #books

On episode 18 of The Paper Trail, we chat managing creative focus during fascism, cover reveals and launching podcasts with the amazing Vincent Tirado 👀 open.spotify.com/episode/7j5e... #publishing

the horrors persist but I just pulled both of Caleb’s myth cards within 20 pulls so I think I’ve used up my luck this month 🥲

Social Media Cover Reveal 🌊 Isn’t she stunning? Twin Tides is my YA debut about a ghost, long lost twins, and the legacies we inherit as diaspora ❤️💖 #books

Me, playing Split Fiction before today: the evil CEO stealing ideas might just be too on the nose 🤡🤡🤡🤡

come visit and see this beautiful cover 😌 bookishbrews.com/twin-tides-h...

The exclusive cover reveal, excerpt, & interview are live on BookishBrews 😭 I’m so excited to share the absolutely STUNNING cover of Twin Tides with you all. Credit: Reiko Murakami - art & Trisha Previte - design bookishbrews.com/twin-tides-h...

Within the same week I reveal my cover I guillotine’d my big toenail off with our metal gate 😅 (I’m fine, just bandaged and with 9 toenails) apparently having just a good thing happen is not in the cards

RELEASE MAHMOUD KHALIL!!!!

A blog post in which I get sentimental about bread 🤷‍♀️ www.authorhien.com/blog/being-a... #amwriting

Episode 17 of the Paper Trail podcast is life! We chat persistent horrors and the multiple routes to film and TV options for authors with the lovely Laura Taylor Namey 👀 #authors

I’m so excited to share the beautiful character art I commissioned for Twin Tides, my upcoming YA debut about a vengeful ghost in the water & long lost twins grashaell (on IG & twt) did a stunning job bringing Aria, Caliste, and Philip to life 😍😭 #characterart

Meet my tri-life crisis: sourdough 🍞🥯

Is there a word for rising panic when you finally get the thing you wanted? My cover reveal is this month, with the preorder links populating and my book showing up on websites like Edelweiss 😭 WHY AM I SO NERVOUS

shout out to the venue staff last night for letting me sit on the floor between sets because my feet hurt, making sure I was ok, and giving me water 🫶🏽 on that note methinks my days of general standing tickets are over 😂

me: putting ear plus, medicine, and eye drops in my clear bag for the NCT 127 concert my husband: we are the AARP of NeoCity 🥲 #nct127

Are you looking for an inspiring blog post or one chock full of helpful industry knowledge? Then don’t read this one! 😅 an honest rumination on the nature of envy & how it’s been draining my creative well recently ❤️ #writingcommunity

I have sample pages in my inbox 😭 I wasn’t expecting to feel so emotional about it. But those are my words! Formatted on the page! Ahhh 😭😭😭

I am not sure citizens of other countries can submit comments, but if you would please click through and add your public comments for these three passport rules, that would be great the links lead to the federal register. there's more stuff here to act on, too oh and please pass this post on

get writers out of here because wdym I am crying about an angler fish swimming toward the sun & the fictionalized story as to why?????? 😭

happy valentine’s to pepto bismol because apparently I can’t eat an unctuous dinner without your help anymore 🫡

Promoting myself continues to feel like the biggest exercise in cognitive dissonance, but then I remember all the words I’ve read that made me feel hopeful and less lonely on this earth, and it feels a little more rational

📢 Twin Tides Street Team Applications 📢 If you would be interested in early access to content, an ARC, and other bookish goodies related to my debut YA thriller, Twin Tides, please complete the application below! 💖 #YABooks #streetteams #thrillerbooks #horrorbooks forms.gle/3BSGWY3tc5Zu...

When I was a child, having learned English from my own brothers who were learning it as their second language, my Mom asked me what good being a good writer would do for me It’s GOOD for making me feel BAD about myself, okay? #writers

“My five year plan?” *broadly gestures to my cat sleeping in the sun who has absolutely no idea what an executive order is*

Cover reveal next month 👀 stay tuned! #yabooks

It's appropriate that this sentiment comes after the industry realized that they haven't done anything useful in 20 years so they descended into mass psychosis over tech that does nothing but purports to do everything

Literary groups, publishers, and and professional writers' orgs issue joint statement condemning Donald Trump's recent anti-trans executive order www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

We're living George Orwell's 1984: IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.

received some shiny acceptances in my inbox but also suffered through a near 3 hour dental procedure today so life really comes at you fast

Encouraging non-Black folks to show up for the Black people in your community this month and every month. For an easy way to support me, I’ll be attending an artist residency in Japan this year and could use your help! Share and donate via the info below 👇🏾 to support

And guess what authors? If you join #AuthorsAgainstBookBans they even have sample letters you can put to use! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

"Intense backlash prompted the reinstatement of some online resources." 👉 Saying hell no has an effect when enough of us say it. Don't let people tell you that your voice doesn't matter.