Happy birthday, @rebeccamorrison.bsky.social!

For my birthday, I’m taking the day off from all the hard things, and instead leaning into everything fun and joyous, ergo this is what I had for lunch!!!!

What an absolute joy to speak at @gaylebrandeis.bsky.social's beautiful bookstore @secretworldbooks.bsky.social! Thank you so much for hosting me to talk about The Blue Dress, and your great questions. And thank you Sarah Leibov for the sweet surprise of the book cover cookies and the cupcakes.

"Reach high with language – excite the reader. Choose words for their musicality as much as their aptness." ~ @nualaoconnor.bsky.social

I did my first author talk at a girls bookclub & it was more than I could have ever imagined. When I saw the beautiful girls in their blue dresses, I got so emotional. That they'd read it THE BLUE DRESS & made the effort to show me how much it meant to them was EVERYTHING. What a privilege. :)

Chicago area friends - Come join me and Gayle Brandeis at her wonderful bookstore Secret World Books on Saturday, May 30 at 4pm!

This is how I’m getting around to my book events these days!!!! All about THE BLUE DRESS. 💙

Representation matters, whether it’s about body image, or being an immigrant. I talked to the wonderful @oonahanson.bsky.social about my book, The Blue Dress & what a huge honor and responsibility it is to write for pre-teens and teens.

Looking forward to talking to @oonahanson.bsky.social tomorrow! A discussion many of us are having, especially in light of the ultra-thin push in society and in the media.

Look at what these sweet girls did to support my book? My body may be broken but my heart is full!!!! 🥹

I had an opportunity to talk to this amazing 11-year-old about my book, The Blue Dress. She’d read it & asked me about every detail. What you don’t see is her playing parts of the audio for me she loved & me in tears. It made me want to make her proud & keep telling stories that connect to others.

Apparently @glamour got my memo about The Blue Dress!!!! 😆

Mother’s Day is coming up and if you’re looking for a book that would be perfect for mothers and daughters, check out The Blue Dress about how a mother and daughter find a way to understand each other. It’s about a 13 year-old girl who’s an immigrant & has body image issues looking for belonging. 🩵

If you're looking for a gift for Mother's Day, The Blue Dress, is a complicated, beautiful, healing love story of a mother and daughter who to find a way to understand each other. ❤ youtube.com/shorts/f18ME...

Wanted to share that I've had to cancel my book events in LA, Seattle and Boston. I'm so bummed & will miss seeing you! My knee is messed up, root tear might not be able to be fixed b/c of arthritis & fracture is gonna take a long time to heal. I'm still doing book stuff, but had to cut back a bit.

Dear friends - Here I am on Great Day Washington @wusa9.com.web.brid.gy! I hobbled over there w/my messed-up knee & shared how much The Blue Dress means to me & how I hope it'll help kids & adults feel less alone in their struggles. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jps...

How do you write an entire book when every shiny objects aka stuff on the internet is so good at helping you procrastinate?

When you get a great opportunity to be on TV to talk about your book but you feel like hell & a teen-like zit has decided to appear in the middle of your forehead b/c why not make this extra awkward!!!!! 😁 Will be doing my best to pull it together tomorrow at 3pm EST.

I spoke at my first school today and it was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. I talked to an auditorium of kids about all the themes of the book, they had such great questions & came and talked to me afterwards…the whole thing made my heart burst into a million pieces. 😭❤️

I wanted to share this ridiculous graphic from a scammer and the humor piece I wrote about how he was so persistent he almost got me! I was so angry and embarrassed but then I decided to turn my frustration into this letter. Thanks @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social! brevity.wordpress.com/2026/04/14/s...

Thank you to @rebeccamorrison.bsky.social for the beautiful YA book The Blue Dress. I thought a lot about my childhood and then my role as both a mother and teacher. It was beautiful, hard and real. I both enjoyed it and learned a lot. Thank you.

I’m so excited to share this deeply personal piece about seeing myself in the window of a passing house when I was walking & being shocked at how I looked. Thank you so much to @saribotton.bsky.social for seeing my story. oldster.substack.com/p/is-the-ima...

Oh my heart. 🥹

We are all worth loving! 💙

It was so fun making this event schedule. How amazing to have a list of place I'll be able to share this story that's my heart & soul. I'd love to see you at any of these!!! Thank you for your support as I tell people about my debut novel, The Blue Dress. 💙

THE BLUE DRESS by author @rebeccamorrison.bsky.social is the perfect #mglit story for anyone who’s felt like they don’t fit in or for readers trying to understand the daily struggles tweens and teens are going through. A heartfelt and relatable must read! youtube.com/shorts/Tb1Bs... #booksky

Congrats!! Very awesome!

Something I couldn’t have even imagined in my wildest dreams a few years…doing a signing of my debut novel at Barnes & Noble. 🩵

New from @rebeccamorrison.bsky.social A wonderful middle grade novel about a challenging mother-daughter bond, body image, love and belonging.

Happy book birthday to @rebeccamorrison.bsky.social's The Blue Dress!

Thanks so much, John!!!! 💙

This piece is such a full circle moment for me. The wonderful @noahmichelson.bsky.social published my first piece in a national pub & today published this deeply personal essay, which makes me tear up every time I read it, on the publication day of my debut novel! ❤ www.huffpost.com/entry/mom-bl...

Happy Book Birthday to THE BLUE DRESS by @rebeccamorrison.bsky.social! An Iranian American girl navigates complicated relationships with her mother, her best friend, and her body image in this unflinching and ultimately uplifting middle-grade debut. tinyurl.com/w5x7px9f #edusky

Holy cow!!! My debut novel, The Blue Dress, is out!!! It's been such a wonderful, hard, heart-pounding, lonely & joyful path to get here. The book based on my childhood is my heart and soul and I can't be happier that it's out in the world today. 💙 us.macmillan.com/books/978037...

Happy book birthday to: 📚 The Blue Dress by @rebeccamorrison.bsky.social We can’t wait to read it! Thank you for being part of BookBreak!

Tomorrow my book, The Blue Dress, comes out. After two decades of dreaming about it, three years of writing and editing it, months of doing embarrassing promo posts, it's going to be OUT IN THE WORLD. I'm fine, I'm totally FINE!!!!!

So excited about this! The wonderful Allison K Williams is hosting my Zoom book launch this Friday!!!!! Come join us. us06web.zoom.us/j/9231684939...

I'm moved by this, yes, we must honor our readers. Thank you for risking sharing your experience!

Dear friends - I'm a bit nervous sharing this piece. It's about another writer and his behavior towards me. I hesitated writing about it for a few years, but decided to put it out both as a reminder to myself and to others who share their work with the world. ❤ brevity.wordpress.com/2026/03/19/w...

Hi!!! My awesome friend Gila Pfeffer reminded me that some people might not get their books by the date of the drawing. So I’m moving The Blue Dress giveaway to Friday, April 3, so everyone can get their books and enter the drawing! :)

I'm doing a give away!!!!! To be in the drawing all you have to do is take a pic w/my book, The Blue Dress coming out March 24, post it & tag me. I'll put everyone's name on a piece of paper, put it in bowl & pull one out old-school next Saturday March 28! Then send the person this care package. 😄

@rebeccamorrison.bsky.social column, written during the January protests in Iran, has an urgent message: We are responsible for revealing cruelty when we see it. "We don’t need to be experts. We don’t need perfect policy solutions. What we need to be is a witness to what’s happening in our world."

Thank you so much for this thoughtful review of The Blue Dress!

@oldstermag.bsky.social in the Sundayprint edition of the @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/s...

Can’t wait!!! AWP 2026. Come say hi on Friday. :)

I loved doing this Author Question series, where I talk about what I want readers to take away from my book. Thank you for spotlighting THE BLUE DRESS, a middle grade novel about an Iranian American girl

Love this so much!!! Sari is one of the coolest people in our industry, and definitely one the most thoughtful and supportive. And Oldster covers a subject I find so relevant and interesting, especially for women. I’m thrilled for you, Sari!

On my walk I started crying but it wasn’t an emotional crying, my body was just releasing stuff through my eyes. At first I was embarrassed but then thought my body needs this, so I cried the rest of the way home. It's good to lean into that feeling & let it take over for a bit. :)

Can't wait for AWP!!!! Would love to see you! And so honored to be on these two panels with amazing writers @janefriedman.com @allisonkwilliams.bsky.social, Darien Hsu Tonya Todd, and talented kid lit authors Ona Gritz, Kimberly Behre Kenna, Kalela Williams and Laura Shovan!