Have found joy in editing with a pink glitter gel pen. 😍 Nothing says crime thriller more than pink glitter gel! 😅🤣 x

OG cover The Rose Petal Beach being in the house of the killer on Shakespeare & Hathaway will never not be funny to me. 😭 😅🤣

Watching Sinners on Halloween and remembering why I don’t do horror. The stress in our house right now. 🫣😫🤣

Just in case you were wondering how my journey from Portsmouth to Liverpool is going - the much-delayed train that is crawling to the north and will be over an hour late has t*ilets that are 80% full. 🙃

I can’t even say what I want to about this. Those who pushed through the Online Safety Bill should hang their heads in shame. I mean, they won’t but they should.

Babes, you can get 25% off my next book #TheQuietGirls if you pre-order from @waterstones.bsky.social by this Friday 17 October! Visit here: www.waterstones.com/book/the-qui... and add OCTOBER25 into the code box at checkout. Loved writing another Kez book & hope you share in the love next March. X

I had this really elaborate, funny and slightly daft cover reveal planned then I thought, nah, let me keep it simple. Really simple. Here’s the beauteous cover for book 23 - #TheQuietGirls designed by Becky Gilbbery. Can’t wait for you to read it. Out March 2026.

Lovely Portuguese readers, I need your help. A friend’s son who is 17 would like some ideas for good Portuguese teenage culture stuff - books, music, films etc. All recommendations gratefully received. Thanks in advance. 😘

I wrote about keeping on keeping on in the face of grief. Didn’t even realise today is World Mental Health Day. Strength and love to you, especially if you’re going through a hard time. X ❤️ substack.com/@dorothykoom...

Brighton & Hove Council are trying to gut our library service again. The ‘consultation’ period ends THIS Friday 10 October. PLEASE fill the survey. PLEASE speak up. Libraries are the heart of the community, getting rid of the further damages us all. yourvoice.brighton-hove.gov.uk/en-GB/projec...

Said goodbye to an incredible person today. Still doesn’t feel real. It was a truly fitting celebration with a ceremony that was a totally gorgeous state funeral that she was owed. Loved you, Sareeta. Will miss you so much. As I said before, she was one of the best of us. R.I.E.P. Beautiful lady.

2019 | Unexpectedly winning The Black British Business Awards Image Award Photo credit: The Black British Business Awards #MyBlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth

At least 4 of my books were stolen and used by Anthropic Ai Check if yours have been here: societyofauthors.org/2025/10/02/a...

2010 | My glorious wedding day #MyBlackHistory #BlackHistoryMonth Photo: The Brilliant Niall McDiarmid

2020 | Ruth Ware’s hilarious online murder-mystery launch #MyBlackHistory

Just watched the Buckingham Murders on Netflix and… 😮😳 Just brutal… I mean… 😳😳😳 Obviously have to watch it again but…🤯😳 NB: There are loads of trigger warnings, so doublecheck before you watch.

LOL!! As if Frieda McFadden would email me this! Please be careful, there are so many scams targeting writers. I also get emails from podcast producers of celebs wanting to interview me. Yeah, sure, Joe R*gan wants to pay me $3000 to come on his show! 😒 Please check Writer Beware before you reply.X

I think this sums up what the Govt should be focusing on instead of digital ID cards: 👇🏾 ‘FIX THE GODDAMN COST OF LIVING INSTEAD YOU FREAKS.’

This is a gentle wake-up call from 2021 Nobel Laurette Maria Ressa for anyone who actually believes ‘people won’t elect that party into power’. We’re being manipulated and groomed for it right before our eyes.

So, Instagram seem to have been suppressing my follows again by removing followers when new ones follow me. Or maybe thousands of people have unfollowed me and I’ve been on 11.1K for nearly a year. 🤷🏾‍♀️ Do me a favour - if you still use that app, please check if you’re still following me. X

Not the Ghana Must Go bag being appropriated and sold for $3000. 🙃 I just…🤷🏾‍♀️

I didn’t have ‘looking for a new bank after 40 years’ on my nonsense 2025 is going to throw at me bingo card, but here we are. *This is absolutely a post about Nationwide

I’m going to be on BBC South East News tonight, mainly talking about @womensprize.bsky.social #Discoveries2026 I fear, though, that I rambled on about other stuff that I’ve completely forgotten about now. 🤦🏾‍♀️ PLEASE, make my sacrifice worth it by starting on your #Discoveries entry now. 😅😭🤣

Hey again. My other bit of great news is that my dramatic rights (film, TV & stage versions of my books plus original scripts) are now being handled by @thehaworthagency.bsky.social Am very excited to be working with Georgina, Sylvia and the team. X 🥳☺️

Was meant to share this picture with my post. 🤦🏾‍♀️

It’s been a difficult few days, so am grateful to have something positive to share: I’m a judge for @womensprize.bsky.social #Discoveries2026 If you’ve always wanted to write a novel & have it looked at by professionals, this is your chance. Get together 10,000 words to submit by 12 Jan 2026. 1/5

Am on the look out for a podcast/video podcast editor. Hit me up if you know someone who is quick, efficient and available for work. X

Can’t believe this is real. I loved Sareeta. She was the very best of people in publishing. The very best of us as humans. R.I.P. to the brightest star. ❤️

🚨 If you upload content to Spotify check out their new T&Cs. To me, the terms go beyond needing permission to use your content - you give up your moral rights and they can make derivative works from your content for free and much more. I’ll be removing my podcasts from its platform.

There are just a few days left to get your submissions in for the 2026 Writer's Award! Apply by Friday 12 September: bit.ly/BL-WritersAw...

Watched a vid from someone reminding us to boost the people whose values align with ours rather than constantly giving free advert space to those other ‘people’. We need to be as intentional about boosting, talking about & uplifting those we support as those ‘others’ are about pushing their h*te.

Feliz Dia da Publicação Portuguesa ELE É MEU!!!🎉🤩🥳 @portoeditora.bsky.social

If any other MP did what the ‘leader’ of R*form did, tried to have our country sanctioned by another country as if we’re naughty kids like he did, they’d be denounced in the press and arrested for treason. But not him. Was amusing watching him have his backside handed to him by Raskin, though.

To be frank, after all these years I trust no politicians, no matter their flavour….but we could do with more of this energy from non-Tory and non-r*form types.

It’s been obvious that this is a coordinated attack. 😒

Saw this on a friend’s page and decided to repost. Being a friend really means stepping up behind the scenes at times like this. And please don’t dismiss their concerns by trying to reassure them it’s all OK - just allow people the space to be worried, scared, whatever.

The same ‘people’ abusing others & putting up fl*gs are the m ones who ruined their (and our) lives in 2016 by listening to the f-wit they’re listening to now. They’ve learnt nothing & are doing this to us again. Also, more people are opposing it than we think. We need to keep opposing this cr*p.

My new fave activity? Blocking anyone who posts about sm*ll boats or anything in support of that man, fl*gs , or that rhetoric. Honestly, if this is your jam or you agree with them/him just block me now so we can get on with our lives far, far apart. I mean it, bae, block me now so I don’t have to.

Hear me out… Robert De Niro in Zero Day is literally Carl from Up. 😭😭😭

At this point, we’re just assuming the leader of the Labour Party actually voted Labour. Cos the signs don’t really point to that… 🤷🏾‍♀️

Wish those ‘protesting’ the idea of m*grants being treated like humans would protest billionaires who don’t pay taxes, the energy companies fleecing them, MPs who’re destroying the NHS, stripping our rights & using our money to fund wars…you know, the people really responsible for their situations.

Yesterday, at my appointment, the health care professional asked: ‘Is it OK if I use an Ai tool to record our conversation?’ You can imagine my reply. You want my voice & health info for those making a profit by stealing work & destroying the planet?! No thank you.

Some of those ribbons may or may not be Kez Lanyon ribbons 👇🏾

So… the company* that ‘allegedly’ used millions of pirated books to train its Ai has a ceo who is releasing a book (non-fiction) under their banner later this year. And I… Honestly, I had to check it wasn’t 1st April when I saw the email. *yes, it’s Meta

Here’s my Shelf Love piece in today’s i-paper & books by @nadinematheson.com @kiaabdullah.bsky.social @kellyekell.bsky.social Mel Pennant & Lesley Mcevoy (Some things have been edited, for eg I didn’t say Lesley is a criminal profiler. She’s a therapist and profiler as well as writer.) Enjoy! X

Happy Paperback Birthday to GIVE HIM TO ME! Shout out to the audiobook stars Pippa Bennett-Warner & Joséphine-Fransilja Brookman. Like Pippa with Kez, Joséphine absolutely brings Robyn to life. You can find the physical book in bookshops, Tesco, Sainsbury’s & ASDA. Joséphine pic: Anita Kinga

This is what you get when you buy a book & event ticket for the ONLINE launch of Give Him To Me tomorrow! Complete with bespoke ribbon! (Glad @bertsbooks.bsky.social tied it cos it would have been a mess if I tried! 😅) Hope you can make it! Ticket: bertsbooks.co.uk/product/14th... Pic: Claire Woods

Just finishing up proofreading #TheQuietGirls and getting ready for the paperback release of #GiveHimToMe and was reminded of this… cos you know those bedroom doors are usually all the way open in my books and the spice levels are 🌶️🌶️🌶️ 🤣 (I’m allowed to use emojis again. Yay!)

Babes, if you come to the online launch of Give Him To Me with @bertsbooks.bsky.social this Thursday, and choose the book & ticket option, you’ll also get a coaster like this (while stocks last) & hear Pippa Bennett Warner talk about ‘being’ Kez for the audio books. bertsbooks.co.uk/product/14th...

Why I’m Using XigXag For Audiobooks **NOT SPONSORED** 1 No subscription - buy your audiobooks as & when. 2 SO easy to gift audiobooks. 3 The more you buy, the cheaper they get. 4 They don’t store your credit card details. 5 They’re an independent UK-based firm. xigxag.co.uk/audiobook/gi...