"Lyrical and terrifying, Helm's portrait of generational trauma will leave you aching in its wake. Our Cut of Salt is not just a powerful exploration of injustice and survival, but also a testament to the power of love." - Monika Kim, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Eyes are the Best Part

"Our Cut of Salt is the must-read of the year. Longing and rage are woven beautifully in this multi-generational family story, taking readers to the steps of a house in Haifa that they will not forget." - Trang Thanh Tran, New York Times bestselling author of She Is A Haunting

"Devastating...Our Cut of Salt rages and aches and demands your complete attention, recontextualizing the very notion of what a haunted house is...Alongside such modern marvels of horror as Alison Rumfitt's Tell Me I'm Worthless and Tananarive Due's The Good House." - Clay McLeod Chapman, Author of Wake Up and Open Your Eyes

Praise is here!!

If you're interested in a book about a haunted house in Palestine that fights its occupiers, and the three generations of Palestinian women who have to put the haunting to rest, you can preorder my debut novel, Our Cut of Salt, here :) linktr.ee/deenahelm

Spongebob Squidward watching through the window meme

Watching Brazil, South Korea and Hungary get rid of their authoritarians

from the "American imperialism" article

Donkey Kong Bonanza is here for us in these trying times

Congress is so funny. The world could be blown to smithereens and half of them would be like not sure this is a kitchen table issue.

Charlie Day, who plays Luigi in the Mario movies, shouts out alleged United Healthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione

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Every office should have a designated nap room, where you can sleep for like 30 minutes and then you can go about the rest of your day

An image of an advanced copy of Our Cut of Salt sitting on a table

ARCs are here and even more beautiful than I thought they’d be 😭 I cannot believe my story about a Palestinian haunted house is HERE and REAL!

(And if you’re down to read about a haunted house that fights its occupiers, preorders are here: linktr.ee/deenahelm)

With the new Harry Potter trailer dropping today, now is a better time than ever to remind everyone that J. K. Rowling's name appears in the Epstein files where she calls Epstein "a very dear friend".

Trapped!At My Day Job

BG3 is helping me with revisions 🙏🏼✨

My Dark Urge run on BG3 counts as book research and no I will not be elaborating at this time

Longing for the day I’ll get to agent and write full time ✨

i keep forgetting to announce this: i am now represented by @alexbrownwrites.bsky.social of MWLA :)

Welcome to the team!!! 🥳🥳🥳

Please consult a medical professional before reading A SAVAGE, INFINITE NIGHT. Side effects include...

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@kennedywrites.bsky.social debut novel THERE USED TO BE PEOPLE HERE is out on November 3!

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Most Anticipated Young Adult SFF/H for March & April 2026 - Reactor Here by dragons — and also cozy romances, twisty timeloops, and deadly superpowers

*slams fist on table* NEW! SFF/H! YA!
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Editors!!! If you’ve ever wanted a winter MG holiday horror set in the Arctic with a lot of heart and even more ghosts, then have we got the story for you 👀😈✨

So excited to be working with Starla on all of her fabulous ideas! 🤩

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Roses are red, Hydrangeas are teal, capitalism sucks and birds aren't real

Happy almost Valentine’s Day from my novel-in-progress! Because even though birds aren’t real, my excitement about the second draft of this book absolutely is 😎

#writing #writercommunity #valentines #wip #capitalismsucks #birdsarentreal

I've said this before but I truly believe we could revitalize YA and kidlit overnight by switching to MMPB and paperback first. Kids want paperbacks! It is by far the biggest request I get from teen readers.

Leanne has so many AMAZING ideas and I can’t wait for them to get out into the world 👀🥳👀🥳👀🥳

Editors! Get ready for the fabulous YA sapphic horror-romance to hit your inboxes soon 👀👀👀

So excited to work with @charwritesstories.bsky.social on all of her fabulous ideas!!! 🥳🥳🥳

A graphic that says FINALIST at the top, with The Arab-American Educational Foundation's logo and a list of finalists, including Deena Helm.

Super excited to say that my horror short story, The Blood Remains, was a finalist for the AAEF short story writing contest! 🖤

Statements made by politicians cannot unmake a victim of ICE just as they cannot rebuild Gaza. These are lives killed and disappeared, over and over and over again

I just think it's neat that bad leaders who must be stopped at all costs only live in countries with big oil reserves