Blueberry sparkling wine
Family eating sushi
Sushi platter
Did a bit of celebrating with my family over the weekend for…reasons 🤐
Watch this space for some exciting news in coming weeks! 🍾🎉📚
Books + Drinks/pastries is a pretty great combo!
I had a rare weekend morning all to myself (🤯) and decided to pop in to The Book Club—a new(ish) bookstore and coffee shop only about 15 mins from my house. I brought my laptop and settled in to grade my MFA students’ final projects with a coffee and used paperback for only $7.00. #indiebooksellers
When my daughter Willow was younger, she adored the Jasmine Toguchi chapter books by @debbimichiko.bsky.social
When she got older, she read and loved the MG book KEEP IT TOGETHER, KEIKO CARTER. Willow is now 14 (but not ready for YA) & very excited to read the Last Chance Academy books! 📚🥰
Despite an awful cold snap, I’m starting to see some little cherry blossoms on my tree 🌸
#alittlebeautyeveryday
I absolutely adored SUNBIRTH by An Yu.
If you like lyrical, lightly speculative books (a good comp is Banana Yoshimoto), I highly recommend.
I’d love to hear: do you have any “why isn’t everyone talking about this author?” author recommendations? 📚👀
#sunbirth #anyu #amreading #bookrecommendations
I searched my library for a book I want to read called THE LIBRARY OF TRAUMATIC MEMORY and it came back with one hit. I laughed out loud. I mean…this tracks? If there were a library of traumatic memory, it would probably be the internet 😂
In honor of Lunar New Year, I reading this fantastic book on Eastern storytelling methods (highly recommend) and drinking a Vietnamese coffee/tea pour-over from @coppercowcoffee which is quite good, as well ☕️
#SpringSummerAsteroidBird #kishotenketsu @henrylienauthor.bsky.social #lny #chinesenewyear
Speculative thriller 😁👻
Yesterday was a GORGEOUS 75 degrees (in Kansas! In February!) so I pulled out my Christmas present from my husband—a super comfy outdoor chair—and got a bunch of editing done on my WIP. It was glorious ☺️☀️
#amwriting #amediting
When you finish reading a murder mystery set in a hotel while you're staying at a hotel, of course you have to do a mini photoshoot 😄📚
So delighted I received an ARC of MURDER AT THE HOTEL ORIENT by @alessandraranelli.bsky.social. Watch for this one in May! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
#murderatthehotelorient
I was excited to go buy a copy of #thetruthofcarcosa 👀👑 by @jacobrollinson.bsky.social
Think of a kind of erudite HOUSE OF LEAVES—super creepy and filled with manuscript dread.
#jacobrollinson #horror #thekinginyellow #amreading
Waiting for a flight, but I’ve got a cold brew shandy from @parisicoffee and a good book, so I’m happy 😊
Happy New Year! As is our New Year's tradition, today we walked the labyrinth not far from my house. It is a contemplative way to start a new year, and I like to pick a word to focus on. This year I decided to go with "Balance." ⚖️
Good! Just very busy 😄
A promotional graphic for the eBook version of A Reluctant Spy, featuring the awards roundels for the McDermid Debut Award and Bloody Scotland Debut Prize, and a 99p sticker, on a dark background.
UK Readers! My award-winning debut novel A RELUCTANT SPY is on a Kindle Daily Deal for today only - just 99p on Kindle and 99p for Audible members.
Grab one or both before midnight tonight!
cc @headlinebooks.bsky.social @dhhlitagency.bsky.social
www.amazon.co.uk/Reluctant-Sp...
That used to irritate the heck out of me when I was doing karate. Didn’t happen too often, but when it did they would act as if they were being chivalrous 🙄 Fortunately doesn’t happen in Kendo (the armor rather nicely obscures gender 😏)
Nice foggy morning for early voting. Fast and easy ✅
Glad I brought my cheat sheet because party affiliations aren’t listed on the ballot.
Twas a slimy cold day outside today but thankfully I have a cozy coffee shop a few minutes from my house 🥰☕️ I got a ton of editing done.
Had a lovely time, as always, at the Johnson County Library Writers Conference. I particularly enjoyed chatting with Misako Rocks and gaining sage writing advice from Steve Almond 📚
#jocowrites #jocowritersconference
🐇 💀 COVER REVEAL 💀 🐇
I’m SO excited to reveal the UK cover of my next novel, The Bone Door! A fantasy/horror escape room novel, coming 7 May 2026
Had a great time at the #HeartlandBookFestival today 📚 I listened to Nnedi Okorafor talk and got an autographed copy of DEATH OF THE AUTHOR (an amazing book—highly recommend). I was very impressed by the turn out and will definitely try to attend next year! @nnedi.bsky.social
If you’re in the Kansas City area, come to the Japan Festival tomorrow at JCCC! The KC Kendo Club (including my entire family) will be running an outdoor workshop at noon and a demonstration in Polsky Theater at 3:30pm. Kcjapanfestival.org #kendo
Congrats to @jrbolesauthor.bsky.social for the release of LOVE AT THE FALL FAIR! If you’re looking for the perfect autumnal read, this is it. My kids and I had fun attending the launch and eating the fall-themed cookies 🍂 ☺️
Goodbye summer, hello autumn 🍂☺️🍁
Thanks Amy! ☺️
Thanks! ☺️
Lily and SLL will be representing me for all markets, save for the UK where the lovely Maria Brannan with Greyhound Literary will be handling those rights. So delighted to have these fantastic agents in my corner. Their enthusiasm for THE FOREVER WIDOWS BOOK CLUB has warmed my heart.
I'm thrilled to announce that I am now represented by Lily Dolin with Sterling Lord Literistic. I have, of course, pulled out a bottle of sparkling sake to mark the occasion (as I always tell my Creative Writing students: celebrate everything!).
