#ABillionPaperStars

Image of a starry sky. Text says, A future reader's guide to A Billion Paper Stars, an epic hopepunk novel by A.J. Van Belle

Image of space, a planet, a spaceship, and a woman in the dark. Text: 150 years from now, a girl notices a boy living on the streets. She feeds him, teaches him, and eventually loves him. 35 years later, the girl is a criminal wanted by the interstellar military, and the boy is the veteran soldier sent to terminate her.

Image of a planet from space. Text says, Themes: a fast-paced plot with a nuanced exploration of trauma, healing, and what it means to be human in a tech-driven world grounded yet expansive world building emotional depth and personal stakes relationships that transcend space and time saving the galaxy

Images of the covers of the books Ancillary Justice, Remote Control, and The Mars House; and of the movie Blade Runner and the show Firefly. Text above the images says, Vibes and settings like: Text below the images says, If you like these, you might like A Billion Paper Stars Rep: Lauren Bieker, FinePrint Literary

Epic hopepunk? Yes! #ABillionPaperStars is #onsub and gaining speed, and one day you will be able to meet Eleanor Close.

Just hope you don't meet her in a dark futuristic alley.

Moodboard. Text is A Billion Paper Stars, A.J. Van Belle. Shows images of a woman in the dark, outer space, a spaceship, a rocky coast in the dark, a dark alley, and a man with a gun.

For NO particular reason, I'm thinking about my sci-fi series. #ABillionPaperStars is the book of my heart. For everyone who's ever been alone against the galaxy or loved with absolute trust that survives the decades, I'll bring this book to the world if it's the last thing I do.

Me e-signing my book contract

Mood board with an image of a woman in the dark, spaceships, dark cliffs, man with a gun, space, stars, and a dark alley. You do not want to meet Eleanor Close in a dark alley.

As I celebrate signing the contract for my MG nonfiction book, #HotCities, on the urban heat island effect, let us not forget that I have a BRAND and the consequences of climate change also loom large in my on-sub sci-fi series. #ABillionPaperStars

Mood board with an image of a woman in the dark, spaceships, dark cliffs, man with a gun, space, stars, and a dark alley. You do not want to meet Eleanor Close in a dark alley.

Feeling like sharing the mood board for the book of my laser-scarred heart...my on-sub sci-fi novel #ABillionPaperStars