Austin Ross
@austinross.bsky.social
writing in Publishers Weekly, Lit Hub, &c. // senior editor with HarperCollins
http://austinrossauthor.com/
http://austinrossauthor.com/
8yo told me on the walk back from school that The Incredible Hulk only speaks in haikus and now I can't stop thinking about it
November 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
8yo told me on the walk back from school that The Incredible Hulk only speaks in haikus and now I can't stop thinking about it
lifted some weights for the first time in far too long today
November 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
lifted some weights for the first time in far too long today
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incredible HAD energy on The Chair Company
November 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
incredible HAD energy on The Chair Company
when the writing is not going well
November 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
when the writing is not going well
when a story is so bad you aren't sure what to say in workshop
October 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
when a story is so bad you aren't sure what to say in workshop
October 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
pretty solid haul from the little free library. if only i knew how to read 😢
October 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
pretty solid haul from the little free library. if only i knew how to read 😢
been really digging this lately
October 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
been really digging this lately
some of y'all are pretty okay i guess 🥹
September 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
some of y'all are pretty okay i guess 🥹
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"I wanted to explore HOW we got to this particular historical moment, rather than just make it into some sort of potboiler."
Contributor @housleydave.bsky.social interviewed @austinross.bsky.social for @barrelhouse.bsky.social! Read it all right here: buff.ly/AnnRNbb
Contributor @housleydave.bsky.social interviewed @austinross.bsky.social for @barrelhouse.bsky.social! Read it all right here: buff.ly/AnnRNbb
September 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
"I wanted to explore HOW we got to this particular historical moment, rather than just make it into some sort of potboiler."
Contributor @housleydave.bsky.social interviewed @austinross.bsky.social for @barrelhouse.bsky.social! Read it all right here: buff.ly/AnnRNbb
Contributor @housleydave.bsky.social interviewed @austinross.bsky.social for @barrelhouse.bsky.social! Read it all right here: buff.ly/AnnRNbb
just put one of these outside my house so the neighbors know who they're dealing with
September 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
just put one of these outside my house so the neighbors know who they're dealing with
me pretending I'm still eligible for the 5 Under 35 thing
August 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
me pretending I'm still eligible for the 5 Under 35 thing
some of y'all be like
August 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
some of y'all be like
reread this recently and it always strikes me how a different story always stands out as my favorite with each read. this time? "Dirty Wedding"
August 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
reread this recently and it always strikes me how a different story always stands out as my favorite with each read. this time? "Dirty Wedding"
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Someone on Substack posted that they've been feeling out of touch with contemporary fiction and asked about fave recent novels?
These 6 that I've all read pretty recently jumped to mind.
These 6 that I've all read pretty recently jumped to mind.
August 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Someone on Substack posted that they've been feeling out of touch with contemporary fiction and asked about fave recent novels?
These 6 that I've all read pretty recently jumped to mind.
These 6 that I've all read pretty recently jumped to mind.
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Over at @barrelhouse.bsky.social I interviewed @austinross.bsky.social about his truly awesome paranoid thriller of a novel, GLORIA PATRI, the process of writing the book over many years, how much querying agents sucks, January 6, and Patrick Swayze movies. www.barrelhousemag.com/blog/an-inte...
These Extremists Don’t Come Out of Nowhere: An Interview with Austin Ross, author of Gloria Patri — Barrelhouse
I don’t know that I was able to fully realize what this novel wanted to be until in 2019, I came up with the idea of combining the story of this isolated family with the story of someone falling into ...
www.barrelhousemag.com
August 27, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Over at @barrelhouse.bsky.social I interviewed @austinross.bsky.social about his truly awesome paranoid thriller of a novel, GLORIA PATRI, the process of writing the book over many years, how much querying agents sucks, January 6, and Patrick Swayze movies. www.barrelhousemag.com/blog/an-inte...
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Kind of hate to sneak into someone else’s book conversation, but at the same time we have a duty to hype @austinross.bsky.social’s magnificent novel, Gloria Patri.
Someone on Substack posted that they've been feeling out of touch with contemporary fiction and asked about fave recent novels?
These 6 that I've all read pretty recently jumped to mind.
These 6 that I've all read pretty recently jumped to mind.
August 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Kind of hate to sneak into someone else’s book conversation, but at the same time we have a duty to hype @austinross.bsky.social’s magnificent novel, Gloria Patri.
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I've read these 4 novels published by @malarkeybooks.bsky.social over the past year. Hugely impressed with the range and depth of Malarkey. All bangers. Read em.
STILL ALIVE by @ljabouttown.bsky.social
FAITH by Itoro Bassey
GLORIA PATRI by @austinross.bsky.social
FEARLESS by Benjamin Warner
STILL ALIVE by @ljabouttown.bsky.social
FAITH by Itoro Bassey
GLORIA PATRI by @austinross.bsky.social
FEARLESS by Benjamin Warner
July 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I've read these 4 novels published by @malarkeybooks.bsky.social over the past year. Hugely impressed with the range and depth of Malarkey. All bangers. Read em.
STILL ALIVE by @ljabouttown.bsky.social
FAITH by Itoro Bassey
GLORIA PATRI by @austinross.bsky.social
FEARLESS by Benjamin Warner
STILL ALIVE by @ljabouttown.bsky.social
FAITH by Itoro Bassey
GLORIA PATRI by @austinross.bsky.social
FEARLESS by Benjamin Warner
Professional update: I am now acquiring fiction as well! 👀 🎉 Really excited about this next chapter. What I'm looking for ranges from commercial to upmarket to literary fiction, but if you know me you know a good literary thriller always hits. Send me that good stuff!
Austin Ross – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website
www.manuscriptwishlist.com
May 29, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Professional update: I am now acquiring fiction as well! 👀 🎉 Really excited about this next chapter. What I'm looking for ranges from commercial to upmarket to literary fiction, but if you know me you know a good literary thriller always hits. Send me that good stuff!
doing some reading and you all came up
May 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
doing some reading and you all came up
Was delighted to see this very thoughtful review of Gloria Patri over at Goodreads. If you haven't picked up a copy, now is as good a time as any.
"Every now and then a novel comes along that expertly captures the zeitgeist."
"Every now and then a novel comes along that expertly captures the zeitgeist."
April 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Was delighted to see this very thoughtful review of Gloria Patri over at Goodreads. If you haven't picked up a copy, now is as good a time as any.
"Every now and then a novel comes along that expertly captures the zeitgeist."
"Every now and then a novel comes along that expertly captures the zeitgeist."
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Christopher is wildly supportive of writers, including the local DMV writers. I'm hugely grateful to share an episode with two of the finest, plus be featured on the DC Library podcast. Don't remember what I said, probably won't listen to my section out of embarrassment, but you should check it out.
This time I talked to @austinross.bsky.social , @joeyhedger.bsky.social, and @alanallanallen.bsky.social of @malarkeybooks.bsky.social
Alan's advice? Don't let the bastards get you down!
dcplpodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/get...
Alan's advice? Don't let the bastards get you down!
dcplpodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/get...
Get Lit: Austin Ross, Alan Good, and Joey Hedger | DC Public Library Podcast
This month we have local writers Austin Ross and Joey Hedger, both with books out with Malarkey Books. We also have Alan Good, editor of Malarkey Books, who has published a slew of DC writers.
dcplpodcast.simplecast.com
April 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Christopher is wildly supportive of writers, including the local DMV writers. I'm hugely grateful to share an episode with two of the finest, plus be featured on the DC Library podcast. Don't remember what I said, probably won't listen to my section out of embarrassment, but you should check it out.
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This time I talked to @austinross.bsky.social , @joeyhedger.bsky.social, and @alanallanallen.bsky.social of @malarkeybooks.bsky.social
Alan's advice? Don't let the bastards get you down!
dcplpodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/get...
Alan's advice? Don't let the bastards get you down!
dcplpodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/get...
Get Lit: Austin Ross, Alan Good, and Joey Hedger | DC Public Library Podcast
This month we have local writers Austin Ross and Joey Hedger, both with books out with Malarkey Books. We also have Alan Good, editor of Malarkey Books, who has published a slew of DC writers.
dcplpodcast.simplecast.com
April 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This time I talked to @austinross.bsky.social , @joeyhedger.bsky.social, and @alanallanallen.bsky.social of @malarkeybooks.bsky.social
Alan's advice? Don't let the bastards get you down!
dcplpodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/get...
Alan's advice? Don't let the bastards get you down!
dcplpodcast.simplecast.com/episodes/get...
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My first story was published in the Masters Review so it feels very full circle that this interview is out on my book’s release day. Huge thank you to @austinross.bsky.social for asking my dumb ass some extremely thoughtful questions.
mastersreview.com/interview-wi...
mastersreview.com/interview-wi...
March 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
My first story was published in the Masters Review so it feels very full circle that this interview is out on my book’s release day. Huge thank you to @austinross.bsky.social for asking my dumb ass some extremely thoughtful questions.
mastersreview.com/interview-wi...
mastersreview.com/interview-wi...