Christen Randall
@bycrandall.bsky.social
Bestselling YA Author. Queer. Fat. Neurodivergent. THE NO-GIRLFRIEND RULE (Out Now). They/She.
My first review for ACCORDING TO PLAN came in and it’s a star from Kirkus!
I’m presenting it without comment because honestly I’m speechless. Thank you, Kirkus!
I’m presenting it without comment because honestly I’m speechless. Thank you, Kirkus!
November 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
My first review for ACCORDING TO PLAN came in and it’s a star from Kirkus!
I’m presenting it without comment because honestly I’m speechless. Thank you, Kirkus!
I’m presenting it without comment because honestly I’m speechless. Thank you, Kirkus!
My second book is up on Netgalley!
I’m so excited (and anxious but that’s the norm) for this cast of characters to meet the world. I am really proud of this book! Check it out if you love a cozy-but-complicated coming of age queer romance. Mal’s story is for you!
I’m so excited (and anxious but that’s the norm) for this cast of characters to meet the world. I am really proud of this book! Check it out if you love a cozy-but-complicated coming of age queer romance. Mal’s story is for you!
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
My second book is up on Netgalley!
I’m so excited (and anxious but that’s the norm) for this cast of characters to meet the world. I am really proud of this book! Check it out if you love a cozy-but-complicated coming of age queer romance. Mal’s story is for you!
I’m so excited (and anxious but that’s the norm) for this cast of characters to meet the world. I am really proud of this book! Check it out if you love a cozy-but-complicated coming of age queer romance. Mal’s story is for you!
To Brag: I visited Ohio Renaissance Festival yesterday and through a series of events which mostly include me being an insufferable extrovert and Emotional On Main IRL, I was named the Queen’s Royal Author.
Thanks for unlocking this Author Goal I didn’t know I had, ORF!
Thanks for unlocking this Author Goal I didn’t know I had, ORF!
September 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
To Brag: I visited Ohio Renaissance Festival yesterday and through a series of events which mostly include me being an insufferable extrovert and Emotional On Main IRL, I was named the Queen’s Royal Author.
Thanks for unlocking this Author Goal I didn’t know I had, ORF!
Thanks for unlocking this Author Goal I didn’t know I had, ORF!
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If your boyfriend won't let you join their tabletop roleplaying game, maybe you should find your own group to play with. Which is exactly what Hollis Beckwith is trying to do in THE NO-GIRLFRIEND RULE by @bycrandall.bsky.social
#MTCBA #thenogirlfriendrule #ireadya #yabooks #teenreads
#MTCBA #thenogirlfriendrule #ireadya #yabooks #teenreads
September 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
If your boyfriend won't let you join their tabletop roleplaying game, maybe you should find your own group to play with. Which is exactly what Hollis Beckwith is trying to do in THE NO-GIRLFRIEND RULE by @bycrandall.bsky.social
#MTCBA #thenogirlfriendrule #ireadya #yabooks #teenreads
#MTCBA #thenogirlfriendrule #ireadya #yabooks #teenreads
Bookseller pals!
The Kids’ Indie Next nomination deadline is November 3, and I’m asking you to consider ACCORDING TO PLAN for yours!
The Kids’ Indie Next nomination deadline is November 3, and I’m asking you to consider ACCORDING TO PLAN for yours!
September 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Bookseller pals!
The Kids’ Indie Next nomination deadline is November 3, and I’m asking you to consider ACCORDING TO PLAN for yours!
The Kids’ Indie Next nomination deadline is November 3, and I’m asking you to consider ACCORDING TO PLAN for yours!
Reposted by Christen Randall
When Hollis is blocked from joining her boyfriend's group to play the tabletop roleplaying game, Secrets & Sorcery, she finds a group of her own... and it changes her entire life. Find out more in the next book on our list of 2025 nominees, THE NO-GIRLFRIEND RULE by @bycrandall.bsky.social #Booksky
August 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
When Hollis is blocked from joining her boyfriend's group to play the tabletop roleplaying game, Secrets & Sorcery, she finds a group of her own... and it changes her entire life. Find out more in the next book on our list of 2025 nominees, THE NO-GIRLFRIEND RULE by @bycrandall.bsky.social #Booksky
Me, out loud, while reading a kissin’ scene as I finish pass pages,
sitting alone at my desk, with no one home but the cats who are both in another room:
“Gay.”
sitting alone at my desk, with no one home but the cats who are both in another room:
“Gay.”
July 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Me, out loud, while reading a kissin’ scene as I finish pass pages,
sitting alone at my desk, with no one home but the cats who are both in another room:
“Gay.”
sitting alone at my desk, with no one home but the cats who are both in another room:
“Gay.”
HEY THAT’S MY MENTEE!!!!
SUMMER V. ROBBIE RIBALDI is full of heart and growth and all the good things I love about Middle Grade. @tracierenee.bsky.social is a talent AND just a delightful person, and I am so proud!
Agents and editors, TAKE NOTE. Tracie is brilliant!
SUMMER V. ROBBIE RIBALDI is full of heart and growth and all the good things I love about Middle Grade. @tracierenee.bsky.social is a talent AND just a delightful person, and I am so proud!
Agents and editors, TAKE NOTE. Tracie is brilliant!
July 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
HEY THAT’S MY MENTEE!!!!
SUMMER V. ROBBIE RIBALDI is full of heart and growth and all the good things I love about Middle Grade. @tracierenee.bsky.social is a talent AND just a delightful person, and I am so proud!
Agents and editors, TAKE NOTE. Tracie is brilliant!
SUMMER V. ROBBIE RIBALDI is full of heart and growth and all the good things I love about Middle Grade. @tracierenee.bsky.social is a talent AND just a delightful person, and I am so proud!
Agents and editors, TAKE NOTE. Tracie is brilliant!
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Delighted to see my #amquerying #MG #NIV on this list--especially after an early draft failed to place last year. This version was deeply revised with the guidance of my awesome writing mentor @bycrandall.bsky.social.
Thank you so much, @iaminprint.bsky.social and #agent Penny Holroyde!
Thank you so much, @iaminprint.bsky.social and #agent Penny Holroyde!
July 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Delighted to see my #amquerying #MG #NIV on this list--especially after an early draft failed to place last year. This version was deeply revised with the guidance of my awesome writing mentor @bycrandall.bsky.social.
Thank you so much, @iaminprint.bsky.social and #agent Penny Holroyde!
Thank you so much, @iaminprint.bsky.social and #agent Penny Holroyde!
I reached my peak of marketing today. I’m afraid I’ll never be as good as this again.
July 10, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I reached my peak of marketing today. I’m afraid I’ll never be as good as this again.
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@bycrandall.bsky.social Just now finished The No-Girlfriend Rule, and needed to immediately come and tell you how special it is. Thank you for creating these amazing characters. They were an absolute delight to spend time with, even when I was crying.
July 5, 2025 at 11:30 PM
@bycrandall.bsky.social Just now finished The No-Girlfriend Rule, and needed to immediately come and tell you how special it is. Thank you for creating these amazing characters. They were an absolute delight to spend time with, even when I was crying.
Y’all, I have pass pages for According to Plan and this book is about to be so so so pretty.
July 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Y’all, I have pass pages for According to Plan and this book is about to be so so so pretty.
I know I neglect this app but I'm revising a cool thing right now and need the internet to know about this line because it makes me laugh each time I read it:
The stupid industrial-strength mattress cover on the dorm bed crinkles like it’s a paid actor in this absolute crapshow.
.....okay byeeee.
The stupid industrial-strength mattress cover on the dorm bed crinkles like it’s a paid actor in this absolute crapshow.
.....okay byeeee.
June 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I know I neglect this app but I'm revising a cool thing right now and need the internet to know about this line because it makes me laugh each time I read it:
The stupid industrial-strength mattress cover on the dorm bed crinkles like it’s a paid actor in this absolute crapshow.
.....okay byeeee.
The stupid industrial-strength mattress cover on the dorm bed crinkles like it’s a paid actor in this absolute crapshow.
.....okay byeeee.
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🌈Pride guide 2025🌈
The 2025 Read with Pride Guide has arrived! Inside you will find 100 recommended titles and 100 ‘read also’ suggestions. That’s 200 books celebrating LBGTQ+ love, joy, and identity.
Find out more and download for free ⬇️
childrensbooksireland.ie/our-recommen...
#ReadWithPride
The 2025 Read with Pride Guide has arrived! Inside you will find 100 recommended titles and 100 ‘read also’ suggestions. That’s 200 books celebrating LBGTQ+ love, joy, and identity.
Find out more and download for free ⬇️
childrensbooksireland.ie/our-recommen...
#ReadWithPride
June 3, 2025 at 11:09 AM
🌈Pride guide 2025🌈
The 2025 Read with Pride Guide has arrived! Inside you will find 100 recommended titles and 100 ‘read also’ suggestions. That’s 200 books celebrating LBGTQ+ love, joy, and identity.
Find out more and download for free ⬇️
childrensbooksireland.ie/our-recommen...
#ReadWithPride
The 2025 Read with Pride Guide has arrived! Inside you will find 100 recommended titles and 100 ‘read also’ suggestions. That’s 200 books celebrating LBGTQ+ love, joy, and identity.
Find out more and download for free ⬇️
childrensbooksireland.ie/our-recommen...
#ReadWithPride
Reposted by Christen Randall
THRILLED that The No-Girlfriend Rule by @bycrandall.bsky.social is included in the CBI Read with Pride guide 🏳️🌈 'This charming LGBTQ+ coming of age story shows us that we can discover the most about ourselves in the unlikeliest of places' 🌈
More Pushkin pride coming soon!
@pushkinpress.com
More Pushkin pride coming soon!
@pushkinpress.com
🌈Pride guide 2025🌈
The 2025 Read with Pride Guide has arrived! Inside you will find 100 recommended titles and 100 ‘read also’ suggestions. That’s 200 books celebrating LBGTQ+ love, joy, and identity.
Find out more and download for free ⬇️
childrensbooksireland.ie/our-recommen...
#ReadWithPride
The 2025 Read with Pride Guide has arrived! Inside you will find 100 recommended titles and 100 ‘read also’ suggestions. That’s 200 books celebrating LBGTQ+ love, joy, and identity.
Find out more and download for free ⬇️
childrensbooksireland.ie/our-recommen...
#ReadWithPride
June 13, 2025 at 11:09 AM
THRILLED that The No-Girlfriend Rule by @bycrandall.bsky.social is included in the CBI Read with Pride guide 🏳️🌈 'This charming LGBTQ+ coming of age story shows us that we can discover the most about ourselves in the unlikeliest of places' 🌈
More Pushkin pride coming soon!
@pushkinpress.com
More Pushkin pride coming soon!
@pushkinpress.com
My second newsletter went live on Substack today! If you want to know more about According to Plan or my undying love for pickles and libraries, check it out. 😎🥒📚
ACCORDING TO PLAN Cover Reveal!
And realizing my plan for this Substack fell apart immediately. 😎
open.substack.com
June 12, 2025 at 1:39 PM
My second newsletter went live on Substack today! If you want to know more about According to Plan or my undying love for pickles and libraries, check it out. 😎🥒📚
Reposted by Christen Randall
Exclusive Cover Reveal: According to Plan by Christen Randall
Today on the site I'm delighted to welcome Christen Randall to reveal the cover of their upcoming bi4bi contemporary YA romance, According to Plan, releasing February 3, 2026 from Simon & Schuster! Here's the story: As editor-in-chief…
Today on the site I'm delighted to welcome Christen Randall to reveal the cover of their upcoming bi4bi contemporary YA romance, According to Plan, releasing February 3, 2026 from Simon & Schuster! Here's the story: As editor-in-chief…
Exclusive Cover Reveal: According to Plan by Christen Randall
Today on the site I'm delighted to welcome Christen Randall to reveal the cover of their upcoming bi4bi contemporary YA romance, According to Plan, releasing February 3, 2026 from Simon & Schuster! Here's the story: As editor-in-chief of their school’s literary magazine, Mal Flowers expected senior year fall to be full of cozy sweaters, good coffee, and copyediting. They just want to stick to The Plan to graduate and get out of their small midwestern town—a place where, as a broke, fat, queer person with ADHD, they’ve never really fit in.
lgbtqreads.com
June 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Exclusive Cover Reveal: According to Plan by Christen Randall
Today on the site I'm delighted to welcome Christen Randall to reveal the cover of their upcoming bi4bi contemporary YA romance, According to Plan, releasing February 3, 2026 from Simon & Schuster! Here's the story: As editor-in-chief…
Today on the site I'm delighted to welcome Christen Randall to reveal the cover of their upcoming bi4bi contemporary YA romance, According to Plan, releasing February 3, 2026 from Simon & Schuster! Here's the story: As editor-in-chief…
I’m excited to partner with @lgbtqreads.bsky.social to reveal the cover of my next queer YA romance, ACCORDING TO PLAN!
I can’t wait for y’all to meet Mal and Emerson in this cozy neurodivergent love story about finding your place, your people, and your own path.
Cover illustration by Liz Parkes.
I can’t wait for y’all to meet Mal and Emerson in this cozy neurodivergent love story about finding your place, your people, and your own path.
Cover illustration by Liz Parkes.
Exclusive Cover Reveal: According to Plan by Christen Randall
Today on the site I’m delighted to welcome Christen Randall to reveal the cover of their upcoming bi4bi contemporary YA romance, According to Plan, releasing February 3, 2026 from Simon &…
lgbtqreads.com
June 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I’m excited to partner with @lgbtqreads.bsky.social to reveal the cover of my next queer YA romance, ACCORDING TO PLAN!
I can’t wait for y’all to meet Mal and Emerson in this cozy neurodivergent love story about finding your place, your people, and your own path.
Cover illustration by Liz Parkes.
I can’t wait for y’all to meet Mal and Emerson in this cozy neurodivergent love story about finding your place, your people, and your own path.
Cover illustration by Liz Parkes.
Reposted by Christen Randall
Meet the 21 nominees for the 2025 Mass Teen Choice Book Award! This is the only award in the Bay State that invites students in grades 7-12 to vote for their favorite recently published books.
March 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Meet the 21 nominees for the 2025 Mass Teen Choice Book Award! This is the only award in the Bay State that invites students in grades 7-12 to vote for their favorite recently published books.
I am way too neurodivergent for April Fools Day.
April 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I am way too neurodivergent for April Fools Day.
Bragging on my WTMP mentee real quick: I just finished my read-through of her revision on her MG novel-in-verse and Y’ALL!!!! She CRUSHED it. I laughed! I cried! I feel like trying…and maybe learning to skateboard.
@tracierenee.bsky.social and ROBBIE RIBALDI are ones to watch!
@tracierenee.bsky.social and ROBBIE RIBALDI are ones to watch!
March 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Bragging on my WTMP mentee real quick: I just finished my read-through of her revision on her MG novel-in-verse and Y’ALL!!!! She CRUSHED it. I laughed! I cried! I feel like trying…and maybe learning to skateboard.
@tracierenee.bsky.social and ROBBIE RIBALDI are ones to watch!
@tracierenee.bsky.social and ROBBIE RIBALDI are ones to watch!
The No-Girlfriend Rule is out in paperback today! 🥳🎲✨
March 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The No-Girlfriend Rule is out in paperback today! 🥳🎲✨
My SubStack is LIVE!
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March 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
My SubStack is LIVE!
Check out my first newsletter and subscribe!
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Check out my first newsletter and subscribe!
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HEY check me and MK’s giveaway out over on Insta!
Book shipping will be US only, but fear not, international friends! We will ship some cool flat swag to you!
If you enjoyed TNGR, you’ll definitely like Roll for Love! Check it out!
Book shipping will be US only, but fear not, international friends! We will ship some cool flat swag to you!
If you enjoyed TNGR, you’ll definitely like Roll for Love! Check it out!
Giveaway! ✨ To celebrate the paperback release of The No-Girlfriend Rule and the upcoming release of Roll for Love, @bycrandall.bsky.social and I are doing a giveaway of our nerdy sapphic YA romances over on instagram!
www.instagram.com/p/DGlTOoPgYcw/
Enter for your chance to win the following: 👇
www.instagram.com/p/DGlTOoPgYcw/
Enter for your chance to win the following: 👇
February 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
HEY check me and MK’s giveaway out over on Insta!
Book shipping will be US only, but fear not, international friends! We will ship some cool flat swag to you!
If you enjoyed TNGR, you’ll definitely like Roll for Love! Check it out!
Book shipping will be US only, but fear not, international friends! We will ship some cool flat swag to you!
If you enjoyed TNGR, you’ll definitely like Roll for Love! Check it out!
Reposted by Christen Randall
Giveaway! ✨ To celebrate the paperback release of The No-Girlfriend Rule and the upcoming release of Roll for Love, @bycrandall.bsky.social and I are doing a giveaway of our nerdy sapphic YA romances over on instagram!
www.instagram.com/p/DGlTOoPgYcw/
Enter for your chance to win the following: 👇
www.instagram.com/p/DGlTOoPgYcw/
Enter for your chance to win the following: 👇
February 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Giveaway! ✨ To celebrate the paperback release of The No-Girlfriend Rule and the upcoming release of Roll for Love, @bycrandall.bsky.social and I are doing a giveaway of our nerdy sapphic YA romances over on instagram!
www.instagram.com/p/DGlTOoPgYcw/
Enter for your chance to win the following: 👇
www.instagram.com/p/DGlTOoPgYcw/
Enter for your chance to win the following: 👇