Erica Lyons
@ericalyons.bsky.social
Kidlit author. 📚On a Chariot of Fire, LQ📚Mixed-up Mooncakes, Quill Tree
Out next: 📚Lily’s Hong Kong Honey Cake, Apples&Honey Press
Nat. Jewish Book Awards finalist
Sydney Taylor Notable
Ima to 5 + 🐈⬛
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https://www.erica-lyons.com
Out next: 📚Lily’s Hong Kong Honey Cake, Apples&Honey Press
Nat. Jewish Book Awards finalist
Sydney Taylor Notable
Ima to 5 + 🐈⬛
🇭🇰
Rep’d by Caryn Wiseman
https://www.erica-lyons.com
Happy Lunar New Year from Hong!
(Illustration from Zhen Yu and the Snake, written by me, illustrated by Renia Metallinou, Kar-Ben/ Lerner, 2023)
(Illustration from Zhen Yu and the Snake, written by me, illustrated by Renia Metallinou, Kar-Ben/ Lerner, 2023)
January 29, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Happy Lunar New Year from Hong!
(Illustration from Zhen Yu and the Snake, written by me, illustrated by Renia Metallinou, Kar-Ben/ Lerner, 2023)
(Illustration from Zhen Yu and the Snake, written by me, illustrated by Renia Metallinou, Kar-Ben/ Lerner, 2023)
Since it’s Thanksgiving in the US, I was searching for a photo of my daughter with turkeys. This one came up instead. It’s me and definitely not with turkeys! Any way, happy, happy 🦃 day!
November 29, 2024 at 3:14 AM
Since it’s Thanksgiving in the US, I was searching for a photo of my daughter with turkeys. This one came up instead. It’s me and definitely not with turkeys! Any way, happy, happy 🦃 day!
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Today’s #ILoveMyLibrary includes new books and a few by friends & favorite authors 😍📚😍
@kristimahoney.bsky.social @lisaljrogers.bsky.social @marianarios.bsky.social @ericalyons.bsky.social @ruthspiro.bsky.social #kidlit #Library #Edusky
@kristimahoney.bsky.social @lisaljrogers.bsky.social @marianarios.bsky.social @ericalyons.bsky.social @ruthspiro.bsky.social #kidlit #Library #Edusky
November 27, 2024 at 1:10 AM
Today’s #ILoveMyLibrary includes new books and a few by friends & favorite authors 😍📚😍
@kristimahoney.bsky.social @lisaljrogers.bsky.social @marianarios.bsky.social @ericalyons.bsky.social @ruthspiro.bsky.social #kidlit #Library #Edusky
@kristimahoney.bsky.social @lisaljrogers.bsky.social @marianarios.bsky.social @ericalyons.bsky.social @ruthspiro.bsky.social #kidlit #Library #Edusky
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Soooo, apparently CLOUDS IN SPACE has a starred 🌟 review from the School Library Journal!! Thank you, @blueslipmedia.bsky.social , for letting me know! #kidlit
August 27, 2024 at 10:50 PM
Soooo, apparently CLOUDS IN SPACE has a starred 🌟 review from the School Library Journal!! Thank you, @blueslipmedia.bsky.social , for letting me know! #kidlit
My office mates having a water cooler chat.
(It’s the first time the 16+ year old has tolerated her 11 month old sister for even a moment.)
(It’s the first time the 16+ year old has tolerated her 11 month old sister for even a moment.)
August 26, 2024 at 11:45 PM
My office mates having a water cooler chat.
(It’s the first time the 16+ year old has tolerated her 11 month old sister for even a moment.)
(It’s the first time the 16+ year old has tolerated her 11 month old sister for even a moment.)
11 y/o asked why I always use the expression “I’m in France”. 🤷🏻♀️I never have.
She was meant to text me a/f school today. She said she did, but that, as usual, ‘I’ said, “Do what you want. I don’t care. I’m not your mother. I’m in France.” Turns out she’s been messaging a woman in France for months.
She was meant to text me a/f school today. She said she did, but that, as usual, ‘I’ said, “Do what you want. I don’t care. I’m not your mother. I’m in France.” Turns out she’s been messaging a woman in France for months.
August 22, 2024 at 2:07 PM
11 y/o asked why I always use the expression “I’m in France”. 🤷🏻♀️I never have.
She was meant to text me a/f school today. She said she did, but that, as usual, ‘I’ said, “Do what you want. I don’t care. I’m not your mother. I’m in France.” Turns out she’s been messaging a woman in France for months.
She was meant to text me a/f school today. She said she did, but that, as usual, ‘I’ said, “Do what you want. I don’t care. I’m not your mother. I’m in France.” Turns out she’s been messaging a woman in France for months.
August 22, 2024 at 9:16 AM
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No thoughts, just thinking about Slimey, his adventures in Paris, and him getting to meet the GOAT herself
August 21, 2024 at 10:55 PM
No thoughts, just thinking about Slimey, his adventures in Paris, and him getting to meet the GOAT herself
Exactly two weeks (September 1
3, 2024) until ON A CHARIOT OF FIRE, written by me, illustrated by Siona Benjamin, published by Levine Querido, is out in the world! I can’t wait! #kidlit #picturebooks #kidlitart #diversekidlit #childrensbooks #jewishkidlitjoy
3, 2024) until ON A CHARIOT OF FIRE, written by me, illustrated by Siona Benjamin, published by Levine Querido, is out in the world! I can’t wait! #kidlit #picturebooks #kidlitart #diversekidlit #childrensbooks #jewishkidlitjoy
August 19, 2024 at 11:54 PM
Exactly two weeks (September 1
3, 2024) until ON A CHARIOT OF FIRE, written by me, illustrated by Siona Benjamin, published by Levine Querido, is out in the world! I can’t wait! #kidlit #picturebooks #kidlitart #diversekidlit #childrensbooks #jewishkidlitjoy
3, 2024) until ON A CHARIOT OF FIRE, written by me, illustrated by Siona Benjamin, published by Levine Querido, is out in the world! I can’t wait! #kidlit #picturebooks #kidlitart #diversekidlit #childrensbooks #jewishkidlitjoy
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Add together a great text and art from an illustrious artist and you’ve got on your hands a librarian biography that’s a cut above the rest. I review Go Forth and Tell by Breanna McDaniel and April Harrison (and go into a long spiel on nonfic too): #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2024/08/18/r...
August 18, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Add together a great text and art from an illustrious artist and you’ve got on your hands a librarian biography that’s a cut above the rest. I review Go Forth and Tell by Breanna McDaniel and April Harrison (and go into a long spiel on nonfic too): #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2024/08/18/r...
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Posting a #CoverReveal or #BookBirthday? Credit the ILLUSTRATOR. Not only are you helping boost the artist but it shows people that you or your publisher hired a HUMAN artist.
Others to credit: book designer, translator.
#PicturesMeanBusiness art by @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social
#KidLit
Others to credit: book designer, translator.
#PicturesMeanBusiness art by @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social
#KidLit
August 19, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Posting a #CoverReveal or #BookBirthday? Credit the ILLUSTRATOR. Not only are you helping boost the artist but it shows people that you or your publisher hired a HUMAN artist.
Others to credit: book designer, translator.
#PicturesMeanBusiness art by @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social
#KidLit
Others to credit: book designer, translator.
#PicturesMeanBusiness art by @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social
#KidLit
My author copies arrived! Mixed-Uo Mooncakes will be out in the world on September 10, 2024. I can’t wait for very w to meet Ruby and see how she celebrates Mid-Autumn Festival and Sukkot when they fall on the same night! 🥮❤️🥮 #kidlit #picturebooks #unboxing #kidlitsky
August 19, 2024 at 7:43 AM
My author copies arrived! Mixed-Uo Mooncakes will be out in the world on September 10, 2024. I can’t wait for very w to meet Ruby and see how she celebrates Mid-Autumn Festival and Sukkot when they fall on the same night! 🥮❤️🥮 #kidlit #picturebooks #unboxing #kidlitsky
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Happy #InternationalCatDay !
Pls give all your feline 🐱 friends an extra pet, hug or snuggle today!
#CelebrateCats #cats #kidlitart
Pls give all your feline 🐱 friends an extra pet, hug or snuggle today!
#CelebrateCats #cats #kidlitart
August 8, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Happy #InternationalCatDay !
Pls give all your feline 🐱 friends an extra pet, hug or snuggle today!
#CelebrateCats #cats #kidlitart
Pls give all your feline 🐱 friends an extra pet, hug or snuggle today!
#CelebrateCats #cats #kidlitart
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Unlike you, I get my news from a reliable source.
August 9, 2024 at 2:16 AM
Unlike you, I get my news from a reliable source.
August 8, 2024 at 11:39 PM
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Deal Announcement! @aaliyamj.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
August 8, 2024 at 9:16 PM
Deal Announcement! @aaliyamj.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
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I was never very good at Twitter, should I try harder with Bluesky? Say hi if you want to be friends here! I make comics for middle grade! I made a comic memoir about having a baby. I just started a re-watch of LOST. I love loud music. I wear a lot of hats (metaphorically and literally). HI! #kidlit
July 6, 2024 at 9:44 PM
I was never very good at Twitter, should I try harder with Bluesky? Say hi if you want to be friends here! I make comics for middle grade! I made a comic memoir about having a baby. I just started a re-watch of LOST. I love loud music. I wear a lot of hats (metaphorically and literally). HI! #kidlit
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Hey #kidlit book creators! I'm creating a list/feed of BOOK LAUNCH author/illustrator groups on Bluesky whose members provide mutual support & collaborate on promo (esp #debut).
If you have one, pls reply with your group Bluesky acct and hashtag (but PLEASE read thread 🧵 first, thanks).
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If you have one, pls reply with your group Bluesky acct and hashtag (but PLEASE read thread 🧵 first, thanks).
👇🏼
Pass It Forward Be Kind GIF
Alt: An animated gif showing smiling colored blobs passing a heart from one to another. Theme is one of passing it forward and community support.
media.tenor.com
July 6, 2024 at 11:38 AM
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I'd love to start a book launch group with authors/illustrators who have a picture book or board book for babies and/or toddlers coming out in 2025. DM me with your info. Traditionally-published only.
July 6, 2024 at 1:23 PM
I'd love to start a book launch group with authors/illustrators who have a picture book or board book for babies and/or toddlers coming out in 2025. DM me with your info. Traditionally-published only.
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Ask the Agent Q: What's the difference between different publisher imprints? Are some better/worse than others? Are the ones named after the larger publisher the best?
My answer:
www.tumblr.com/literaticat/...
My answer:
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Ask the Agent:
Hi Jenn - I was wondering whether there is any discernible difference between being published by a big 5 imprint that has the same name as the overall house (ex. the Random House imprint itself), vs…
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July 6, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Ask the Agent Q: What's the difference between different publisher imprints? Are some better/worse than others? Are the ones named after the larger publisher the best?
My answer:
www.tumblr.com/literaticat/...
My answer:
www.tumblr.com/literaticat/...
Our school held their annual Book Cafe. This year, all the books were donated second hand books (many still were new) . I’m obsessed with this second graders art using an old book that wasn’t sellable.
June 7, 2024 at 6:34 AM
Our school held their annual Book Cafe. This year, all the books were donated second hand books (many still were new) . I’m obsessed with this second graders art using an old book that wasn’t sellable.
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THE EFFECTS OF PICKLED HERRING has been out just over 2 months!
“Provocative”~ @derfbackderf.bsky.social
“Wonderful”~ @oneofthejohns.bsky.social
“Must-read”~ @ericalyons.bsky.social
“Heart-warming hoot”~ @juddwinick.bsky.social
“Touching”~ @davidbooher.bsky.social
“Moving”~ @realmarkrez.bsky.social
“Provocative”~ @derfbackderf.bsky.social
“Wonderful”~ @oneofthejohns.bsky.social
“Must-read”~ @ericalyons.bsky.social
“Heart-warming hoot”~ @juddwinick.bsky.social
“Touching”~ @davidbooher.bsky.social
“Moving”~ @realmarkrez.bsky.social
May 28, 2024 at 5:50 PM
THE EFFECTS OF PICKLED HERRING has been out just over 2 months!
“Provocative”~ @derfbackderf.bsky.social
“Wonderful”~ @oneofthejohns.bsky.social
“Must-read”~ @ericalyons.bsky.social
“Heart-warming hoot”~ @juddwinick.bsky.social
“Touching”~ @davidbooher.bsky.social
“Moving”~ @realmarkrez.bsky.social
“Provocative”~ @derfbackderf.bsky.social
“Wonderful”~ @oneofthejohns.bsky.social
“Must-read”~ @ericalyons.bsky.social
“Heart-warming hoot”~ @juddwinick.bsky.social
“Touching”~ @davidbooher.bsky.social
“Moving”~ @realmarkrez.bsky.social
Spending the weekend getting my school visit talks and IWD talk ready for the Hong Kong Literary Festival next week! (My kids have their @dansantat.bsky.social books ready to be signed!)
March 1, 2024 at 12:08 AM
Spending the weekend getting my school visit talks and IWD talk ready for the Hong Kong Literary Festival next week! (My kids have their @dansantat.bsky.social books ready to be signed!)