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Fonda Lee
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NYT bestselling, World Fantasy Award-winning author of the Green Bone Saga & other books. Next book: The Last Contract of Isako (May 2026). News: http://eepurl.com/O9JDn
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COVER REVEAL: My next book is a standalone science fiction cyberpunk thriller starring aging corporate samurai. The Last Contract of Isako will be out on May 5, 2026 from @orbitbooks.bsky.social. Can't wait to share it with you. Thank you to @tommypocket.bsky.social for this kickass cover ⚔️
Happy New Year! Until the end of 2025, here's 50% off the audiobook of JADE SHARDS! www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...
50% OFF Jade Shards: Short Stories of the Green Bone Saga
Fonda Lee returns to the acclaimed Green Bone Saga with four prequel short stories that delve into the personal histories of the Kaul and Ayt families. The Witch and Her Friend. Before she was the ru...
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December 29, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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What a better way to start a Monday than with the third part of "A Jam's list to 2026 releases"?

Third part of my most awaited titles for 2026 and that I hope to cover in the blog (depending on review copies and all):

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December 29, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Advance copies of THE LAST CONTRACT OF ISAKO are making their way into the world! I’m giving them away early in the new year, so make sure you’re signed up for my author newsletter (link in bio) if you want to snag one. Happy holidays, everyone!
December 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
STREETS OF JADE play tests are now done! One step closer to the publication of the Green Bone Saga RPG 🔥 If you took part in play testing, please submit your feedback form this week.
Sharp blades. Sharp suits. A sacred stone granting mythic martial prowess. @fondalee.bsky.social, @evilhat.bsky.social, and I offer you a clean blade.

Wǔxiá action meets gangster warfare in STREETS OF JADE: the Green Bone Saga RPG. Swear fealty to the clan & join the playtest! evilh.at/soj-playtest
December 2, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Cyber Monday sale! And you don't need to pay for shipping or sign up for recurring text messages lol
December 2, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Looking for a quick audiobook listen while you run around doing umpteen holiday errands? Pick up Untethered Sky, my fantasy novella about murderbirds for 50% off from @audiobookscom.bsky.social for the month of November only
50% OFF Untethered Sky
From World Fantasy Award–winning author Fonda Lee comes an epic fantasy fable about the pursuit of obsession at all costs. Ester’s family was torn apart when a manticore killed her mother...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
COVER REVEAL: My next book is a standalone science fiction cyberpunk thriller starring aging corporate samurai. The Last Contract of Isako will be out on May 5, 2026 from @orbitbooks.bsky.social. Can't wait to share it with you. Thank you to @tommypocket.bsky.social for this kickass cover ⚔️
November 22, 2025 at 1:13 AM
COVER REVEAL SOON
November 20, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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Continuamos con las charlas escuchando a Aliette de Bodard (@aliettedebodard.com), Fonda Lee (@fondalee.bsky.social), Sofía Rhei y Cristina Jurado (@cristinajurado.bsky.social) a hablar de la familia y el honor.
November 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Is there anythign more injurious to one's pride than being a professional writer and noticing typos in a business email the second after you send it?
November 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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More drawing details from my work on The Green Bone Saga (4/4). Prints of this piece are still available through the end of the week!
www.tommyarnoldart.com/prints
November 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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More drawing details from my work on The Green Bone Saga (3/4). Prints of this piece are still available through the end of the week!
www.tommyarnoldart.com/prints
November 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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More drawing details from my work on The Green Bone Saga (2/4). Prints of this piece are still available through the end of the week!
www.tommyarnoldart.com/prints
November 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Drawing Details from my work on The Green Bone Saga, by @fondalee.bsky.social. (1/4)

Prints of this piece are still available through the end of the week at www.tommyarnoldart.com/prints! The drawing is everything (and it isn't easy for me), so when it comes to drawing: stay cut, keke 💚💪
November 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I feel wildly blessed to have had Tommy and Micah illustrate my books, like I genuinely feel sorry for my own readers who aren't able to get every one of the stunning editions
It's so, so cool when different artists work on the same book, seeing everyone's interpretations of the characters and how they bring about the tone of the story, which elements each person is drawn to, etc.

I also got to see Tommy go absolutely super saiyan on this painting, which was also cool.
Happy birthday to @fondalee.bsky.social's "Jade City," B1 in The Green Bone Saga! I went nuts painting a huge montage of characters and moments from the series, for @orbitbooks.bsky.social's box set.

Now, for 7 days only, oversized prints of the art are available here: www.tommyarnoldart.com/prints
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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It's so, so cool when different artists work on the same book, seeing everyone's interpretations of the characters and how they bring about the tone of the story, which elements each person is drawn to, etc.

I also got to see Tommy go absolutely super saiyan on this painting, which was also cool.
Happy birthday to @fondalee.bsky.social's "Jade City," B1 in The Green Bone Saga! I went nuts painting a huge montage of characters and moments from the series, for @orbitbooks.bsky.social's box set.

Now, for 7 days only, oversized prints of the art are available here: www.tommyarnoldart.com/prints
November 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This is going to look SO GOOD on my wall
Happy birthday to @fondalee.bsky.social's "Jade City," B1 in The Green Bone Saga! I went nuts painting a huge montage of characters and moments from the series, for @orbitbooks.bsky.social's box set.

Now, for 7 days only, oversized prints of the art are available here: www.tommyarnoldart.com/prints
November 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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🏆TOP 5 English Books & Comics #October2025 🏆

TOP Books 📚

🥇 @senlinyu.bsky.social Alchemised @michaeljbooks.bsky.social

🥈 Maybell Eequay The Little Frog’s Guide to Life - Octopus

🥉 @fondalee.bsky.social Jade City @orbitbooks.bsky.social

List 👇🏼

www.instagram.com/p/DQrlZjnDOkp/ 🐸
November 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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I honestly just signed onto Bluesky to say that I was listening to Untethered Sky again and that it was both wrecking me and healing me and this is what I see!

But seriously, read this book.
I LIKE BIG BIRDS AND I CANNOT LIE
Manticore-hunting Ester and Zahra, her mythic creature partner in crime, are a fantastic character study of grief and obsession and the bonds of trauma and ultimately hope. They’re also just hard af. They make Fonda Lee’s Untethered Sky one of my favorite works of monster hunter fiction.
October 30, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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If you haven’t read this from @fondalee.bsky.social you’re missing out on some top-notch story-telling in a tight package.

And if you haven’t read her Jade trilogy - which are very different from this but kick just as much ass - uh, why not??
Manticore-hunting Ester and Zahra, her mythic creature partner in crime, are a fantastic character study of grief and obsession and the bonds of trauma and ultimately hope. They’re also just hard af. They make Fonda Lee’s Untethered Sky one of my favorite works of monster hunter fiction.
October 30, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I LIKE BIG BIRDS AND I CANNOT LIE
Manticore-hunting Ester and Zahra, her mythic creature partner in crime, are a fantastic character study of grief and obsession and the bonds of trauma and ultimately hope. They’re also just hard af. They make Fonda Lee’s Untethered Sky one of my favorite works of monster hunter fiction.
October 30, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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"Women are not usually into science fiction"is legitimately one of the stupidest, most divorced from reality sentences I have ever read in my life
okay grandpa, let's get you to bed
October 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Boston & Western MA - you have two chances to catch the thieves:

* Tuesday 10/28 at Pandemonium Books & Games w @fondalee.bsky.social

* Wednesday 10/29 at @odysseybks.bsky.social with @scottlynch78.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Heck yeah, this made my day!
Yes I wore my @fondalee.bsky.social GREEN BONE SAGA hat to #NoKings and yes, my Congressman (!) asked me about it.
October 19, 2025 at 1:56 PM