Kailee Pedersen
@kaileepedersen.bsky.social
THE MINIMALIST (St. Martin's, '26)
PASTORALE (Burnside Review '25)
SACRIFICIAL ANIMALS (St. Martin’s + Titan '24)
writer/opera singer/swe | 🏳️🌈🇨🇳 adoptee | she/her
rep: Paul Lucas @ Regal Hoffmann
kaileepedersen.com
PASTORALE (Burnside Review '25)
SACRIFICIAL ANIMALS (St. Martin’s + Titan '24)
writer/opera singer/swe | 🏳️🌈🇨🇳 adoptee | she/her
rep: Paul Lucas @ Regal Hoffmann
kaileepedersen.com
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Announcing my second novel, THE MINIMALIST.
This was an incredibly difficult and personal novel for me to write - one that spoke to my relationship to Jewishness, queerness, and Asian adoptee identity, my experiences with mental illness, and the agony and ecstasy of classical music. 🥚 (1/2)
This was an incredibly difficult and personal novel for me to write - one that spoke to my relationship to Jewishness, queerness, and Asian adoptee identity, my experiences with mental illness, and the agony and ecstasy of classical music. 🥚 (1/2)
THE MINIMALIST, my fleshy and gruesome classical music psychodrama, is now available to request on NetGalley! Thank you to everyone who has expressed interest already, making it one of the most-requested horror titles!
Request here: www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
Request here: www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
January 9, 2026 at 5:22 PM
THE MINIMALIST, my fleshy and gruesome classical music psychodrama, is now available to request on NetGalley! Thank you to everyone who has expressed interest already, making it one of the most-requested horror titles!
Request here: www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
Request here: www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
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Diving into Kailee Pedersen’s THE MINIMALIST, on shelves August 18, from St. Martin’s Press. @kaileepedersen.bsky.social @stmartinspress.bsky.social
January 5, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Diving into Kailee Pedersen’s THE MINIMALIST, on shelves August 18, from St. Martin’s Press. @kaileepedersen.bsky.social @stmartinspress.bsky.social
Looks like I'll be doing five operas and at least one mini concert in 2026. Welp, there goes my free time. 😅
January 2, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Looks like I'll be doing five operas and at least one mini concert in 2026. Welp, there goes my free time. 😅
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Book and film pairing: Sacrificial Animals (@kaileepedersen.bsky.social, 2024), which I just finished and thought was brilliant; and Tropical Malady (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2004). Both tell mirroring parallel stories of queer desire, social exile, and the limits of the human. Each is wonderful.
December 31, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Book and film pairing: Sacrificial Animals (@kaileepedersen.bsky.social, 2024), which I just finished and thought was brilliant; and Tropical Malady (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2004). Both tell mirroring parallel stories of queer desire, social exile, and the limits of the human. Each is wonderful.
Looking to preorder a fleshy, gruesome classical music psychodrama for your 2026 TBR? Barnes & Noble Members get 25% off with code PREORDER25 and Premium Members an additional 10% off on preorders through January 1st!
Preorder THE MINIMALIST here: bit.ly/46qFYGn
Preorder THE MINIMALIST here: bit.ly/46qFYGn
December 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Looking to preorder a fleshy, gruesome classical music psychodrama for your 2026 TBR? Barnes & Noble Members get 25% off with code PREORDER25 and Premium Members an additional 10% off on preorders through January 1st!
Preorder THE MINIMALIST here: bit.ly/46qFYGn
Preorder THE MINIMALIST here: bit.ly/46qFYGn
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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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💙📚
Third part of my most awaited titles for 2026 and that I hope to cover in the blog (depending on review copies and all):
jamreads.com/articles/a-j...
💙📚
JamReads - Making your TBR closer to infinite
In JamReads you will find content about books, and why you should read them more. This content may include reviews, interviews and occasionally, some news of the literary world
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December 29, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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):
jamreads.com/articles/a-j...
💙📚
Third part of my most awaited titles for 2026 and that I hope to cover in the blog (depending on review copies and all):
jamreads.com/articles/a-j...
💙📚
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Kailee’s writing is SO beautiful.
I also put forward HARBOUR OF HUNGRY GHOSTS by @elizachanwrites.bsky.social
I also put forward HARBOUR OF HUNGRY GHOSTS by @elizachanwrites.bsky.social
December 27, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Kailee’s writing is SO beautiful.
I also put forward HARBOUR OF HUNGRY GHOSTS by @elizachanwrites.bsky.social
I also put forward HARBOUR OF HUNGRY GHOSTS by @elizachanwrites.bsky.social
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…I actually don’t know if THE MINIMALIST fits into these genres; I have it marked in my brain as horror-adjacent but not (as far as I know) in a speculative way.
Here is where we reveal that only about 1/3rd of my reading is spec fic 😅
Here is where we reveal that only about 1/3rd of my reading is spec fic 😅
December 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
…I actually don’t know if THE MINIMALIST fits into these genres; I have it marked in my brain as horror-adjacent but not (as far as I know) in a speculative way.
Here is where we reveal that only about 1/3rd of my reading is spec fic 😅
Here is where we reveal that only about 1/3rd of my reading is spec fic 😅
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OUR CUT OF SALT by @deenahelm.bsky.social bc I had the joy of reading the synopsis and it’s gorgeous and unsettling.
SUBLIMATION by @isabel.kim bc the premise screams to me on a personal level, also Isabel is a good egg.
THE MINIMALIST by @kaileepedersen.bsky.social bc I adore SACRIFICIAL ANIMALS.
SUBLIMATION by @isabel.kim bc the premise screams to me on a personal level, also Isabel is a good egg.
THE MINIMALIST by @kaileepedersen.bsky.social bc I adore SACRIFICIAL ANIMALS.
December 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
OUR CUT OF SALT by @deenahelm.bsky.social bc I had the joy of reading the synopsis and it’s gorgeous and unsettling.
SUBLIMATION by @isabel.kim bc the premise screams to me on a personal level, also Isabel is a good egg.
THE MINIMALIST by @kaileepedersen.bsky.social bc I adore SACRIFICIAL ANIMALS.
SUBLIMATION by @isabel.kim bc the premise screams to me on a personal level, also Isabel is a good egg.
THE MINIMALIST by @kaileepedersen.bsky.social bc I adore SACRIFICIAL ANIMALS.
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Just read REMAINS Issue 3.
Another great collection of short stories.
Especially enjoyed #Snuffbot by Kailee Pedersen.
And the first part of the new series Letters From New America by James Sallis was fun too.
@remainsmagazine.bsky.social @kaileepedersen.bsky.social
Another great collection of short stories.
Especially enjoyed #Snuffbot by Kailee Pedersen.
And the first part of the new series Letters From New America by James Sallis was fun too.
@remainsmagazine.bsky.social @kaileepedersen.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Just read REMAINS Issue 3.
Another great collection of short stories.
Especially enjoyed #Snuffbot by Kailee Pedersen.
And the first part of the new series Letters From New America by James Sallis was fun too.
@remainsmagazine.bsky.social @kaileepedersen.bsky.social
Another great collection of short stories.
Especially enjoyed #Snuffbot by Kailee Pedersen.
And the first part of the new series Letters From New America by James Sallis was fun too.
@remainsmagazine.bsky.social @kaileepedersen.bsky.social
"I never stopped loving you... Never... Even in the darkest days, our hardest times, when you drank..."
Returning to the Overlook to learn new music~ 🎶🔪🩸
#TheShining #Opera #Horror #PaulMoravec #MarkCampbell #StephenKing
Returning to the Overlook to learn new music~ 🎶🔪🩸
#TheShining #Opera #Horror #PaulMoravec #MarkCampbell #StephenKing
December 16, 2025 at 11:08 PM
"I never stopped loving you... Never... Even in the darkest days, our hardest times, when you drank..."
Returning to the Overlook to learn new music~ 🎶🔪🩸
#TheShining #Opera #Horror #PaulMoravec #MarkCampbell #StephenKing
Returning to the Overlook to learn new music~ 🎶🔪🩸
#TheShining #Opera #Horror #PaulMoravec #MarkCampbell #StephenKing
In 2025, my 2nd novel was accepted for publication. I also spent months on medical leave for long COVID, returned to my hometown for an author visit, somehow held down a job, and sang a lot of Mozart. I'm grateful for another year of writing, opera, and friends new & old. Here's my 2025 in review.
December 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
In 2025, my 2nd novel was accepted for publication. I also spent months on medical leave for long COVID, returned to my hometown for an author visit, somehow held down a job, and sang a lot of Mozart. I'm grateful for another year of writing, opera, and friends new & old. Here's my 2025 in review.
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read stories about adoptees WRITTEN BY ADOPTED PEOPLE* 🥚
*among other reasons to read Kailee’s stories 😊
*among other reasons to read Kailee’s stories 😊
🥚 for the adoptee feed -- my second novel, and my first with an adoptee narrator, comes out in less than a year!
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us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
The Minimalist
For fans of Tár and The Piano Teacher, this gruesome and unsettling psychological drama is a darkly lucid portrait of a classical composer’s descent into ...
us.macmillan.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
read stories about adoptees WRITTEN BY ADOPTED PEOPLE* 🥚
*among other reasons to read Kailee’s stories 😊
*among other reasons to read Kailee’s stories 😊
Thank you to @emilyhughes.bsky.social for including THE MINIMALIST in this upcoming 2026 horror roundup! I'm stoked to be bringing unhinged classical musicians, Asian adoptee issues, Jewish/queer composers, & the agony & ecstasy of opera to readers in August 2026. 😊🎵
Read here: tinyurl.com/3b4ded4r
Read here: tinyurl.com/3b4ded4r
December 7, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Thank you to @emilyhughes.bsky.social for including THE MINIMALIST in this upcoming 2026 horror roundup! I'm stoked to be bringing unhinged classical musicians, Asian adoptee issues, Jewish/queer composers, & the agony & ecstasy of opera to readers in August 2026. 😊🎵
Read here: tinyurl.com/3b4ded4r
Read here: tinyurl.com/3b4ded4r
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the 2026 new horror list is FINALLY LIVE! please share with all your freakiest loved ones: readjumpscares.com/2026-new-hor...
2026’s New Horror Books
All the new horror books coming in 2026, featuring all manner of hauntings, murderers, vampires, monsters, cults, ghosts, and all kinds of nebulous eldritch terrors.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
the 2026 new horror list is FINALLY LIVE! please share with all your freakiest loved ones: readjumpscares.com/2026-new-hor...
Honored to be in the top 100 Apple Music listeners of my teacher 😂 she is so iconic
December 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Honored to be in the top 100 Apple Music listeners of my teacher 😂 she is so iconic
My Italian teacher told me I should try to expose myself to more Italian language passively, so I'm now playing Fallout: New Vegas in Italian to live out my spaghetti Western wasteland dreams.
November 30, 2025 at 5:07 AM
My Italian teacher told me I should try to expose myself to more Italian language passively, so I'm now playing Fallout: New Vegas in Italian to live out my spaghetti Western wasteland dreams.
Delighted to have my second ever short story, the dark sci-fi "#SnuffBot", in this issue of Remains! Check out this issue for some wonderfully chilling work.
Order here: remains.uk/products/iss...
@remainsmagazine.bsky.social
Order here: remains.uk/products/iss...
@remainsmagazine.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Delighted to have my second ever short story, the dark sci-fi "#SnuffBot", in this issue of Remains! Check out this issue for some wonderfully chilling work.
Order here: remains.uk/products/iss...
@remainsmagazine.bsky.social
Order here: remains.uk/products/iss...
@remainsmagazine.bsky.social
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No movement yesterday.
We're still at $883.12/2000 and needed to reach $1000 by the 20th to pay bills- despite all the help we're falling behind.
If we don't reach November's goal of $2k December will be impossible.
Please help. We're just trying to stay afloat until we can make up lost income.
We're still at $883.12/2000 and needed to reach $1000 by the 20th to pay bills- despite all the help we're falling behind.
If we don't reach November's goal of $2k December will be impossible.
Please help. We're just trying to stay afloat until we can make up lost income.
I've put it off too long
In three days we won't have money for heating fuel, feed, or groceries. We're basically fucked. I need a goal of $2000 by the end of November, about $500 of that needs to be immediate, and we've never made a goal before.
Please help.
Venmo/cashapp: BurdockAndBramble
In three days we won't have money for heating fuel, feed, or groceries. We're basically fucked. I need a goal of $2000 by the end of November, about $500 of that needs to be immediate, and we've never made a goal before.
Please help.
Venmo/cashapp: BurdockAndBramble
Well, for the few of you who haven't muted me already, I'm about to post our MA needs again. Put it off as long as we could.
November 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
No movement yesterday.
We're still at $883.12/2000 and needed to reach $1000 by the 20th to pay bills- despite all the help we're falling behind.
If we don't reach November's goal of $2k December will be impossible.
Please help. We're just trying to stay afloat until we can make up lost income.
We're still at $883.12/2000 and needed to reach $1000 by the 20th to pay bills- despite all the help we're falling behind.
If we don't reach November's goal of $2k December will be impossible.
Please help. We're just trying to stay afloat until we can make up lost income.
Saw my novel SACRIFICIAL ANIMALS in the Heritage Room of Nebraska Authors at Bennett Martin Public Library & also accepted my Nebraska Book Award today!
Shout out to @sowerbooksne.bsky.social and Out Nebraska for the swag 🙂 🏳️🌈
Shout out to @sowerbooksne.bsky.social and Out Nebraska for the swag 🙂 🏳️🌈
November 16, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Saw my novel SACRIFICIAL ANIMALS in the Heritage Room of Nebraska Authors at Bennett Martin Public Library & also accepted my Nebraska Book Award today!
Shout out to @sowerbooksne.bsky.social and Out Nebraska for the swag 🙂 🏳️🌈
Shout out to @sowerbooksne.bsky.social and Out Nebraska for the swag 🙂 🏳️🌈
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This event was so fun!
Great hearing @kaileepedersen.bsky.social speak, and @sowerbooksne.bsky.social was lovely as always.
There's also currently a big cart of free / donate-what-you-want old SFF books, and a food drive going on for at least another week, so 👀
Great hearing @kaileepedersen.bsky.social speak, and @sowerbooksne.bsky.social was lovely as always.
There's also currently a big cart of free / donate-what-you-want old SFF books, and a food drive going on for at least another week, so 👀
Join me at Sower Books @sowerbooksne.bsky.social this Friday to discuss SACRIFICIAL ANIMALS! This is my first ever book event in my hometown and I'm beyond excited to be doing it at a wonderful indie bookstore. Can't wait to chat all things Midwestern, Gothic, and spooky! 👻🌽
November 15, 2025 at 2:35 AM
This event was so fun!
Great hearing @kaileepedersen.bsky.social speak, and @sowerbooksne.bsky.social was lovely as always.
There's also currently a big cart of free / donate-what-you-want old SFF books, and a food drive going on for at least another week, so 👀
Great hearing @kaileepedersen.bsky.social speak, and @sowerbooksne.bsky.social was lovely as always.
There's also currently a big cart of free / donate-what-you-want old SFF books, and a food drive going on for at least another week, so 👀
Tonight!
Join me at Sower Books @sowerbooksne.bsky.social this Friday to discuss SACRIFICIAL ANIMALS! This is my first ever book event in my hometown and I'm beyond excited to be doing it at a wonderful indie bookstore. Can't wait to chat all things Midwestern, Gothic, and spooky! 👻🌽
November 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Tonight!
Join me at Sower Books @sowerbooksne.bsky.social this Friday to discuss SACRIFICIAL ANIMALS! This is my first ever book event in my hometown and I'm beyond excited to be doing it at a wonderful indie bookstore. Can't wait to chat all things Midwestern, Gothic, and spooky! 👻🌽
November 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Join me at Sower Books @sowerbooksne.bsky.social this Friday to discuss SACRIFICIAL ANIMALS! This is my first ever book event in my hometown and I'm beyond excited to be doing it at a wonderful indie bookstore. Can't wait to chat all things Midwestern, Gothic, and spooky! 👻🌽
I did my first ever school visit yesterday at my old high school in Nebraska. The students were so sweet and asked really thoughtful questions. I hope they feel encouraged to pursue their artistic dreams, in whatever form they may come, and I'm excited for what the future holds for them. 😊
November 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I did my first ever school visit yesterday at my old high school in Nebraska. The students were so sweet and asked really thoughtful questions. I hope they feel encouraged to pursue their artistic dreams, in whatever form they may come, and I'm excited for what the future holds for them. 😊
Had a wonderful time talking all things queer & BIPOC spookiness with my friend Briana Cox on The Dark Mind podcast hosted by Vince Midgard! 👻
Listen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvGr...
Listen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvGr...
November 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Had a wonderful time talking all things queer & BIPOC spookiness with my friend Briana Cox on The Dark Mind podcast hosted by Vince Midgard! 👻
Listen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvGr...
Listen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvGr...