Marieke Nijkamp
@mariekeyn.bsky.social
#1 NYT bestselling author of novels, comics, and graphic novels | nonbinary | 🌈📚 | 🏳️🌈 | ♿
Out now: SPLINTER & ASH | Up next: AFTER WE BURNED
📖: mariekenijkamp.com
Out now: SPLINTER & ASH | Up next: AFTER WE BURNED
📖: mariekenijkamp.com
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Marieke Nijkamp
@mariekeyn.bsky.social
· Oct 17
Hi Bluesky! Hi new followers!
I'm Marieke, I write books, comics, and graphic novels. I write about found family, stories within stories, and more often that not about queer and/or disabled main characters. 🌈
I'm Marieke, I write books, comics, and graphic novels. I write about found family, stories within stories, and more often that not about queer and/or disabled main characters. 🌈
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For Tolkien fans, a timely passage for No Kings Eve, from WH Auden’s review of Lord of the Rings.
October 18, 2025 at 4:13 AM
For Tolkien fans, a timely passage for No Kings Eve, from WH Auden’s review of Lord of the Rings.
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For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the death of kings
And tell sad stories of the death of kings
October 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the death of kings
And tell sad stories of the death of kings
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No kid should ever have to protest or advocate for their friends’ basic humanity.
But they’re standing up at No Kings anyway.
But they’re standing up at No Kings anyway.
October 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
No kid should ever have to protest or advocate for their friends’ basic humanity.
But they’re standing up at No Kings anyway.
But they’re standing up at No Kings anyway.
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It's here eeeeeee eeeee!! 🥰🥰
I'm so excited to dive into book 2 of this amazing series by @mariekeyn.bsky.social! 💖💖
I feel very lucky I discovered book 1 last month so I didn't have to wait long for the sequel 🥰
Disabled AND queer representation are BEAUTIFULLY woven in their series! 💖
I'm so excited to dive into book 2 of this amazing series by @mariekeyn.bsky.social! 💖💖
I feel very lucky I discovered book 1 last month so I didn't have to wait long for the sequel 🥰
Disabled AND queer representation are BEAUTIFULLY woven in their series! 💖
October 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
It's here eeeeeee eeeee!! 🥰🥰
I'm so excited to dive into book 2 of this amazing series by @mariekeyn.bsky.social! 💖💖
I feel very lucky I discovered book 1 last month so I didn't have to wait long for the sequel 🥰
Disabled AND queer representation are BEAUTIFULLY woven in their series! 💖
I'm so excited to dive into book 2 of this amazing series by @mariekeyn.bsky.social! 💖💖
I feel very lucky I discovered book 1 last month so I didn't have to wait long for the sequel 🥰
Disabled AND queer representation are BEAUTIFULLY woven in their series! 💖
Dusting off my account to share that SPLINTER & ASH 2: CITY OF SECRETS is out now!
This series is my love letter to the fantasy adventures that I grew up on, but with a disabled princess and a nonbinary squire taking the lead in the fight to make their wartorn kingdom kinder and fairer. 💙
This series is my love letter to the fantasy adventures that I grew up on, but with a disabled princess and a nonbinary squire taking the lead in the fight to make their wartorn kingdom kinder and fairer. 💙
October 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Dusting off my account to share that SPLINTER & ASH 2: CITY OF SECRETS is out now!
This series is my love letter to the fantasy adventures that I grew up on, but with a disabled princess and a nonbinary squire taking the lead in the fight to make their wartorn kingdom kinder and fairer. 💙
This series is my love letter to the fantasy adventures that I grew up on, but with a disabled princess and a nonbinary squire taking the lead in the fight to make their wartorn kingdom kinder and fairer. 💙
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I'm hoping the algo gets this to the people who need it. If you were at UVU or you saw the video, you should play Tetris. Preferably today. You don't have to be good at it.
Research tells us that playing Tetris after traumatic events helps to disrupt your brain's long term storage of the memory.
Research tells us that playing Tetris after traumatic events helps to disrupt your brain's long term storage of the memory.
September 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I'm hoping the algo gets this to the people who need it. If you were at UVU or you saw the video, you should play Tetris. Preferably today. You don't have to be good at it.
Research tells us that playing Tetris after traumatic events helps to disrupt your brain's long term storage of the memory.
Research tells us that playing Tetris after traumatic events helps to disrupt your brain's long term storage of the memory.
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I don’t know, peeps, but I just keep coming back around to the idea that what so many people want is a hopeful vision of a better world, with autonomy, dignity, & respect for all, affordability of food/shelter, education, medical care, clean air/water, & a place in a community. That’s the message.
June 25, 2025 at 6:50 AM
I don’t know, peeps, but I just keep coming back around to the idea that what so many people want is a hopeful vision of a better world, with autonomy, dignity, & respect for all, affordability of food/shelter, education, medical care, clean air/water, & a place in a community. That’s the message.
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New York City friends! Go vote today! Don't rank Cuomo! Stay hydrated!! I'm rooting for you all!
June 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
New York City friends! Go vote today! Don't rank Cuomo! Stay hydrated!! I'm rooting for you all!
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I needed to read this today. Thought someone else might need it too.
June 22, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I needed to read this today. Thought someone else might need it too.
I'm honored AFTER WE BURNED is kicking off such a spectacular list of LGBTQ+ books! 🌈📚
Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Young Adult Fiction: July-December 2025
After We Burned by Marieke Nijkamp (July 1st) A terrible accident. A horrible loss. A regrettable tragedy. That's all anyone in Fenix can talk about when a fire consumes the local high school, taking the life of a student. The town…
After We Burned by Marieke Nijkamp (July 1st) A terrible accident. A horrible loss. A regrettable tragedy. That's all anyone in Fenix can talk about when a fire consumes the local high school, taking the life of a student. The town…
Most Anticipated LGBTQ+ Young Adult Fiction: July-December 2025
After We Burned by Marieke Nijkamp (July 1st) A terrible accident. A horrible loss. A regrettable tragedy. That's all anyone in Fenix can talk about when a fire consumes the local high school, taking the life of a student. The town mourns, except who really knew―let alone cared about―Eden when she was alive? And why was she in the building that night?
lgbtqreads.com
June 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I'm honored AFTER WE BURNED is kicking off such a spectacular list of LGBTQ+ books! 🌈📚
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Just finished Splinter & Ash by @mariekeyn.bsky.social and really loved it! The story was full of surprises and the characters were well rounded and relatable. As someone who also tries to fight for a better world for all, I felt very seen ❤️
May 15, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Just finished Splinter & Ash by @mariekeyn.bsky.social and really loved it! The story was full of surprises and the characters were well rounded and relatable. As someone who also tries to fight for a better world for all, I felt very seen ❤️
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the kid looks fucking terrified, knows the university will probably punitively hold the diploma they've worked three or four years to get, and also knows people have been disappeared recently by fascists for doing way, way less. still says it! just an incredibly fucking brave person
Here is a clip of the student's speech.
May 15, 2025 at 2:39 PM
the kid looks fucking terrified, knows the university will probably punitively hold the diploma they've worked three or four years to get, and also knows people have been disappeared recently by fascists for doing way, way less. still says it! just an incredibly fucking brave person
This is what I'm hoping for. Good thread, great context.
This is a choice that will not only continue Francis's outreach work and attempts to place the focus of church life on the force it can be for human rights and dignity, but someone who can manipulate the levers of church politics a lot better and more effectively to that end.
May 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This is what I'm hoping for. Good thread, great context.
icymi, BOUNDLESS: 17 STORIES STARRING DISABLED KIDS will be coming to bookshelves near you!
✨️ NEW BOOK ✨️
One of the greatest joys of my career so far has been to put together UNBROKEN: 13 STORIES STARRING DISABLED TEENS.
One of my dreams has always been to edit a collection like it for middle grade readers.
So I'm *beyond* thrilled to share:
BOUNDLESS: 17 STORIES STARRING DISABLED KIDS
One of the greatest joys of my career so far has been to put together UNBROKEN: 13 STORIES STARRING DISABLED TEENS.
One of my dreams has always been to edit a collection like it for middle grade readers.
So I'm *beyond* thrilled to share:
BOUNDLESS: 17 STORIES STARRING DISABLED KIDS
May 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
icymi, BOUNDLESS: 17 STORIES STARRING DISABLED KIDS will be coming to bookshelves near you!
✨️ NEW BOOK ✨️
One of the greatest joys of my career so far has been to put together UNBROKEN: 13 STORIES STARRING DISABLED TEENS.
One of my dreams has always been to edit a collection like it for middle grade readers.
So I'm *beyond* thrilled to share:
BOUNDLESS: 17 STORIES STARRING DISABLED KIDS
One of the greatest joys of my career so far has been to put together UNBROKEN: 13 STORIES STARRING DISABLED TEENS.
One of my dreams has always been to edit a collection like it for middle grade readers.
So I'm *beyond* thrilled to share:
BOUNDLESS: 17 STORIES STARRING DISABLED KIDS
May 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
✨️ NEW BOOK ✨️
One of the greatest joys of my career so far has been to put together UNBROKEN: 13 STORIES STARRING DISABLED TEENS.
One of my dreams has always been to edit a collection like it for middle grade readers.
So I'm *beyond* thrilled to share:
BOUNDLESS: 17 STORIES STARRING DISABLED KIDS
One of the greatest joys of my career so far has been to put together UNBROKEN: 13 STORIES STARRING DISABLED TEENS.
One of my dreams has always been to edit a collection like it for middle grade readers.
So I'm *beyond* thrilled to share:
BOUNDLESS: 17 STORIES STARRING DISABLED KIDS
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If you prefer your ARCs in audio, good news! COME AS YOU ARE is up on NetGalley! www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
Come As You Are
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April 29, 2025 at 10:23 PM
If you prefer your ARCs in audio, good news! COME AS YOU ARE is up on NetGalley! www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
Happy #IndependentBookstoreDay! Visit your favorite local indie! Buy books! (I did too!)
And if you'd like to preorder one of my upcoming books, I have two separate "the world is burning, let's fight [a treacherous conspiracy/the patriarchy] with friendship, trust, and collective action" titles!
And if you'd like to preorder one of my upcoming books, I have two separate "the world is burning, let's fight [a treacherous conspiracy/the patriarchy] with friendship, trust, and collective action" titles!
April 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Happy #IndependentBookstoreDay! Visit your favorite local indie! Buy books! (I did too!)
And if you'd like to preorder one of my upcoming books, I have two separate "the world is burning, let's fight [a treacherous conspiracy/the patriarchy] with friendship, trust, and collective action" titles!
And if you'd like to preorder one of my upcoming books, I have two separate "the world is burning, let's fight [a treacherous conspiracy/the patriarchy] with friendship, trust, and collective action" titles!
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Hi I used to work at Starbucks customer service: if you call or email about this, they are absolutely tracking those numbers, and a sufficient amount of public pushback does make them rethink shit sometimes, so now would be an EXCELLENT time to let them know they’re being ableist shitheads
April 24, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Hi I used to work at Starbucks customer service: if you call or email about this, they are absolutely tracking those numbers, and a sufficient amount of public pushback does make them rethink shit sometimes, so now would be an EXCELLENT time to let them know they’re being ableist shitheads
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I have had, and continue to have, many conflicts with the church I was raised in. This Pope, though the leader of all that, did many brave and iconoclastic things as the leader in his lifetime. I have more respect for him than most of his peers in power across the globe.
The pope was a strong advocate for the poor and the environment and a towering figure on the world stage, addressing not just Catholics but the men and women of our time.
Pope Francis, who reached out to the margins of society, has died at 88
The pope was a strong advocate for the poor and the environment and a towering figure on the world stage, addressing not just Catholics but the men and women of our time.
www.npr.org
April 21, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I have had, and continue to have, many conflicts with the church I was raised in. This Pope, though the leader of all that, did many brave and iconoclastic things as the leader in his lifetime. I have more respect for him than most of his peers in power across the globe.