Molly O'Neill
@mollyoneill.bsky.social
Literary agent at Root Literary. Builder of bookmakers. Collector & connector of words + art + people + stories. Shameless sharer of cat pics. mollyoneillbooks.com
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Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!
A thing that will never not astonish me is being on an airplane, quietly watching a stranger watching the movie of a book that was once merely a stack of paper on my desk, in my hands. Publishing, you wild, surreal, perpetually-confounding beast of a business, you still have your moments!
August 22, 2025 at 2:55 AM
A thing that will never not astonish me is being on an airplane, quietly watching a stranger watching the movie of a book that was once merely a stack of paper on my desk, in my hands. Publishing, you wild, surreal, perpetually-confounding beast of a business, you still have your moments!
Just got this in my email. Go home, Anthropologie, you’re drunk; it is AUGUST!!
August 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Just got this in my email. Go home, Anthropologie, you’re drunk; it is AUGUST!!
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Happy 15th anniversary of the peak achievement of literary criticism, to all who celebrate
July 30, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Happy 15th anniversary of the peak achievement of literary criticism, to all who celebrate
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not now, space/time continuum
Earth is spinning faster this summer, making the days marginally shorter and attracting the attention of scientists and timekeepers.
These days are not "short" in terms of how many sunlight hours they have — but rather because they clock in at slightly less than exactly 24 hours. cnn.it/3IGEUWm
These days are not "short" in terms of how many sunlight hours they have — but rather because they clock in at slightly less than exactly 24 hours. cnn.it/3IGEUWm
July 22, 2025 at 2:48 AM
not now, space/time continuum
As final social media posts go, this one says, well, everything. We miss you already, #papafrancesco!
April 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
As final social media posts go, this one says, well, everything. We miss you already, #papafrancesco!
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As authors generally, and as authors for children specifically, our whole job is to remove ourselves from the page and make space for the reader. Let the reader build the world. Let the reader have the space to define the story - and their own story - for themselves. It's a great responsibilty.
April 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
As authors generally, and as authors for children specifically, our whole job is to remove ourselves from the page and make space for the reader. Let the reader build the world. Let the reader have the space to define the story - and their own story - for themselves. It's a great responsibilty.
A beautiful read.
"Perhaps prison would have persisted this way forever. Perhaps our granite hearts and iron wills would have never crumbled. Perhaps the prison mentality, that we be cold and heartless, would have endured.
Perhaps. But then there were kittens."
Perhaps. But then there were kittens."
When Kittens Came to My Prison, I Had Not Petted One in 15 Years
I had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass.
prisonjournalismproject.org
April 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
A beautiful read.
Words, it turns out, matter. 🤦♀️
This is what happens when you bring a string search to a controlled vocab problem.
OMFG
March 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Words, it turns out, matter. 🤦♀️
Look, I love a good physical holiday card. Send me photos of your kids + dogs + Santa & they will live on my fridge all year. I'll even read your annual family letter! But corporate-style digital holiday cards, even from folks I love/admire, leave me utterly hollow & Grinchy, in this message I will
December 11, 2024 at 11:24 PM
Look, I love a good physical holiday card. Send me photos of your kids + dogs + Santa & they will live on my fridge all year. I'll even read your annual family letter! But corporate-style digital holiday cards, even from folks I love/admire, leave me utterly hollow & Grinchy, in this message I will
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Thank you for including Louder Than Hunger on this list, @nytimes.com! www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/b...
December 7, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Thank you for including Louder Than Hunger on this list, @nytimes.com! www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/b...
Oh no I'm accidentally obsessed with this moon phase game on Google & now you all will be too.
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November 21, 2024 at 10:17 PM
Oh no I'm accidentally obsessed with this moon phase game on Google & now you all will be too.
g.co/doodle/sqewv7g
g.co/doodle/sqewv7g
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I'm honored School Library Journal named Louder Than Hunger one of the Best Middle Grade Books of 2024! www.slj.com/story/best-m...
Best Middle Grade Books 2024 | SLJ Best Books
Gripping fantastical journeys, family secrets, unbridled joy, and inconceivable loss: in these pages, tweens are facing it all. These 26 middle grade titles are exemplars across genre of the power of ...
www.slj.com
November 20, 2024 at 5:57 PM
I'm honored School Library Journal named Louder Than Hunger one of the Best Middle Grade Books of 2024! www.slj.com/story/best-m...
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We all need some good things lately, so here’s my happy news. Thank you to Emma Ledbetter & Abrams Books and @mollyoneill.bsky.social for helping this dream come true!
📚💕🩰🌸🎄✨
#kidlitart #booknews
📚💕🩰🌸🎄✨
#kidlitart #booknews
November 15, 2024 at 1:15 AM
We all need some good things lately, so here’s my happy news. Thank you to Emma Ledbetter & Abrams Books and @mollyoneill.bsky.social for helping this dream come true!
📚💕🩰🌸🎄✨
#kidlitart #booknews
📚💕🩰🌸🎄✨
#kidlitart #booknews
Look what’s out in the world today with a glorious creation from @aluhnim.bsky.social ! Available wherever books are sold!
November 12, 2024 at 8:24 PM
Look what’s out in the world today with a glorious creation from @aluhnim.bsky.social ! Available wherever books are sold!
I still feel like this is correct.
Just bring back Google Reader already & then everything will be fine again.
November 12, 2024 at 6:20 AM
I still feel like this is correct.
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When in doubt, turn to Granny Weatherwax. She'll set you right.
Just a passage from Discworld that seems to be landing for me right now.
November 8, 2024 at 6:07 PM
When in doubt, turn to Granny Weatherwax. She'll set you right.
Hear me out: a Netflix reality series starring Steve Kornacki & Pommel Horse Guy doing Buddy Comedy Things together during the other 10 months of the year. #thesteves
November 6, 2024 at 1:45 AM
Hear me out: a Netflix reality series starring Steve Kornacki & Pommel Horse Guy doing Buddy Comedy Things together during the other 10 months of the year. #thesteves
This time next month, you could be writing with my brilliant client, @adibkhorram.bsky.social, and me, in Italy! There are two slots left on the retreat — should one of them be yours?? Join us!
August 30, 2024 at 3:00 PM
This time next month, you could be writing with my brilliant client, @adibkhorram.bsky.social, and me, in Italy! There are two slots left on the retreat — should one of them be yours?? Join us!
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We're only two weeks away from the release of BIJAN ALWAYS WINS, my next picture book, with art by Michelle Tran! You can still preorder if you like! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/667839...
June 25, 2024 at 5:04 PM
We're only two weeks away from the release of BIJAN ALWAYS WINS, my next picture book, with art by Michelle Tran! You can still preorder if you like! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/667839...
A beautiful tribute to friend & mentor of all writers, publishing folks, & everyone who loved the work of bookmaking, the ferociously good #queryshark, Janet Reid. Writers & fellow publishing folks, please share & contribute. Janet: we already miss you so. 🤍 www.gofundme.com/f/janet-reid
Remembering and honoring Janet Reid, organized by Holly Root
Literary agent Janet Reid died Sunday, April 14, 2024. Through her online presences as … Holly Root needs your support for Remembering and honoring Janet Reid
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April 25, 2024 at 8:07 PM
A beautiful tribute to friend & mentor of all writers, publishing folks, & everyone who loved the work of bookmaking, the ferociously good #queryshark, Janet Reid. Writers & fellow publishing folks, please share & contribute. Janet: we already miss you so. 🤍 www.gofundme.com/f/janet-reid
Friends, where are we having the sort of watercooler publishing industry chatter we used to have Elsewhere? Here? On Threads? Both (surely none of us have the time)?! Neither and just in 1000 different disparate slacks & discords & group chats instead? I miss having you all in my pocket!
February 21, 2024 at 2:16 AM
Friends, where are we having the sort of watercooler publishing industry chatter we used to have Elsewhere? Here? On Threads? Both (surely none of us have the time)?! Neither and just in 1000 different disparate slacks & discords & group chats instead? I miss having you all in my pocket!
Endlessly delighted by @adibkhorram.bsky.social & his perfectly-executed, brilliantly Adib-esque career evolutions! And can’t wait to see his words matched by sure-to-be-stunning art by Hanna Cha. 🫖🟰❤️
the news is out!! I'm working with the amazing Hanna Cha on a picture book about tea!! Have I achieved my final form at last??
November 8, 2023 at 12:13 AM
Endlessly delighted by @adibkhorram.bsky.social & his perfectly-executed, brilliantly Adib-esque career evolutions! And can’t wait to see his words matched by sure-to-be-stunning art by Hanna Cha. 🫖🟰❤️
So excited for @aluhnim.bsky.social & Hans Lindahl and this powerful book-to-be! And forever honored and privileged that I get to walk professionally alongside @Aluhnim as they work & dream & make & share their art with the world.
The news is out; I'll be working on a very important book with Hans Lindahl. I'm truly honored to have been asked to be a part of this marvelous team, and I hope you all look forward to this in the years to come.
October 26, 2023 at 2:56 PM
So excited for @aluhnim.bsky.social & Hans Lindahl and this powerful book-to-be! And forever honored and privileged that I get to walk professionally alongside @Aluhnim as they work & dream & make & share their art with the world.