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Nicole M. Hewitt
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MG Author (she/her) 🎵THE SONG OF ORPHAN'S GARDEN🌺 January 21, 2025 Feiwel & Friends🌟Bookseller (Kids’ Specialist)🌟SCBWI-IL Co-rep 🌟Former homeschool co-op teacher🌟Rep: Deborah Warren East/West Literary
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There's still time to register for our 2025 Indie Author Day! Join author Nicole M. Hewitt and literary agent Tina Schwartz as we explore writing KidLit books, and the secret to writing a query letter!⭐ 📝 ✒️ #indieauthorday #indieauthor
October 20, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Come see me on Saturday at Aspen Library in Vernon Hills, where I'll be presenting on writing kidlit, along with Tina P. Schwartz, who'll be talking about query letters!

Hope to see you there!
October 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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This looks adorable!!
karenyin.bsky.social Karen Yin (The Conscious Style Guide) @karenyin.bsky.social · Sep 27
Ghosts in sheets? BOO-ring! Check out the haunt couture in #SoNotGhoul. This underworldly tale about Mimi, a Chinese American ghost in bicultural limbo, is brought to life by Chinese-style rituals, Mandarin puns, and—of course—ghost fashion. Written by me and illustrated by Bonnie Lui. #Halloween 👻🎃
Graphic featuring cover of "So Not Ghoul" has a blue-and-pink palette to match the cover. On the cover: Mimi, a smiling Chinese American girl ghost, is next to a white cat, who is side-eyeing three girl ghouls sneering at Mimi. Above: "Mimi doesn't look like the other ghosts—but she wishes she did." Below: "A pun-tacular ghost story."—Booklist
September 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Just look at this amazing cover! So excited for this!!
albyceewilliams.bsky.social Alby C. Williams @albyceewilliams.bsky.social · Sep 16
The cover of Outersphere book 2, WHERE THERE BE SPIES, is here! Out may 5!
A purple and peachy pink book cover with a large school and stone pillars in the background. In the foreground are three kids, a black girl, a black boy, and a little girl with goat horns and ears. The cover reads WHERE THERE BE SPIES ALBY C. WILLIAMS A VAST UNIVERSE...AND ONE HIDDEN WORLD TO FIND
September 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Last weekend I attended a launch event for Aaron Reynolds' newest book, TROUBLING TONSILS. It prompted me to dig up a page from my daughter's baby book from when I knew Aaron in another life!
Image of a scrapbook page from a baby book. Page has the title "Before I Was Born" and shows singing, dancing monsters. An arrow with the word "Me" points to the blue monster and an arrow with "Aaron" points to the brown monster. The text on the page indicates that the author of the post was eight months pregnant in the picture.
September 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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This Pride Month, we're recommending FLAMBOYANTS by @iamgmjohnson.bsky.social & Charly Palmer! From the New York Times–bestselling author of All Boys Aren’t Blue comes an empowering set of essays about Black and Queer icons from the Harlem Renaissance. bit.ly/3H3O7aI
A collage of book covers on a dark blue background. To the left on an illustrated post-it note are the words: Celebrate Pride Month. Below the post-it note is the logo for MacKids School & Library. There are 8 books covers. The titles from left to right on top are: Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa; Ollie in Between by Jess Callans; And They Were Roommates by Page Powars; Right Beside You by Tucker Shaw The titles from left to right on bottom are: Love, Misha by Askel Aden; Randy Rainbow and the Marvelously Magical Pink Glasses by Randy Rainbow, illustrated by Jaimie MacGibbon; The Flicker by H.E. Edgmon; Flamboyants: The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I'd Known by George M. Johnson, illustrated by Charly Palmer
June 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Terminology Tip:

People often see my book and call it a "prose novel" (sometimes even after I specifically say it's a novel-in-verse).

"Prose" is just a fancy way of describing writing in normal paragraph form.

If it's not a graphic novel, verse, or another hybrid form, it's written in prose.
May 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Someone on Nextdoor complaining about baby foxes in their yard, and I'm like:

Nooooooo, send them to meeeeee. 🥹
May 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Going to try to start posting here every day as a little experiment. Feeling a little lost in the social media world right now (as many people are).

Here's a video of my dog frantically trying to get dry after his bath. (Note the growling - he NEEDS every last drop of that water GONE!)
May 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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It's #ChildrensBookWeek and we're featuring our author's books to celebrate! Check out these amazing books that have already released, and stay tuned for more #MGEscapades #MiddleGradeBooks
May 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Feeling like nobody "gets" what you do as a school librarian? Join tonight #TLskyChat tonight & we will problem solve 2gether!
techielibgrl.com Heather Turner @techielibgrl.com · Apr 30
#TLSkyChat Are you joining us on Wednesday at 8pmET/5pmPT to round out our series celebrating #SLM! Guest moderator Sue Kowalski @spkowalski.bsky.social joins us for an hour filled with Library Advocacy. Super stoked to chat with you all tomorrow!! @jenniferlagarde.bsky.social
**Alt Text:** Promotional graphic for #TLSkyChat featuring guest moderator Sue Kowalski. The word “ADVOCACY” is in large black letters at the top with a blue banner underneath reading “#LEADOUTLOUD.” A photo of Sue Kowalski is in the bottom right corner, smiling. The #TLSkyChat logo with an open book, coffee mug, and glasses is to the left. Text below reads: “Guest Moderator Sue Kowalski, Wednesday 8PM ET / 5PM PT.”
April 30, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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Thank you so much for having me 💜💜💜
April 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Summer is about to get off to a great start with this season's releases from Middle Grade Escapades! Preorder these books now, and stay tuned for part 2, because we have lots more to share

#MGEscapades #MiddleGradeBooks
April 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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We love indie bookstores! This weekend, head to your local indie and pick up some amazing middle grade books from the Escapaders and share the love! #IndieBookstoreDay #MiddleGradeEscapades
April 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Multiple MGE authors have items up for auction to fundraise for the @ndkidlit.bsky.social scholarship! Check out amazing offerings from @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social, @cassfederman.bsky.social, and @emilydeibert.bsky.social here: ndkidlit.org/fundraising-...

#MGEscapades #Fundraiser #MiddleGradeBooks
April 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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💸🧠 #ndkidlitauction LIVE:
Bid: Signed/personalized hardcover of THE SONG OF ORPHAN'S GARDEN by @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social + swag!
champ.ly/7MkdRmhN

<a href="/hashtag/picturebooks" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#picturebooks #diversebooks #childrensbook #autism #autismacceptance #writingcommunity #writinghelp #mentalhealth #booksky #charity #nonprofit
April 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Had such a fun day signing books with @authorsarafujimura.bsky.social and @jenniferwagh.bsky.social! Signed copies are available at B&N Oswego!
authorsarafujimura.bsky.social Sara Fujimura @authorsarafujimura.bsky.social · Apr 13
How did you celebrate DEAR Day today, Book Dragons? Here's what SCBWI-IL author pals @jenniferwagh.bsky.social, @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social, and I did today with the awesome team at B&N-Oswego. Couldn't make it out today? No worries! We left behind signed stock.

#DEARDay #kidlit #literacy
April 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Watch for this auction, live on the 15th!! So many great items up for bid!
ndkidlit.bsky.social Neurodiverse Kidlit Collective @ndkidlit.bsky.social · Apr 3
😍 Fundraising Auction spotlight:

@nicolemhewitt.bsky.social is offering a signed book and swag!

Auction is live April 15th-30th. All proceeds fund our #neurodiverse #kidlit Scholarship at @highlightsfound.bsky.social

👀 champ.ly/xSRrqf-V

<a href="/hashtag/autismsupport" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#autismsupport #adhdsupport #ptsd #writingcommunity
April 9, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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Chicagoland friends, join us!!
April 9, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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Flashback to one of my favorite reviews on the blog... (Go read it - I promise it's fun!)

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5 Star Review – Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary – Feed Your Fiction Addiction
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April 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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So excited to be featured on The Children's Book Review today, in conversation with Megan E. Freeman!

@meganefreeman.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social
#MGLit #kidlit 📚👍🏼
#Booksky 💙📚

www.thechildrensbookreview.com/fantasy-meet...
Fantasy Meets Poetry: Inside Nicole M. Hewitt’s Groundbreaking Novel ‘The Song of Orphan’s Garden’
In this interview, author Nicole M. Hewitt reflects on the creation of 'The Song of Orphan’s Garden', a fantasy novel told in verse.
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March 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Yay for travel reading!!
jenniferhalbur.bsky.social jenniferhalbur.bsky.social @jenniferhalbur.bsky.social · Feb 27
I’m loving this fantasy novel in verse so far. Tomorrow should bring some good airplane ✈️ reading as well! #bookposse @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social
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February 28, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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Thanks for spreading the word about these MG debuts!! (Including mine!)
February 25, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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School visit today! Hanging out with the 6th graders at Big Hollow Middle School!
Author Nicole M. Hewitt holding her book The Song of Orphan’s Garden in front of a library display.
February 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Check out my interview over at Literary Rambles and enter for a chance to win THE SONG OF ORPHAN'S GARDEN!!

#MGLit #kidlit 📚👍🏼
#Booksky 💙📚

www.literaryrambles.com/2025/01/debu...
Debut Author Interview: Nicole M. Hewitt and The Song of Orphan’s Garden Giveaway
Happy Monday Everyone! Today I’m thrilled to have debut author Nicole M. Hewitt here to celebrate the release of her novel verse, The Song o...
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January 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM