Penny Zang
@pennyzang.bsky.social
English prof + writer + Tori Amos fan. Debut novel, Doll Parts, forthcoming from Sourcebooks in 2025. Substack & more: http://linktr.ee/PennyZang
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Penny Zang
@pennyzang.bsky.social
· Nov 20
Cover reveal!
I am so excited to share the cover of DOLL PARTS, coming August 2025. Thanks to the wonderful team at Sourcebooks and Browne & Miller Literary Associates.
I am thrilled to share this story with you! 🖤✨👻
I am so excited to share the cover of DOLL PARTS, coming August 2025. Thanks to the wonderful team at Sourcebooks and Browne & Miller Literary Associates.
I am thrilled to share this story with you! 🖤✨👻
Please help me share! Book sale alert: The ebook version of Doll Parts is on sale today only, 10/9. For only 2.99, get yourself a copy at places Barnes & Noble, Kobo, or Amazon. 🖤👻🎀
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Doll Parts: A Novel
Doll Parts: A Novel - Kindle edition by Zang, Penny. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Doll Parts: A Novel.
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October 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Please help me share! Book sale alert: The ebook version of Doll Parts is on sale today only, 10/9. For only 2.99, get yourself a copy at places Barnes & Noble, Kobo, or Amazon. 🖤👻🎀
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0DK...
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0DK...
My personal and unofficial fall curriculum while editing Book 2 (Accidents Never Happen 💋) is a combination of Poe and Shirley Jackson, haunted bar stories, and the architecture of Baltimore row homes.
October 5, 2025 at 12:40 PM
My personal and unofficial fall curriculum while editing Book 2 (Accidents Never Happen 💋) is a combination of Poe and Shirley Jackson, haunted bar stories, and the architecture of Baltimore row homes.
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Good morning, Bluesky.
I chanced upon my own alternative universe yesterday, unexpectedly taking a long walk through the neighborhood I once thought would be my lifelong home, surprised/gratified/chagrinned at how limited my imagination is when it comes to my own life.
I chanced upon my own alternative universe yesterday, unexpectedly taking a long walk through the neighborhood I once thought would be my lifelong home, surprised/gratified/chagrinned at how limited my imagination is when it comes to my own life.
October 5, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Good morning, Bluesky.
I chanced upon my own alternative universe yesterday, unexpectedly taking a long walk through the neighborhood I once thought would be my lifelong home, surprised/gratified/chagrinned at how limited my imagination is when it comes to my own life.
I chanced upon my own alternative universe yesterday, unexpectedly taking a long walk through the neighborhood I once thought would be my lifelong home, surprised/gratified/chagrinned at how limited my imagination is when it comes to my own life.
It’s my birthday! 🥳 Instead of candles, I’d love more readers discovering Doll Parts. If you’ve been looking for a sign to grab a copy (or leave a review), consider this my shameless birthday wish. Oh, and eat some cake while you're at it, too.
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1464...
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1464...
September 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
It’s my birthday! 🥳 Instead of candles, I’d love more readers discovering Doll Parts. If you’ve been looking for a sign to grab a copy (or leave a review), consider this my shameless birthday wish. Oh, and eat some cake while you're at it, too.
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1464...
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1464...
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Ooh #booksky – Doll Parts by @pennyzang.bsky.social is delicious, if you like your fiction dark and sexy and conspiratorial. (And I’m only on chapter six)
September 25, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Ooh #booksky – Doll Parts by @pennyzang.bsky.social is delicious, if you like your fiction dark and sexy and conspiratorial. (And I’m only on chapter six)
Turns out that I really needed to unplug. Getting back on the hamster wheel but adjusting the speed to slow.
September 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Turns out that I really needed to unplug. Getting back on the hamster wheel but adjusting the speed to slow.
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My copy of DOLL PARTS by @pennyzang.bsky.social finally arrived!!!! Can’t wait to read it!!!
September 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
My copy of DOLL PARTS by @pennyzang.bsky.social finally arrived!!!! Can’t wait to read it!!!
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Asheville folks! I hope you can join me and @pennyzang.bsky.social for a celebration of THE COVER GIRL and her amazing book DOLL PARTS at Malaprop’s Books!
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In-Store | Amy Rossi and Penny Zang present The Cover Girl and Doll Parts
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September 18, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Asheville folks! I hope you can join me and @pennyzang.bsky.social for a celebration of THE COVER GIRL and her amazing book DOLL PARTS at Malaprop’s Books!
malaprops.com/event/2025-0...
malaprops.com/event/2025-0...
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My copy of Doll Parts arrived! Can't wait to dive in @pennyzang.bsky.social.
September 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
My copy of Doll Parts arrived! Can't wait to dive in @pennyzang.bsky.social.
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Book 142: Doll Parts by @pennyzang.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Book 142: Doll Parts by @pennyzang.bsky.social
Every time you see a book and you can think of someone you know who is the ideal reader for it, I called that a special kind of love language.
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The Love Language of the Auto Buy
Shut Up and Take My Money
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September 9, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Every time you see a book and you can think of someone you know who is the ideal reader for it, I called that a special kind of love language.
open.substack.com/pub/pennyzan...
open.substack.com/pub/pennyzan...
I’m talking about vibes over on Writer’s Digest: “The book is anchored in themes of grief and girlhood, with a setting on an all-women’s campus in the 90s and full of 90s grunge references. Signaling this to readers started with a title change.”
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www.writersdigest.com/vibes-cant-m...
Vibes Can't Make a Book, but They Can Help Find Readers
Author Penny Zang discusses vibes and how they may not make a book, but they may still help writers find their readers.
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September 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I’m talking about vibes over on Writer’s Digest: “The book is anchored in themes of grief and girlhood, with a setting on an all-women’s campus in the 90s and full of 90s grunge references. Signaling this to readers started with a title change.”
www.writersdigest.com/vibes-cant-m...
www.writersdigest.com/vibes-cant-m...
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"I was finding that grief was changing who I was, how I wrote, how I processed, how I listened to music. Gosh, music was the hardest to listen to." @pennyzang.bsky.social talks w @evalangston.bsky.social & @hollyrizzutopal.bsky.social about her new novel, grief, and Sylvia Plath.
Penny Zang: Unfinished Business
Eva and Holly chat with Penny Zang, author of Doll Parts, about writing through grief, the “rights and wrongs” of motherhood, and finding inspiration in Sylvia Plath.
open.substack.com
September 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
"I was finding that grief was changing who I was, how I wrote, how I processed, how I listened to music. Gosh, music was the hardest to listen to." @pennyzang.bsky.social talks w @evalangston.bsky.social & @hollyrizzutopal.bsky.social about her new novel, grief, and Sylvia Plath.
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Warm congratulations to all concerned!Delighted that I have such a fine lineup to appreciate as a reader 💙📚 #booksky
@ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
@regretteruane.bsky.social
@pennyzang.bsky.social
@antonialloydjones.bsky.social
@lindeneditions.bsky.social
@jennyknight.bsky.social
@ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
@regretteruane.bsky.social
@pennyzang.bsky.social
@antonialloydjones.bsky.social
@lindeneditions.bsky.social
@jennyknight.bsky.social
September 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Warm congratulations to all concerned!Delighted that I have such a fine lineup to appreciate as a reader 💙📚 #booksky
@ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
@regretteruane.bsky.social
@pennyzang.bsky.social
@antonialloydjones.bsky.social
@lindeneditions.bsky.social
@jennyknight.bsky.social
@ofmooseandmen.bsky.social
@regretteruane.bsky.social
@pennyzang.bsky.social
@antonialloydjones.bsky.social
@lindeneditions.bsky.social
@jennyknight.bsky.social
I loved this conversation with Thriller Thursday. Any chance to talk about Sylvia Plath and writing 🖤
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Writing What Haunts Us: Penny Zang on Friendship, Loss, and the Making of Doll Parts
with Lauren Nossett
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August 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I loved this conversation with Thriller Thursday. Any chance to talk about Sylvia Plath and writing 🖤
open.substack.com/pub/thriller...
open.substack.com/pub/thriller...
When the bookstore gets the assignment. Thank you to M Judson Booksellers in Greenville, SC for making my pub day so fantastic.
August 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
When the bookstore gets the assignment. Thank you to M Judson Booksellers in Greenville, SC for making my pub day so fantastic.
This was such a fun conversation. Please go listen to This Mama is Lit!
***NEW EPISODE!***
@pennyzang.bsky.social, author of Doll Parts, talks with @evalangston.bsky.social & @hollyrizzutopal.bsky.social about writing through grief, the “rights and wrongs” of motherhood, and finding inspiration in Sylvia Plath.
@pennyzang.bsky.social, author of Doll Parts, talks with @evalangston.bsky.social & @hollyrizzutopal.bsky.social about writing through grief, the “rights and wrongs” of motherhood, and finding inspiration in Sylvia Plath.
Penny Zang: Unfinished Business
Eva and Holly chat with Penny Zang, author of Doll Parts, about writing through grief, the “rights and wrongs” of motherhood, and finding inspiration in Sylvia Plath.
open.substack.com
August 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This was such a fun conversation. Please go listen to This Mama is Lit!
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Happiest of book launch weeks to the VERY talented author @pennyzang.bsky.social
🥳📖🙌🏼❣️
#thrillers #crimefic #darkacademia #pennyzang #writingcommunity #dollpartsthenovel
🥳📖🙌🏼❣️
#thrillers #crimefic #darkacademia #pennyzang #writingcommunity #dollpartsthenovel
August 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Happiest of book launch weeks to the VERY talented author @pennyzang.bsky.social
🥳📖🙌🏼❣️
#thrillers #crimefic #darkacademia #pennyzang #writingcommunity #dollpartsthenovel
🥳📖🙌🏼❣️
#thrillers #crimefic #darkacademia #pennyzang #writingcommunity #dollpartsthenovel
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Check this out #ThrillsandChills ❤️
Today is the day! Doll Parts is officially out in the world. 💗💗💗
August 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Check this out #ThrillsandChills ❤️
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August is coming to a close with 8 great new #books for you to read, including the latest by R.F. Kuang, which may be the most recommended book of the year, having earned mentions from over 30 publications. + @authormiriamtoews.bsky.social, @dhbaron.bsky.social, @pennyzang.bsky.social, & more!
Best New Books: Week of 8/26/25
“War doesn’t determine who’s right. War determines who remains.” – R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War Doll Parts by Penny Zang fiction / mystery / suspense. For best friends Nikki and Sadi…
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August 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
August is coming to a close with 8 great new #books for you to read, including the latest by R.F. Kuang, which may be the most recommended book of the year, having earned mentions from over 30 publications. + @authormiriamtoews.bsky.social, @dhbaron.bsky.social, @pennyzang.bsky.social, & more!
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Happy book birthday @pennyzang.bsky.social ! I have been intrigued by the description of this dark academia suspense debut and am looking forward to reading it.
Today is the day! Doll Parts is officially out in the world. 💗💗💗
August 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Happy book birthday @pennyzang.bsky.social ! I have been intrigued by the description of this dark academia suspense debut and am looking forward to reading it.
Today is the day! Doll Parts is officially out in the world. 💗💗💗
August 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Today is the day! Doll Parts is officially out in the world. 💗💗💗
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So excited to see what dropped into my e-reader today: Congrats, @pennyzang.bsky.social !!
August 26, 2025 at 10:10 AM
So excited to see what dropped into my e-reader today: Congrats, @pennyzang.bsky.social !!
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Happy Friday! Have a great day! #5amWritersClub
August 22, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Happy Friday! Have a great day! #5amWritersClub