Alanna Bennett
@alannabennett.bsky.social
Screenwriter, culture writer, author. Novel THE EDUCATION OF KIA GREER out in 2025. Find my work @ Netflix, Amazon, The CW, The Cut, NYT, & more.
Two August class offerings! Our popular DRAFT YOUR NOVEL course continues. But now a new bombshell is entering the villa! Please welcome the DEVELOP YOUR NOVEL workshop, for everyone looking for a lil more guidance
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June 16, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Two August class offerings! Our popular DRAFT YOUR NOVEL course continues. But now a new bombshell is entering the villa! Please welcome the DEVELOP YOUR NOVEL workshop, for everyone looking for a lil more guidance
SIGN UP NOW! iamspringstudios.com/shop
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Happy pride :) go listen to two women fall in love
The season finale of CHEF’S KISS is officially up. Directing and producing this audio rom-com was a bright spot in an already bright spring. I’m so proud of everyone involved. Go binge! open.spotify.com/episode/00mb...
The season finale of CHEF’S KISS is officially up. Directing and producing this audio rom-com was a bright spot in an already bright spring. I’m so proud of everyone involved. Go binge! open.spotify.com/episode/00mb...
June 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Happy pride :) go listen to two women fall in love
The season finale of CHEF’S KISS is officially up. Directing and producing this audio rom-com was a bright spot in an already bright spring. I’m so proud of everyone involved. Go binge! open.spotify.com/episode/00mb...
The season finale of CHEF’S KISS is officially up. Directing and producing this audio rom-com was a bright spot in an already bright spring. I’m so proud of everyone involved. Go binge! open.spotify.com/episode/00mb...
I named Kia’s teacher after my English teacher, Mr. Hillis. And he came to my Portland event! He remembers so many details of how I was in the classroom, which makes me so emotional because he shaped so much of the writer I became. Thank you, Mr. Hillis. Thank you, teachers.
June 11, 2025 at 5:53 AM
I named Kia’s teacher after my English teacher, Mr. Hillis. And he came to my Portland event! He remembers so many details of how I was in the classroom, which makes me so emotional because he shaped so much of the writer I became. Thank you, Mr. Hillis. Thank you, teachers.
Portland! Come see me and Anita Kelly at Grand Gesture Books this Tuesday!
June 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Portland! Come see me and Anita Kelly at Grand Gesture Books this Tuesday!
Join The Spring School for our June session of the DRAFT YOUR NOVEL workshop. Your novel can be at any stage! We provide a thriving supportive creative community, and dedicated time to write through our write-ins!
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May 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Join The Spring School for our June session of the DRAFT YOUR NOVEL workshop. Your novel can be at any stage! We provide a thriving supportive creative community, and dedicated time to write through our write-ins!
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I will be in Portland talking THE EDUCATION OF KIA GREER on June 10! Come hang ❤️
May 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I will be in Portland talking THE EDUCATION OF KIA GREER on June 10! Come hang ❤️
I had the immense pleasure of directing & producing a new audio rom-com series for Meet Cute written by Casey Boykins, and the trailer is out now! This was also my first time directing sex scenes so…buckle in :) open.spotify.com/episode/7deL...
May 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I had the immense pleasure of directing & producing a new audio rom-com series for Meet Cute written by Casey Boykins, and the trailer is out now! This was also my first time directing sex scenes so…buckle in :) open.spotify.com/episode/7deL...
I had a great time talking Kia Greer at the Kiss & Tell Literary Salon at Books Inc with theee Jasmine Guillory. And two of my siblings came! And a couple friends from college! And I didn’t even know most of the people in the audience?!? A rare occurrence for a debut tour!!
May 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I had a great time talking Kia Greer at the Kiss & Tell Literary Salon at Books Inc with theee Jasmine Guillory. And two of my siblings came! And a couple friends from college! And I didn’t even know most of the people in the audience?!? A rare occurrence for a debut tour!!
I was the kind of media nerd growing up who POURED OVER the Entertainment Weekly Must List, so it’s so surreal and cool to see THE EDUCATION OF KIA GREER on it this week! ew.com/final-destin...
May 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I was the kind of media nerd growing up who POURED OVER the Entertainment Weekly Must List, so it’s so surreal and cool to see THE EDUCATION OF KIA GREER on it this week! ew.com/final-destin...
New York was a dream. Thank you to @caseymcquiston.bsky.social for a great convo about nepo babies and the gap between a public and private life. My cup is so full after last night.
May 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
New York was a dream. Thank you to @caseymcquiston.bsky.social for a great convo about nepo babies and the gap between a public and private life. My cup is so full after last night.
Talked THE EDUCATION OF KIA GREER with @lindaholmes.bsky.social in DC at @eastcitybooks.bsky.social and had a BLAST. New York, I’ll see you tonight for my convo with @caseymcquiston.bsky.social!
May 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Talked THE EDUCATION OF KIA GREER with @lindaholmes.bsky.social in DC at @eastcitybooks.bsky.social and had a BLAST. New York, I’ll see you tonight for my convo with @caseymcquiston.bsky.social!
Kicked off the EDUCATION OF KIA GREER mini-tour with a launch party in LA & a convo moderated by @chescaleigh.bsky.social
I couldn’t feel more full. Thank you to everyone who’s already read TEOKG — and to everyone who’ll give her a chance now that she’s out in the world.
I couldn’t feel more full. Thank you to everyone who’s already read TEOKG — and to everyone who’ll give her a chance now that she’s out in the world.
May 15, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Kicked off the EDUCATION OF KIA GREER mini-tour with a launch party in LA & a convo moderated by @chescaleigh.bsky.social
I couldn’t feel more full. Thank you to everyone who’s already read TEOKG — and to everyone who’ll give her a chance now that she’s out in the world.
I couldn’t feel more full. Thank you to everyone who’s already read TEOKG — and to everyone who’ll give her a chance now that she’s out in the world.
THE EDUCATION OF KIA GREER is officially in bookstores across North America. I hope you love her even 1/1000000000000th as much as I do.
May 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
THE EDUCATION OF KIA GREER is officially in bookstores across North America. I hope you love her even 1/1000000000000th as much as I do.
My debut novel THE EDUCATION OF KIA GREER comes out in FOUR DAYS. My heart is hammering. I hope the book can make your heart hammer, too.
bit.ly/3GLISvU
bit.ly/3GLISvU
May 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
My debut novel THE EDUCATION OF KIA GREER comes out in FOUR DAYS. My heart is hammering. I hope the book can make your heart hammer, too.
bit.ly/3GLISvU
bit.ly/3GLISvU
Come see meeeee (or at least these really cool other people)
May 14: DC with Linda Holmes
May 15: NYC with Casey McQuiston
May 20: Bay Area with Jasmine Guillory
June 10: Portland with TBD
May 14: DC with Linda Holmes
May 15: NYC with Casey McQuiston
May 20: Bay Area with Jasmine Guillory
June 10: Portland with TBD
April 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Come see meeeee (or at least these really cool other people)
May 14: DC with Linda Holmes
May 15: NYC with Casey McQuiston
May 20: Bay Area with Jasmine Guillory
June 10: Portland with TBD
May 14: DC with Linda Holmes
May 15: NYC with Casey McQuiston
May 20: Bay Area with Jasmine Guillory
June 10: Portland with TBD
I’m on this week’s episode of Normal Gossip! The theme? MAGICIANS. Go listen. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
April 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I’m on this week’s episode of Normal Gossip! The theme? MAGICIANS. Go listen. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
Quite literally a dream come true that Meg Cabot even knows who I AM
April 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Quite literally a dream come true that Meg Cabot even knows who I AM
Now THIS is a Jenny Han Cinematic Universe full-circle moment. XO KITTY's brilliant, talented, radiant
@reganaliyah
IS the voice of the EDUCATION OF KIA GREER audiobook! She absolutely nails it, and I couldn't be happier.
More on my substack & instagram!
@reganaliyah
IS the voice of the EDUCATION OF KIA GREER audiobook! She absolutely nails it, and I couldn't be happier.
More on my substack & instagram!
April 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Now THIS is a Jenny Han Cinematic Universe full-circle moment. XO KITTY's brilliant, talented, radiant
@reganaliyah
IS the voice of the EDUCATION OF KIA GREER audiobook! She absolutely nails it, and I couldn't be happier.
More on my substack & instagram!
@reganaliyah
IS the voice of the EDUCATION OF KIA GREER audiobook! She absolutely nails it, and I couldn't be happier.
More on my substack & instagram!
We've got another Spring School write-in tonight over zoom! Come join us at 5pm PST, get some shit doooone. Register at iamspringstudios.com
April 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
We've got another Spring School write-in tonight over zoom! Come join us at 5pm PST, get some shit doooone. Register at iamspringstudios.com
Thank you to Kirkus for this glowing write-up of THE EDUCATION OF KIA GREER 🌷❤️ www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
April 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Thank you to Kirkus for this glowing write-up of THE EDUCATION OF KIA GREER 🌷❤️ www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
Some exciting Spring School offerings for May! Payment plans available for all! And classes from Matt Ortile & Hope Rehak!
iamspringstudios.com/shop
iamspringstudios.com/shop
April 18, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Some exciting Spring School offerings for May! Payment plans available for all! And classes from Matt Ortile & Hope Rehak!
iamspringstudios.com/shop
iamspringstudios.com/shop
Another zoom write-in tonight! Join us! Register at iamspringstudios.com
April 14, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Another zoom write-in tonight! Join us! Register at iamspringstudios.com
We are exactly ONE MONTH OUT from the release of my debut novel THE EDUCATION OF KIA GREER, and I am freaking out / over the moon. To celebrate, I reactivated my substack to share the FULL FIRST CHAPTER, 9 pages of prologue.
thosepaperscut.substack.com/p/read-the-f...
thosepaperscut.substack.com/p/read-the-f...
April 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
We are exactly ONE MONTH OUT from the release of my debut novel THE EDUCATION OF KIA GREER, and I am freaking out / over the moon. To celebrate, I reactivated my substack to share the FULL FIRST CHAPTER, 9 pages of prologue.
thosepaperscut.substack.com/p/read-the-f...
thosepaperscut.substack.com/p/read-the-f...
From the ashes of my old sub stack Getting Cozy rises Those Papers Cut, a substack for all things project updates and general musings. First up: the FULL FIRST CHAPTER OF TEOKG drops there this Sunday. Subscribe to read.
Oh also TPC is named after my old Tumblr :)
thosepaperscut.substack.com
Oh also TPC is named after my old Tumblr :)
thosepaperscut.substack.com
April 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
From the ashes of my old sub stack Getting Cozy rises Those Papers Cut, a substack for all things project updates and general musings. First up: the FULL FIRST CHAPTER OF TEOKG drops there this Sunday. Subscribe to read.
Oh also TPC is named after my old Tumblr :)
thosepaperscut.substack.com
Oh also TPC is named after my old Tumblr :)
thosepaperscut.substack.com
Oh this one is gonna be fuuuuuun. AND ALSO? INFORMATIVE. Build queer community and learn from the TV of our elders, with instruction by the brilliant @hoperehak.bsky.social
More info at iamspringstudios.com/shop
More info at iamspringstudios.com/shop
April 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Oh this one is gonna be fuuuuuun. AND ALSO? INFORMATIVE. Build queer community and learn from the TV of our elders, with instruction by the brilliant @hoperehak.bsky.social
More info at iamspringstudios.com/shop
More info at iamspringstudios.com/shop