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Hien Nguyen (mostly updates)
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best of the net nominated writer of (mostly) speculative fiction 🍉 | repped by Katelyn Detweiler @ JGLM | hotpot aficionado & cat person
TWIN TIDES, a YA speculative thriller out Fall 2025 (Delacorte)

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Book sale alert 👀 Twin Tides and many other amazing titles are included in a Buy 2 Get 1 Free sale until 11/15 at midnight PST

🔗 in bio and some other YA titles you can pick up for spooky SZN 👻🔪🩸

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Target Book Sale. But 2 get 1 off. Expires 11/15. Lowest priced book will be applied as a discount at checkout. Long lost twins. A vengeful ghost. And monsters who hide in plain site. Twin tides by Hien Nguyen out Dec 9 Long-lost twin sisters unravel the mystery behind their mother's disappearance and face the family betrayal that ultimately separated them in this breathtaking speculative young adult thriller. Heiress and influencer Caliste Ha lives a glamorous life in an LA high rise, her perfectly curated social media feed hiding the cracks in her family. Across the country, Aria Nguyen is barely surviving as a freshman and academic scammer at Georgetown University. They have never met. That changes with one unexpected and grim phone call. Their long-missing mother has been found dead in Les Eaux, Minnesota. Upon arrival in the sleepy town, Caliste and Aria discover another shocker—they are identical twins. Ready to unearth the secrets that led to their mother’s death and their separation, they start looking for answers. But a vengeful ghost is haunting the waters, and an unknown enemy is watching their every move. Can Aria and Caliste unravel all the sinister mysteries of Les Eaux, or will the town’s deadly secrets ultimately drag them under? Other books to pick up. The Silenced by Diana Rodriguez Wallach. difficult girls by Veronica Bane. Sing happy people by Clay McLeod Chapman. The uninvited by Nancy Banks
November 12, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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brb turning my first critical trade review into a cute Fall sweatshirt 🍁🍂 (honesty 10/10 it’s v cozy) #writers
Hien in cream sweatshirt that says “plodding pacing and hackneyed dialogue”
October 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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I had an amazing time modding for the #decaturbookfestival. It was a lovely convo full of humor & honesty about writing for young people
THE SCAMMER by Tiffany D. Jackson
DEATH IN THE CARDS by Mia Manansala
WHEN DEVILS SING by Xan Kaur
KILL THE LAX BRO by Charlotte Lillie Balough
October 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Woke up to the lovely news yesterday that I’ve received a Best of the Net nomination. Forever grateful to Lynn & Centaur Lit, and that my strange little stories have found their place out in the world ❤️😭 #bestofthenet2026
August 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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👀👀 Hudson Booksellers is having a major sale for released (20%) and yet to be released books (30%). If you have some books on your TBR (psst including my YA speculative debut Twin Tides) take a peek! This is the best discount I’ve seen for preorders. 🔗 in comments! #yabooks
Hudson booksellers preorder sale. 30% off with code cantwait. Book cover for twin tides, out December 9, which is blue and features the faces of two teen girls and a long haired ghost. Long lost twins. A vengeful ghost. And monsters who hide in plain sight.
August 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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I’m so thrilled to be moderating a panel on Deadly Secrets at this year’s Decatur Book Festival featuring some absolutely 💖 amazing ✨ YA authors.

Keep your calendar open October 3rd and 4th for the 20th anniversary fest and an impeccable line up of authors 👀 #yabooks
July 15, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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It’s once again the BN prêörd3r event!

Twin Tides is my YA debut about family, girlhood, ghosthood, and the love & violence that can cross generations 👀👀

Check out some of the amazing 2025 releases as well! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/twin-tides...
July 8, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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Baby’s first blurb 🎉😭 #yabooks
In this visceral, haunting debut, worlds collide and the duality of human nature is explored. Harrowing yet heartwarming, tender yet terrifying, Twin Tides is a poignant meditation on grief, obsession, and the ties which bind us to family near and far. - Keshe Chow author of The Girl With No Reflection & For No Mortal Creature
May 9, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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🔔in AANHPI month w my debut Twin Tides (out Dec 9)

my partner (biased but a prof of asian am lit) told me this felt like an asian american novel, which was my intention. as much as it’s about teen hijinks, it’s also about legacy of war & diaspora. available for preörder & to request on Edelweiss!
Book held without cover visible in front of plants. Text reads: a book with a ghost pov, long lost twins, intergenerational rage, an evil nepo baby, honest reflections on mental health disorders, lyrical prose Twin tides book cover helps in front of plants. Dark blue background with outline of house and water. A long haired ghost emerges from the water and two girls stand back to back, one crying and the other screaming
May 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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surprise! issue 9 of Centaur Lit dropped today & I have a hybrid CNF piece published in it.

I’m full of gratitude this weird little piece (400 words & only 13 sentences) has found a home with many other stunning pieces 💖🌘🌳 #cnf

centaurlit.com/watching-you...
Purple floral background with text: I do not come home. I nestle into a story my mother tells me, of the banyan that could restore life and its keeper Cuội who instructed his wife to water it in his absence, but suffered when the wife forgot and instead urinated on the tree’s roots in a panic, and the banyan grew grew grew wildly, bursting until Cuội took an axe to tame its bestial branches, and it ascended, floating until the banyan settled on the moon. “watching your mother die” published in issue 9 of centaur lit
May 1, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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New profile picture 🤭
Hien in brown shirt and gold earrings smiling at camera and holding three ARC books of Twin Tides
April 26, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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It’s that time! Barnes & Noble prëôrder sale is live for premium & rewards members!

Twin Tides is a YA thriller that’s a haunted Viet Parent Trap

www.barnesandnoble.com/w/twin-tides...

❤️💖 #yabooks #books
April 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Social Media Cover Reveal 🌊

Isn’t she stunning? Twin Tides is my YA debut about a ghost, long lost twins, and the legacies we inherit as diaspora ❤️💖

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Twin Tides book cover with long haired ghost rising from the water and two girls standing back to back. One screams and the other cries with a house in the background. Colors are dark blue with neon yellow font. Text: out December 9 available for preorder
March 21, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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The exclusive cover reveal, excerpt, & interview are live on BookishBrews 😭

I’m so excited to share the absolutely STUNNING cover of Twin Tides with you all. Credit: Reiko Murakami - art & Trisha Previte - design

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Exclusive cover reveal @ BookishBrews.com with novel excerpt and author interview. Book cover obscured by torn paper on blue background
March 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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I’m so excited to share the beautiful character art I commissioned for Twin Tides, my upcoming YA debut about a vengeful ghost in the water & long lost twins

grashaell (on IG & twt) did a stunning job bringing Aria, Caliste, and Philip to life 😍😭 #characterart
dark blue watercolor background with three characters standing. Boy in left with ear length black hair. Girl in middle with black sweater, messenger bag, and long black blue hair. Girl on right with reddish black hair and red torn crop top.
March 9, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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Meet my tri-life crisis: sourdough 🍞🥯
Stack of bagels with everything seasoning, sesame, and plain Large round golden load of bread on a cooling rack
March 8, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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happy valentine’s to pepto bismol because apparently I can’t eat an unctuous dinner without your help anymore 🫡
Picture of Hien at dinner table with pavlova dessert. She’s in a tank dress and smiling with her chin in her hand
February 14, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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Cover reveal next month 👀 stay tuned! #yabooks
Gold paint over book cover. TWIN TIDESA a speculative ya thriller out fall 2025
February 7, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Writing horrors living horrors 🥲 but anyway working on a lil presentation 👀
Poppy isn’t here a horror game pitch slide deck
February 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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grief books 🤝 dedications with a lot of feelings

My Fall 2025 YA debut is about a twisty mystery but also about grief (both through death & the grief of diaspora and war). I can’t wait for the world to have it 😭😭😭 #yabooks
Floral background with text: dedication- to motherless daughters: May you never feel shame for your grief nor your ferocity
February 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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I'm delighted too announce that I'll be mentoring Jessica Tsang for @roundtablementor.bsky.social

Jessica's NA Fantasy manuscript is equal parts haunting, horrifying, and beautiful & made my genre-blend loving heart sing. Many congrats to all applicants this year! 🎉🥳 #amwriting
mentee announcement, mentor hien nguyen, mentee jessica tsang, NA Fantasy, roundtablementor.com
February 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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From my middle school year book 😭😭😭 #writers
You have been such an inspiration to me! You are an amazing writer, artist, not to mention filmmaker!! You'll go far!! Mrs. Welch
January 30, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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Happy New Year 🐍🧧 panko received his red bag of treats for cooperating 😂 #tet
Tuxedo cat in red silk shirt sniffing red envelope
January 29, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Join us in about an hour for a @roundtablementor.bsky.social querying panel ☺️ It will be live on the YT page

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Image Text: EVENT ALERT! Join us on our YouTube channel (@RoundTableMentor) Jan 15, 7pm EST for a panel on querying, featuring a selection of this year's mentors. Got a burning question? You can either DM us or leave it in the comments below.
January 15, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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getting over my second book syndrome panic and posting a lil #wippitch for my second YA speculative thriller

DEAD GIRLS AND DEITIES, a dark academia
MEAN GIRLS x THE CRAFT x VIET MYTH
featuring a group of beautiful it-girls with a deadly secret
collage of dark purple flowers, a snowy cabin, dark woods, a gothic building, papers and candles, and girls in academic uniforms
January 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM