Dana Alison Levy (she/her)
@danaalisonlevy.bsky.social
Writer of books, rouser of rabble.
50% books, 50% cats, 50% political rants, 0% math. I swear more than you might expect.
YA/MG author repped by Marietta Zacker @ Gallt & Zacker. www.danaalisonlevy.com
https://linktr.ee/danaalisonlevy
50% books, 50% cats, 50% political rants, 0% math. I swear more than you might expect.
YA/MG author repped by Marietta Zacker @ Gallt & Zacker. www.danaalisonlevy.com
https://linktr.ee/danaalisonlevy
In fact, here! Part of my disappearance is that I was in Greece for almost a month (more on that later) but there were So. Many. Good. Cats. Enjoy:
November 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
In fact, here! Part of my disappearance is that I was in Greece for almost a month (more on that later) but there were So. Many. Good. Cats. Enjoy:
So excited for this event next week at @portersqbooks.bsky.social! Let's get together and work for the freedom to read!
September 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
So excited for this event next week at @portersqbooks.bsky.social! Let's get together and work for the freedom to read!
For the morning crowd! My next #nonfiction #kidlit #stem book will be out next year, and it’s all about FOXES.
Sometimes this job is the best.
Sometimes this job is the best.
September 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
For the morning crowd! My next #nonfiction #kidlit #stem book will be out next year, and it’s all about FOXES.
Sometimes this job is the best.
Sometimes this job is the best.
Given the state of things I think this is an entirely reasonable way to spend the night. Or the foreseeable future.
September 16, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Given the state of things I think this is an entirely reasonable way to spend the night. Or the foreseeable future.
I cannot begin to talk about what’s happening all around us so instead I will say that I just finished @cynleitichsmith.bsky.social and fam’s LEGENDARY FRYBREAD DRIVE-IN and it was a joy.
Good medicine indeed. #kidlit
Good medicine indeed. #kidlit
September 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I cannot begin to talk about what’s happening all around us so instead I will say that I just finished @cynleitichsmith.bsky.social and fam’s LEGENDARY FRYBREAD DRIVE-IN and it was a joy.
Good medicine indeed. #kidlit
Good medicine indeed. #kidlit
How we doing, Bluesky fam? Are my #kidlit pals writing? Are folks still making art? Gotta admit that everything feels So. Damn. Heavy. these days, but I’m finding pockets of joy (and maybe attempting a murder-y new WIP) and hey! We have sungold tomatoes and local corn and full moons.
Onward.
Onward.
August 12, 2025 at 12:40 AM
How we doing, Bluesky fam? Are my #kidlit pals writing? Are folks still making art? Gotta admit that everything feels So. Damn. Heavy. these days, but I’m finding pockets of joy (and maybe attempting a murder-y new WIP) and hey! We have sungold tomatoes and local corn and full moons.
Onward.
Onward.
So #massachusetts #kidlit loving pals, whether you're a librarian, educator, author, illustrator, parent, auntie, godparent, reader, or just a human who believes in free expression, let's go!
Join Mass Freedom to Read and let's get this done! instagram.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
Join Mass Freedom to Read and let's get this done! instagram.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
July 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
So #massachusetts #kidlit loving pals, whether you're a librarian, educator, author, illustrator, parent, auntie, godparent, reader, or just a human who believes in free expression, let's go!
Join Mass Freedom to Read and let's get this done! instagram.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
Join Mass Freedom to Read and let's get this done! instagram.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
DREAM TEAM!!
Follow these accounts, sign up at the link in my last post, and jump in with us! Let's do this!
Follow these accounts, sign up at the link in my last post, and jump in with us! Let's do this!
July 16, 2025 at 8:28 PM
DREAM TEAM!!
Follow these accounts, sign up at the link in my last post, and jump in with us! Let's do this!
Follow these accounts, sign up at the link in my last post, and jump in with us! Let's do this!
Hope the Bluesky #kidlit fam is hanging in there. These are hard days indeed, and yet the world needs our stories more than ever. Keep going.
July 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Hope the Bluesky #kidlit fam is hanging in there. These are hard days indeed, and yet the world needs our stories more than ever. Keep going.
Random Question™ Time
If you're an author or illustrator of any sort (#kidlit, adult, nonfiction, self-pubbed, academic, comic, etc) are you a member of Authors Against Book Bans?
If so, drop a 👍🏽 in the comments! If not...WHY NOT?
@authorsabb.bsky.social @engagereaders.bsky.social
If you're an author or illustrator of any sort (#kidlit, adult, nonfiction, self-pubbed, academic, comic, etc) are you a member of Authors Against Book Bans?
If so, drop a 👍🏽 in the comments! If not...WHY NOT?
@authorsabb.bsky.social @engagereaders.bsky.social
May 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Random Question™ Time
If you're an author or illustrator of any sort (#kidlit, adult, nonfiction, self-pubbed, academic, comic, etc) are you a member of Authors Against Book Bans?
If so, drop a 👍🏽 in the comments! If not...WHY NOT?
@authorsabb.bsky.social @engagereaders.bsky.social
If you're an author or illustrator of any sort (#kidlit, adult, nonfiction, self-pubbed, academic, comic, etc) are you a member of Authors Against Book Bans?
If so, drop a 👍🏽 in the comments! If not...WHY NOT?
@authorsabb.bsky.social @engagereaders.bsky.social
CALLING ALL #kidlit #edusky #schoolvisit #booksky #kidlitsky #skybrarian peeps!
Please join this incredible lineup of authors in our first ever FREEDOM READ-IN on MAY 9!
📕Free
📙All day (10-3 EST)
📘Virtual
📗All ages
Morning: crowdcast.io/c/z2e4i7i652g1
Afternoon: crowdcast.io/c/ky2m562xhkso
Please join this incredible lineup of authors in our first ever FREEDOM READ-IN on MAY 9!
📕Free
📙All day (10-3 EST)
📘Virtual
📗All ages
Morning: crowdcast.io/c/z2e4i7i652g1
Afternoon: crowdcast.io/c/ky2m562xhkso
May 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
CALLING ALL #kidlit #edusky #schoolvisit #booksky #kidlitsky #skybrarian peeps!
Please join this incredible lineup of authors in our first ever FREEDOM READ-IN on MAY 9!
📕Free
📙All day (10-3 EST)
📘Virtual
📗All ages
Morning: crowdcast.io/c/z2e4i7i652g1
Afternoon: crowdcast.io/c/ky2m562xhkso
Please join this incredible lineup of authors in our first ever FREEDOM READ-IN on MAY 9!
📕Free
📙All day (10-3 EST)
📘Virtual
📗All ages
Morning: crowdcast.io/c/z2e4i7i652g1
Afternoon: crowdcast.io/c/ky2m562xhkso
Also here’s a cat.
April 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Also here’s a cat.
I’ll go first - just read @aishasaeed.bsky.social’s new book The Matchmaker in one sitting last night! Looooved it!
April 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I’ll go first - just read @aishasaeed.bsky.social’s new book The Matchmaker in one sitting last night! Looooved it!
Good grief.
Friends in NH, you know what to do. #callyourreps
Thanks to @chanda.bsky.social for the graphics.
Author pals, join @authorsabb.bsky.social and fight for the freedom to read.
Friends in NH, you know what to do. #callyourreps
Thanks to @chanda.bsky.social for the graphics.
Author pals, join @authorsabb.bsky.social and fight for the freedom to read.
April 1, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Good grief.
Friends in NH, you know what to do. #callyourreps
Thanks to @chanda.bsky.social for the graphics.
Author pals, join @authorsabb.bsky.social and fight for the freedom to read.
Friends in NH, you know what to do. #callyourreps
Thanks to @chanda.bsky.social for the graphics.
Author pals, join @authorsabb.bsky.social and fight for the freedom to read.
I’m watching @booker.senate.gov hold the floor tonight, and maybe you want to as well. www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2ut...
April 1, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I’m watching @booker.senate.gov hold the floor tonight, and maybe you want to as well. www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2ut...
This is where I spent the weekend. It was the right choice.
To do list:
Keep writing
Keep fighting
Get giddy with joy whenever possible.
To do list:
Keep writing
Keep fighting
Get giddy with joy whenever possible.
March 11, 2025 at 1:13 AM
This is where I spent the weekend. It was the right choice.
To do list:
Keep writing
Keep fighting
Get giddy with joy whenever possible.
To do list:
Keep writing
Keep fighting
Get giddy with joy whenever possible.
Look what arrived!!!! My glorious art from @crystalsmithart.bsky.social that I won at the @kidlitforla.bsky.social auction!!
I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!
(Now to get it framed and hung)
I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!
(Now to get it framed and hung)
February 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Look what arrived!!!! My glorious art from @crystalsmithart.bsky.social that I won at the @kidlitforla.bsky.social auction!!
I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!
(Now to get it framed and hung)
I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!
(Now to get it framed and hung)
Bluesky fam, what should I read? Rom-com, mystery (not thriller), MG, funny books…throw some titles at me
#booksky
[photos of the absolute dragon lair of books that is the Abbey Bookshop in Paris]
#booksky
[photos of the absolute dragon lair of books that is the Abbey Bookshop in Paris]
February 8, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Bluesky fam, what should I read? Rom-com, mystery (not thriller), MG, funny books…throw some titles at me
#booksky
[photos of the absolute dragon lair of books that is the Abbey Bookshop in Paris]
#booksky
[photos of the absolute dragon lair of books that is the Abbey Bookshop in Paris]
New England, you sure are pretty.
If your week was also seventy-bazillion years long, enjoy a moment of zen.
If your week was also seventy-bazillion years long, enjoy a moment of zen.
February 8, 2025 at 12:26 AM
New England, you sure are pretty.
If your week was also seventy-bazillion years long, enjoy a moment of zen.
If your week was also seventy-bazillion years long, enjoy a moment of zen.
HAPPY WORLD READ ALOUD DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE!
Everything this trash turtles all the way down but today…today is a good day. Talked to kids in NY, MN, CT, TX, and beyond. Talked books, and bans, and stories that help save lives.
Onward.
#wrad
Everything this trash turtles all the way down but today…today is a good day. Talked to kids in NY, MN, CT, TX, and beyond. Talked books, and bans, and stories that help save lives.
Onward.
#wrad
February 5, 2025 at 11:50 PM
HAPPY WORLD READ ALOUD DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE!
Everything this trash turtles all the way down but today…today is a good day. Talked to kids in NY, MN, CT, TX, and beyond. Talked books, and bans, and stories that help save lives.
Onward.
#wrad
Everything this trash turtles all the way down but today…today is a good day. Talked to kids in NY, MN, CT, TX, and beyond. Talked books, and bans, and stories that help save lives.
Onward.
#wrad
Masshole friends! Today is a GREAT DAY TO GO TO YOUR SENATORS' OFFICE! Events in Springfield and Boston to join with @maindivisible.bsky.social members and remind our elected officials to use every tool in their arsenal to stop this agenda!
Links below.
Cat for inspo
Links below.
Cat for inspo
February 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Masshole friends! Today is a GREAT DAY TO GO TO YOUR SENATORS' OFFICE! Events in Springfield and Boston to join with @maindivisible.bsky.social members and remind our elected officials to use every tool in their arsenal to stop this agenda!
Links below.
Cat for inspo
Links below.
Cat for inspo
Bluesky gang, I miss you all. And for new followers, I promise that 1) I’m going to get back here and follow back, and 2) I will post more excellent cat/book/political screaming very soon.
It’s been a long-ass month. But we’re still here.
Onward.
It’s been a long-ass month. But we’re still here.
Onward.
February 1, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Bluesky gang, I miss you all. And for new followers, I promise that 1) I’m going to get back here and follow back, and 2) I will post more excellent cat/book/political screaming very soon.
It’s been a long-ass month. But we’re still here.
Onward.
It’s been a long-ass month. But we’re still here.
Onward.
Hey bluesky pals - I am delighted to join @kidlitforla.bsky.social to support those affected by the fires in LA. Auction is live now! Please share and bid! www.32auctions.com/organization...
January 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Hey bluesky pals - I am delighted to join @kidlitforla.bsky.social to support those affected by the fires in LA. Auction is live now! Please share and bid! www.32auctions.com/organization...