Dayna Lorentz
@daynalorentz.bsky.social
Author of Wayward Creatures, Of a Feather, the No Safety in Numbers trilogy, and the Dogs of the Drowned City series. Lover of cats and cupcakes. Daynalorentz.com
Huzzah for summer reading! Join me and other amazing authors TODAY at 10am at the Fletcher Free Library in Burlington!
June 21, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Huzzah for summer reading! Join me and other amazing authors TODAY at 10am at the Fletcher Free Library in Burlington!
Happy Independent Bookstore Day! I am so lucky to live in a place where we have so many amazing, excellent independent bookstores. Support your local Indies! They support your local authors!
#independentbookstoreday #indiebookstores
#independentbookstoreday #indiebookstores
April 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Happy Independent Bookstore Day! I am so lucky to live in a place where we have so many amazing, excellent independent bookstores. Support your local Indies! They support your local authors!
#independentbookstoreday #indiebookstores
#independentbookstoreday #indiebookstores
Thank you, Minnesota! I’m thrilled to see Wayward Creatures nominated for the 2026 Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award from the Minnesota Youth Reading Awards alongside these other fantastic books! 🥰💗📖💗
#statebookawards #maudhartlovelacenominees
#waywardcreatures
#minnesota
#statebookawards #maudhartlovelacenominees
#waywardcreatures
#minnesota
April 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Thank you, Minnesota! I’m thrilled to see Wayward Creatures nominated for the 2026 Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award from the Minnesota Youth Reading Awards alongside these other fantastic books! 🥰💗📖💗
#statebookawards #maudhartlovelacenominees
#waywardcreatures
#minnesota
#statebookawards #maudhartlovelacenominees
#waywardcreatures
#minnesota
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Ever wonder why MG readers love novels in verse so much? Here are five reasons these books have become so wildly popular with kids. (thread)
March 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Ever wonder why MG readers love novels in verse so much? Here are five reasons these books have become so wildly popular with kids. (thread)
Had a fantastic virtual school visit with my dear friend’s son’s third grade class! They all had received copies of Wayward Creatures and many had read the book—they had great questions! I love getting to chat with readers!
#schoolvisit #authorevent #waywardcreatures
#schoolvisit #authorevent #waywardcreatures
March 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Had a fantastic virtual school visit with my dear friend’s son’s third grade class! They all had received copies of Wayward Creatures and many had read the book—they had great questions! I love getting to chat with readers!
#schoolvisit #authorevent #waywardcreatures
#schoolvisit #authorevent #waywardcreatures
Catching up on recent events! Check out this link to a TV news story about the dinner with an author program (including my event from January!)
www.mychamplainvalley.com/news/local-n...
Their next event is on May 16 featuring my friend Mima Tipper!
#inklingschildrensbooks #dinnerwithanauthor
www.mychamplainvalley.com/news/local-n...
Their next event is on May 16 featuring my friend Mima Tipper!
#inklingschildrensbooks #dinnerwithanauthor
Waitsfield bookstore connects young readers with best-selling authors
WAITSFIELD, Vt. – Vermont’s 4th and 8th graders are struggling to keep up in reading according to the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress report. Since the release of the …
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March 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Catching up on recent events! Check out this link to a TV news story about the dinner with an author program (including my event from January!)
www.mychamplainvalley.com/news/local-n...
Their next event is on May 16 featuring my friend Mima Tipper!
#inklingschildrensbooks #dinnerwithanauthor
www.mychamplainvalley.com/news/local-n...
Their next event is on May 16 featuring my friend Mima Tipper!
#inklingschildrensbooks #dinnerwithanauthor
Join me at my next public event at 6pm on Friday, January 24 in Waitsfield, VT at Inklings Bookstore!
January 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Join me at my next public event at 6pm on Friday, January 24 in Waitsfield, VT at Inklings Bookstore!
I had a fantastic time visiting with students in Ms. Steele’s Ornithology class at the Meadowlark School in Erie, CO today! We talked about Of a Feather, writing from an owl’s point of view, and all the research I did to write the book! 🦉
#ofafeather #greathornedowl #schoolvisit #middlegrade
#ofafeather #greathornedowl #schoolvisit #middlegrade
December 3, 2024 at 9:40 PM
I had a fantastic time visiting with students in Ms. Steele’s Ornithology class at the Meadowlark School in Erie, CO today! We talked about Of a Feather, writing from an owl’s point of view, and all the research I did to write the book! 🦉
#ofafeather #greathornedowl #schoolvisit #middlegrade
#ofafeather #greathornedowl #schoolvisit #middlegrade
Huzzah for the start of #NCTE2024! I’m coming to Boston tomorrow and my first event is at Newtonville Books! Learn more about the event here: www.newtonvillebooks.com/event/restor... Hope to see you there!
November 21, 2024 at 12:54 PM
Huzzah for the start of #NCTE2024! I’m coming to Boston tomorrow and my first event is at Newtonville Books! Learn more about the event here: www.newtonvillebooks.com/event/restor... Hope to see you there!
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Writer friends! If you're having a tough time focusing on your novel right now, try doing some writing off-draft, in a separate document. Here are three Small Assignments you can try to keep working, even when it's hard to focus: 1/4
November 14, 2024 at 12:31 PM
Writer friends! If you're having a tough time focusing on your novel right now, try doing some writing off-draft, in a separate document. Here are three Small Assignments you can try to keep working, even when it's hard to focus: 1/4
