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Diana M. Pho (she/her) 📚 🔊
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Hugo Award-winning #AuntieEditor. Editorial Director, Erewhon Books. Previous: Tor Books, Realm Media. Queer. Geeky. Sociopolitical. http://Linktr.ee/dianampho. Opinions are my own.
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Celebrating at a watch party. All we did was drink and eat lobster rolls and pasta until the call was made. A good welcome to Mamdani.
A glass of white wine being raised
November 5, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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KGB Fantastic Fiction listening to @franwilde.bsky.social reading about travelling apt buildings and Shiva Kumar about Indian mythology and futurism
Fran Wilde Shiva Kumar
September 11, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Seeing @mauricebroaddus.bsky.social and @natcassidy.bsky.social talk about The Stand, its legacy and their stories in the anthology The End of the World as We Know It at Books are Magic! (With a guest appearance by fellow coauthor Wayne Brady)
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August 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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I'm still stunned and processing over salmon and eggs at SEA-TAC. Grateful and honored by my Hugo win for Best Editor, Long-Form last night. Also, tired. Very tired 😆 love to all the winners & finalists.

People can watch my speech at the livestream starting at 1:06. 🥳✨💕🎉 #HugoAwards #AuntieEditor
Diana standing on the stage with her Hugo, dressed in a brocade maroon jacket and black pants. The Hugo winners on stage Close up of Diana in the Hugo winners photo, staring at the camera Ashley doing the Will Smith proud pose raising her arms to gesture at Diana holding the award.
August 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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It gives me great joy to work with Sarah in presenting this transportive fantasy novel in 2026! #AuntieEditor @erewhonbooks.bsky.social
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NYT journalist and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, Sarah Maslin Nir’s adult fantasy debut, THE UNICORN HUNTER, about a young woman reporting on the decline of magic after the world’s sun mysteriously turned toxic a hundred years before, who must work with a shapeshifting unicorn prince in order to save their realm, to Diana Pho at Erewhon Books, in a two-book deal, for publication in 2026, by Jessica Friedman at Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc., for World rights. A wave of unicorns from the film THE LAST UNICORN
June 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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THE UNICORN HUNTER reminds me of classic fantasy adventures I read as a child, speaking to the hidden yearning for magic that lives in the hearts of many adults. I think this will be a story to be treasured and savored. 3/
Diana Pho at Erewhon took world rights to New York Times reporter Sarah Maslin Nir’s debut fantasy novel, The Unicorn Hunter, from Jessica Friedman at Sterling Lord Literistic, for a fall 2026 release. The publisher called it “a fresh take on high fantasy and epic adventure, and a thrilling love story following a foundling named Thea, growing up in a world that is crumbling ever faster beneath a mysteriously blighted sun, who is set on a quest by magical creatures to restore the land and right the terrible wrong that poisoned the sun: the slaughter of the unicorns.”
June 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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If you love horses, 🐎 magic ✨ or if The Last Unicorn 🦄 deeply affected you, read on!

Meet Sarah Maslin Nir, NYT reporter and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, and the author of our newest acquisition THE UNICORN HUNTER for release in 2026 at @erewhonbooks.bsky.social 1/

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New York Times reporter and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Meet Sarah Maslin Nir, author of The Unicorn Hunter Coming 2026 Magic in Thea's world is dying. A shapeshifting unicorn prince can help save her realm--or was he the bane that caused it?
June 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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The Deading, Harvest of Hearts and Womb City spotted in the wild at Kinokuniya in Bryant Park!
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Horror books Sci Fi fantasy books face out!
June 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Last night's Book Are Magic event for Amplitudes with Katharine Duckett, Dominique Dickey, Nat X. Ray and Sam J. Miller! It was fabulous 🤩. Cheers to these authors and everyone in our USA Today bestselling anthology! @erewhonbooks.bsky.social @leemandelo.bsky.social
Marty Cahill, Diana Pho, Nat X. Ray, Dominique Dickey, Sam Miller and Katherine Duckett Katharine Duckett, Dominique Dickey, Nat X. Ray, Sam Miller Audience -- packed house! Audience -- packed house!
June 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Happy pub week to Lee Mandelo and AMPLITUDES: Stories of #Queer and #Trans Futurity! These stories will stay with you, and it's an honor to bring out this anthology at a time when readers need tales like these more than ever 🌈 🩵🤍🩷

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Cover for Amplitudes, a radiant glowing title Alt text in thread
May 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Posted a review in Instagram but also sharing it here. Full text in Alt. This 📽️ film is definitely a must-see! 🌈 💖
For our date night we saw @weddingbanquetmovie, starring @fayedunaway (Bowen Yang), @lilygladstone, Kelly Marie Tran (my doppelganger), Youn Yuh-jung, Joan Chen, and Han Gi-Chan, and got to sit in on a talkback with director and co-screenwriter @andrewahnfilms. Such a incredibly sweet funny movie that personally hit all the feelz and reminded me of my own wedding with @ashley.lauren.rogers (but no lion dancers were involved). I hadn't seen Ang Lee's original but really loved how Andrew talked about how this project was truly inspired by the first movie but also drew upon his own thoughts on his relationship to his boyfriend, and feelings about parenthood and found family. The film certainly captured the vibe of Seattle and the AAPI+ community, and also brought in a very seamless recognition of indigenous community as well. The whole movie captured those moments of absurdity, drama, warmth, and unexpected connection that comes with family and tradition. I adored the layers it offered about Asian diasporic identity and queerness and the different attitudes it brought across four generations: from the Korean grandmother (Yuh-jung) and her grandson Min (Gi-Chan) trying the save face, to Angela (Tran) and her wife Lee (Gladstone) handling Angela's supportive but self-centered mother (Chan), to Chris (Yang) binding over video games and relationship venting with his little enby cousin Kendall (played by Bobo Lee). Highly recommend, and hope people check it out!
April 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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I needed something restorative so glad that my wife and I watched The Wedding Banquet remake last night with the talkback from director and co-screenwriter Andrew Ahn.
Andrew Ahn on the left speaking with the interviewer. The Wedding Banquet screen is above. Andrew Ahn on the left speaking with the interviewer. The Wedding Banquet screen is above. Andrew Ahn on the left speaking with the interviewer. The Wedding Banquet screen is above.
April 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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I'm utterly gobsmacked by the level of talent among my peers on this nominee list. Kudos to my professional colleagues & finalists. Special shout-out to fellow long-form nominees Carl, Ali, Lee, David and Stephanie; short-form nominees Scott, Jennifer, Neil, Jonathan, Lynne & Michael, and Sheila. 4/
Seattle WorldCon Logo, with Hugo Award logo, and the editorial finalist list. Copy reads: "Congrats to the finalists" Image reads Carle Engle-Laird, Ali Fischer, Lee Harris, David Thomas Moore, Stephanie Stein.
April 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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I'm also proud to have my author @sapphomancer.bsky.social and their novel THE FEAST MAKERS nominated for the Lodestar Award as well; this was the first book I edited at Erewhon, and a true honor to work with August Clarke to bring the Scapegracers trilogy to a close. 3/
Seattle WorldCon Logo, with Hugo Award logo, and a cover photo of The Feast Makers. Copy reads: "Congrats! Finalist for the Lodestar Award!"
April 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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What a year it has been. It's truly an honor to be nominated for the Hugo Awards; I never take this recognition for granted. Immense gratitude to WorldCon members for supporting my journey to @erewhonbooks.bsky.social & for supporting our authors especially during times like now.

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Seattle WorldCon Logo, with Hugo Award logo, and a headshot of Diana Pho. Copy reads: "Finalist for Best Editor, Long-Form"
April 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Finally, excited to present this recent deal announcement: THE WOLF AND HIS KING by @finnlongman.com alongside UK Publisher @gollancz.bsky.social

Coming to US readers in January 2026!

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March 31, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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#TDOV reads @erewhonbooks.bsky.social

The Scapegracers trilogy by @sapphomancer.bsky.social

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March 31, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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The book birthdays keep on coming! Happy pub day to the trade paperback edition of @victormanibo.com 's ESCAPE VELOCITY! 🌙 🚀

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“Manibo is that rare writer who can put a reader out among the stars but keep the focus on human trauma and scandal. . . . Scintillating.” —Meg Elison, winner of the Hugo, Locus, and Philip K. Dick Awards  “A high-stakes sci-fi mystery—Foundation if it were written by Agatha Christie—Escape Velocity is an energetic and unforgettable page-turner.” —Alex Segura, bestselling author of Secret Identity “Searing social commentary, expert worldbuilding, and unforgettable characters . . . Victor Manibo remains one of the most exciting new voices working in fiction today.” —Rob Hart, author The Warehouse
March 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Happy pub day to rekt by Alex Gonzalez!! 💀😱📚This is one of the most brutal and emotionally raw books I've ever worked on. This changed me, and it'll change you too. Mind the ⚠️ but the #horror journey is worth it. #auntieeditor

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Haunted by a tragic loss, one man spirals into a dark web of violence, grief, and obsession, where the line between reality and nightmare blurs. “rekt goes past the 'dark web' and into online corners that pose a threat to life and sanity. Oddly enough, it also makes me want to visit these corners. A great exploration of the dangers and seductions of the internet.” —Poppy Z. Brite, author of Exquisite Corpse “rekt is a nihilistic annihilation of the senses, a David Fincher-directed Faces of Death for the digital age, a novocaine 120 Gigabytes of Sodom by a debut de Sade that leaves the reader uncomfortably numb. This book takes just as much from you as you take from it. Alex Gonzalez left me utterly gutted.” —Clay McLeod Chapman, author of What Kind of Mother and Ghost Eaters “Alex Gonzalez fearlessly plumbs the depths of our present and future online hell and the result is a visionary book that is at once pensive, rollicking, and truly, bone-deep unsettling. rekt is an absolute stunner.” —Paul Tremblay, New York Times bestselling author of Horror Movie and A Head Full of Ghosts
March 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Thrilled by @kimberlybea.bsky.social 's magnificent cover for THE CHANGELING QUEEN. Art by Julia Iredale.

Coming from @erewhonbooks.bsky.social this October 2025 as a special edition with stenciled edges and full color endpapers!
Deluxe Limited Edition cover of the CHANGELING QUEEN: a white Scottish woman with branches in her bright red hair, surrounded by lush greenery. A painting of riders in the Wild Hunt race below her profile.
March 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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And thrilled to see that it's also an Amazon pick of the month!
Amazon Best SFF Of the Month
March 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Happy 📚 birthday to Andrea Eames's A Harvest of Hearts! A truly enchanting novel perfect for
❤️ Those who don't believe in love at first sight
🔪 A snarky butcher's daughter who takes no 💩
✨ A Howl-coded sorcerer
🐈‍⬛ Talking black cats
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“If you want more Howl vibes in your life, complete with absolutely beautiful prose, a true Ghibli cat, a sentient house, and a heroine caught between her no-nonsense nature and the insistent tug of love that may or may not be unnatural, you’ll want A HARVEST OF HEARTS.” —Laini Taylor, internationally bestselling author of Strange the Dreamer “If you are looking for a dark fantasy with a perfectly ordinary heroine amidst terrible beauty and magic akin to Beauty and the Beast, this book is where you'll find it.” —Emilie Nikota (Delemhach), bestselling author of The House Witch series Brimming with magic, mischief and heart this whimsical fantasy follows a clever butcher's daughter, a charming sorcerer, and a talking cat as they uncover secrets that could change their kingdom forever.
March 4, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Cat's out of the bag! I'm thrilled to have @yudhanjaya.bsky.social & @michaelbeale.bsky.social at Tor UK for the comedic fantasy A SORCERER'S TAIL: ✨ a clever cat 🐈 + his Paladin ⚔️ seeking honor, glory & 💰💰💰 in this Critical Role meets Terry Pratchett romp @erewhonbooks.bsky.social
Writing as Victor Konara, Yudhanjaya Witjeratne, author of A Sorcerer's Tail. Critical role by way of Terry Pratchett Publishers Marketplace announcement Forbes’ List for “30 Under 30” and Nebula Award finalist Yudhanjaya Wijeratne’s comedic fantasy A SORCERER'S TAIL, written under the pseudonym Victor Konara, following the travelling adventures of a talking wizard cat and a paladin knight with a heart of gold, to Diana M. Pho at Erewhon Books (US), in a three-book deal, and to Michael Beale at Tor UK/Pan Macmillan for publication in 2027, by Stevie Finegan at Zeno Agency. Yudha announcement on Pan MacMillan
March 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Finally got a chance to read @pdjeliclark.bsky.social 's latest novella and it is a wild, funny romp! My cats approve of these assassins.
Laszlo the tabby sitting next to The Dead Cat Tail Assassins with a oetit expression on his face. Nadja a black and white cat with a black patch over one eye, sticks her nose the the book The Dead Cat Tail Assassins
February 28, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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I'm beyond thrilled to see that Monika Kim's THE EYES ARE THE BEST PART is a #Stoker finalist! Many congratulations to all of our fellow spooky nominees on the list, and so proud to have @erewhonbooks.bsky.social be counted among them! #Auntieeditor

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Superior Achievement in a First Novel ● Coles, Donyae — Midnight Rooms (Amistad) ● Drake-Thomas, Jessica — Hollow Girls (Cemetery Dance Publications) ● Kiefer, Jenny — This Wretched Valley (Quirk Books) ● Kim, Monika — The Eyes Are the Best Part (Erewhon Books) ● Ryan, Lindy — Bless Your Heart (Minotaur Books)
February 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM