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(Foe-yin-see); 🇳🇬; She/Her; Editor (MCPG); opinions my own; PW Star Watch Honoree; if you aren’t actively fighting against oppression…why?
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The way I LIVED (laughed, loved…no, really) while listening to this?? Ugh I just love when stories are funny and touching and SO meta and full of great characters!!!

Also, the narrator, SJ Valiquette, did such a great job!
Screenshot of the audiobook HOW TO SURVIVE A SLASHER by Justine Pucella Winans, narrated by SJ Valiquette
November 14, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Heists are so in!*
(And so are cozy vibes, magical universities, and first crushes)

To see how Dani’s heist turns out: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

*For legal purposes, this is a JOKE 😃
Book cover for A BARISTA’S GUIDE TO LOVE & LARCENY by Caroline Bonin, with tagline: “It’ll take more than a spell to pass her first semester!” Cover shows a close up of an illustrated teen girl and teen boy seated at a table and looking into each other’s eyes, with a crow resting on the girl’s shoulder.
October 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Literally begging everyone to go see #TheRoses …BEGGING!!

Hands down my movie of the year!
August 29, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Do a vibe search for A BARISTA’S GUIDE TO LOVE & LARCENY, and here’s what comes up:

☕ Midnight coffee
🍂 Autumn rain
🔮 Magic university
💜 Purple purple purple

It’s a YA cozy fantasy romance coming 1.13.26 from Macmillan/Feiwel & Friends. Preorder: linktr.ee/carolinebonin

#yafantasy #cozyfantasy
A mood board for A Barista's Guide to Love & Larceny, a YA cozy fantasy romance. Pictures include tarot cards and crystals, a university building, a glowing coffee sign, a booted foot splashing in water, a latte surrounded by flowers, and a crow.
June 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Happy Juneteenth!! Today would be a great day to support Black owned businesses, learn about Black history, read and buy books by Black authors! Request them from libraries. Shout about them online. Today & everyday. I wrote these but if you want recs, ask me below!
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The cover of Alechia Dow’s Until the Clock Strikes Midnight The covers of Alechia Dow’s books: The Sound of Stars, The Kindred, A Song of Salvation, Just a Pinch of Magic, The Cookie Crumbles, Their Just Desserts
June 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Now available to request on NetGalley & Edelweiss! 🎉

Request your digital copy of my debut novel, A BARISTA'S GUIDE TO LOVE & LARCENY, now! Link in bio ✨

#yafantasy #yafantasybooks #yacozyfantasy #cozyfantasy #netgalley #edelweiss #arcreader
June 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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GHOSTED will be hitting your shelves Fall 2026, just in time for spooky season. I’m so excited to work with
@foyinsipub.bsky.social and the team at Feiwel and Friends on the unhinged novel of my dreams 👻
May 20, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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June 24, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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Today marks SIX whole years since my first day at Feiwel & Friends 🥹🫶🏾
Picture of bald Black man being interviewed, with caption that says: “It gives me, I think they call it ‘endorphins’ “
June 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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One of the most unhinged stories I’ve ever read…so naturally I HAD to have it!!!💀
taliatuck.bsky.social Talia Tucker @taliatuck.bsky.social · May 20
GHOSTED will be hitting your shelves Fall 2026, just in time for spooky season. I’m so excited to work with
@foyinsipub.bsky.social and the team at Feiwel and Friends on the unhinged novel of my dreams 👻
May 20, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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"What big teeth you've got!" Check out the animated trailer for The Big Bad Wolf Murder, a fairytale whodunnit coming this September. Action-packed noir with bite, for readers aged 7+. Read the first chapter and pre-order here: www.pgbellwriter.com/the-big-bad-... #KidLit #KidLitUK
May 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Can finally publicly squeal about this dreamy cover!!! 🥹🥹🥹

Get your copy🫶🏾: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
carolinebonin.bsky.social Caroline Bonin @carolinebonin.bsky.social · May 13
✨COVER REVEAL✨

I’m thrilled to share the cover for A Barista’s Guide to Love & Larceny!!

I’m so in love with this dreamy art by @dcpender.💜

My debut novel releases 1/13/26 from Feiwel & Friends/Macmillan @macmillanusa - and you can preorder it today!

#coverreveal #yafantasy #cozyfantasy #booksky
May 14, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Editing this manuscript has made me crave Korean corn dogs BADLY.

Mind you, I’ve never even had them before. But obviously I need to remedy that asap.
a woman is sitting in a pink chair with her hands outstretched and the words yup written on the bottom of her face .
ALT: a woman is sitting in a pink chair with her hands outstretched and the words yup written on the bottom of her face .
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May 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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For this fine B&N 25% off sale, might I interest anyone in the cozy fantasy romance (with a heist!) of my dreams? Or a fantasy murder mystery based on little red riding hood (also of my dreams!)?👀

Code: PREORDER25

💖: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-baristas...

🐺: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-big-ba...
Screenshot of descriptive copy for A BARISTA’S GUIDE TO LOVE AND LARCENY. Keynote reads: This cozy fantasy romance combines magic, college life, and first love into a sweetly brewed and delicious read about a girl roped into investigating a company's dangerous product! Screenshot of descriptive copy for THE BIG BAD WOLF MURDER. Keynote reads: A girl accused of killing a famous wolf must solve his murder while on the run, in this thrilling and adventurous twist on Little Red Riding Hood!
April 24, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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LOVE IN 280 CHARACTERS OR LESS published today 🥳🥳

Mixed media storytelling is totally the way to my heart but when you add a relatable main character who’s chronically online, creative, and couldn’t be more of a romantic…yeah you got me!

🔗: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Me—a 29 year old Black woman in a black dress, sunglasses, and scarf tied around my head—holding a copy of the book LOVE IN 280 CHARACTERS OR LESS and smiling. First page of LOVE IN 280 CHARACTERS OR LESS designed to look like a public blog post titled “The End of Everything” from August 23 at 10:15am Page from LOVE IN 280 formatted to look like a text message screenshot between main character and her best friend Malcolm. Syd’s first text message: Malcolm Elijah FordIII!!! Malcolm’s response: Yes, Syd? Syd’s second message: How does one make friends?
April 16, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Officially out!🥳

Trains are one of my fave transportations so it’s no surprise that I edited a mystery set on a train (several now actually 🤸🏾‍♀️). BUT between the stalker and assassin and “kill code” in this story…very glad none of my train rides were with Hal!

🔗: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Picture of me (a brown skin Black 29-year-old girl) posing in front of train tracks, smiling and holding up my iPad, which shows the cover for THE ARCTIC RAILWAY ASSASSIN by M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman Close up picture of me (a brown skin Black 29-year-old girl) on a train smiling and holding up my iPad, which shows the cover for THE ARCTIC RAILWAY ASSASSIN by M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman Book cover for THE ARCTIC RAILWAY ASSASSIN showing a boy holding on to the side of a moving train, with a man leaning out of train window and a girl on a reindeer sled beside the train. Screenshot of excerpt from THE ARCTIC RAILWAY ASSASSIN. It reads: another chair as he sat down beside her. Hal took the opposite seat, blinking his eyes to wake himself up. The dim lighting in the warm bar was making him feel sleepy. "Did Uncle Nat tell you that I like to solve mysteries as well as draw?" Hal asked Morti. "Do you know, he didn't." Morti smiled at Uncle Nat. "But I've read about a few of your cases in the newspapers. It seems you two are a lot alike." "We are." Hal felt a little put out that his uncle hadn't mentioned his detective skills to his friend. "When I arrived, I could see he was worrying about the inexplicable things that've been happening to you. I wondered if I could help." "I'm not sure if you can." Morti shook her head. "The police haven't been able to make sense of it." "Let me try." "All right, then, well, this will sound peculiar," Morti said, folding her hands into her lap, "but my possessions keep dis-appearing." "Which possessions?" "Let me start at the beginning. The first odd thing happened nearly two months ago. My apartment in Copenhagen was burgled." "Oh!" Hal exclaimed. "That's awful." "It was an unpleasant experience." Mortimer nodded. "The place was turned upside down: My papers scattered, my drawers pulled out, my clothes on the floor, but the thieves must've been startled because nothing was taken."
April 9, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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🤩

🔗: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
March 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Birthday Girl 🫶🏾
Picture of me - a brownskin Black girl - posing in a sequined blue evening gown, black opera gloves, and silver jewelry on a staircase. Close cropped picture of me - a brownskin Black girl - smiling in a sequined blue evening gown, black opera gloves, and silver jewelry on a staircase.
March 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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If there are any Palestinian authors who’d like a First 50 Pages critique on their MG or YA fiction manuscript, please feel free to reach out 🫶🏾
February 22, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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I need someone to please write me a YuGiOh-inspired YA or NA novel 🙂‍↕️ #mswl
February 18, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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It’s fun starting a new hobby with ADHD because I never know if I’ve found a new lifelong passion or if I’m going to spend $2000 on stuff and immediately lose all interest
February 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Happy #MSWLDay to all who celebrate 🥳

I’d definitely say some of my dream projects are:

-HBCU Poly Romance!
-“Blank Space” song in book form!
-MG whimsical like HOW TO SAVE A QUEENDOM!

In-depth explanation of my tastes: www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/fo...

#mswl
February 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our First Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 12, 2025. 🎉🎉🎉

Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying.

Learn more here: manuscriptwishlist.com/the-next-off...
The Next Official #MSWL Day: February 12, 2025 – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website
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January 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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It's old-ish news, but thought I'd post my announcement here for posterity 💖 #bookdeals #dealannouncements #booksky
January 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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LOVE IN 280 CHARACTERS OR LESS is one of the books I’m SO incredibly excited about on my list (I loveee a mixed-media format ala TTYL)!

Cover Artist: Kgabo Mametja
Designer: Abby Granata

If anyone wants guaranteed access to the egalley, here’s a request form👀: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Book cover for LOVE IN 280 CHARACTERS OR LESS by Ravynn K. Stringfield showing a Black girl lying on her stomach and smiling at her phone. Text message bubbles float around her and tagline reads: “College classes and online crushes…what could go wrong?” Screenshot of first page of LOVE IN 280 CHARACTERS OR LESS. Top of page notes it as Chapter 1, then below that: #CVUNewSharks. The rest of the page looks like a screengrab of the start of a blog post titled “The End of Everything” published August 23, 10:15am. Screenshot of page from LOVE IN 280 CHARACTERS OR LESS. Top of page is designed to look like a Twitter thread between main character Sydney Ciara and a girl named Angie, as they agree to grab coffee on campus. The rest of the page looks like a screengrab of the beginning of a blog post titled “Baby Hairs” published August 25, 4:52pm. Screenshot of page from LOVE IN 280 CHARACTERS OR LESS designed to look like a screengrab of the end of a blog post that reads: and I took the opportunity to be bold and leaned forward to kiss him. We could have stayed there the entire night, smiling at each other like goons, me committing the landscape of his face to memory, but I was getting sleepy, so I finally extracted myself from the truck to go inside. Xavier walked me all the way to my door and kissed me on the cheek before wishing me a good night. “So,” he said before turning away. “Was an entire day with me that bad?” My hand caught on my door handle. “Nah, it was pretty epic.” And friends, he doubled back and kissed me, right there in the hall. It was pretty epic.
February 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM