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Heather Kassner
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🖤 Author / SPELLWRIGHT (Atheneum/S&S 2026) / Rep: Victoria Marini & Sheyla Knigge
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Heather Kassner @heatherkassner.bsky.social · Feb 4
Sill laughing, still crying, with the sweetness of this news: SPELLWRIGHT is going to be published by Atheneum/S&S in Fall 2026.
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As a THANK YOU to future YOU'RE DEAD TO ME, REED WALKER readers & supporters who’ll be with me from the beginning I'm holding an ✨appreciation giveaway✨

On 10/21 a winner will be chosen at random & announced in my first newsletter! Link in my bio! 👻👻

#WritingCommunity #debut #newsletter #booksky
October 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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marleyroseteter.bsky.social
Well, the rabbit's out of the PM bag! I have a lot of thoughts on what it means at last to be fulfilling the dream I've nurtured since I was 7 years old, but for right now I'm afraid all I have for you is the mental image of me flapping in a circle while I shout, I'M GOING TO BE A PUBLISHED AUTHOR!!
Publishers Marketplace Deal Report for THE BONE BRIDES, by Marley Rose-Teter. Imprint: Page Street. Marley Rose-Teter's THE BONE BRIDES, pitched as Howl's Moving Castle by way of Guillermo del Toro, in which a girl must save her changeling girlfriend from a terrifying faerie realm before they both end up trapped in skins not their own, to Lauren Knowles at Page Street, for publication in fall 2026, by Hannah Andrade at Bradford Literary Agency (world English). The PM announcement is decorated with a border image showing a moody autumnal forest and some cute skeleton bunnies.
October 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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it's a GOODREADS GIVEAWAY! 🔥

enter before October 10th to win!

@erewhonbooks.bsky.social and @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social are giving away 100 ARCs of The Iron Garden Sutra 🤯

www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

*US entrants only
It's a GOODREADS GIVEAWAY! Enter by October 10 for your chance to win one of 100 ARCs! Use the link below to enter: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/422667-the-iron-garden-sutra *US entrants only
September 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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cxorlando.bsky.social
I don't know how it got to be the end of summer but...

Hi! I'm the book content editor for Reactor Mag and I'm looking for 2026 sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and crossover speculative books! If you've got an adult or YA SFFH book publishing next year please share the link/info here!
August 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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dragons.bsky.social
So excited to share the beautiful cover of my debut fantasy, #ThePoetEmpress, which I am absolutely floored by! 🥰 It's comes out from Bramble 01.20.26 next year!

(Credits to artist Kelly Chong & designer Esther S. Kim!)

bit.ly/ThePoetEmpress
The cover of Bramble's edition of The Poet Empress by Shen Tao
May 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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jozettewrites.bsky.social
We’re going to GREECE!!
April 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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laurenanalepa.bsky.social
Hi #PortfolioDay !
I'm Lauren, a comic writer/illustrator and high school art teacher (teaching a comics course)

I'm eager to work on ya, genre fiction, and queer stories. I'm repped by @sknigge.bsky.social at High Line Literary 💖

you can find my work and commission info at
laurenanalepa.com
comic page in mostly purple and teal. the first panel has a black blotch appearing. The caption text reads "but when I moved my eyes, the blotch moved with my gaze--" in the second panel, a girl with a bob is peeking into a cubicle, asking "Hey Elisabeth, I think I need to go." to a blonde woman, who is looking over in surprise. In the third and final panel, the blond woman is shown from the front, but her face is obscured by an ink splotch. A caption text box reads "--and it was slowly growing larger." a two page comic spread with vibrant, sunset colors. The first page is three panels, starting with a caption text box reading "Beacon's Landing, Sunset." Panel 1: a redheaded witch is flying towards a tower on a broom, with a magpie flying next to her. the sun is setting behind the tower. In the second panel, she's touching down from her broom onto a cobblestone street. The third panel shows some people in witches' hats walking, their shadows long in the sunset light. Page two is a single panel of the same redheaded witch looking up at a tall building. A second caption reads "Artificer's Square, Artisan District." a character design layout of a man in a green three piece suit with tails. He has the expression of the criminally insane. two girls stand back to back in front of a medieval style window set into a stone wall. The light coming in the window is cold and blue. On the left is a girl with elven ears and white hair, holding a sword. Her eyes are cast towards the girl behind her, and her expression is a mixture of angry and sad. On the right is a girl with long red hair. She is also looking back behind her at the other girl, but her expression is just sad
April 8, 2025 at 12:26 PM
heatherkassner.bsky.social
I typed The End on SPELLWRIGHT!!! And it’s in my editor’s hands!!! 🎉
March 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
heatherkassner.bsky.social
PM official! I’m so excited SPELLWRIGHT, my debut YA, will be publishing with Atheneum/S&S in Fall 2026. It has:

💫 A cozy spellshop
🖤 Unbreakable curses
💫 A Howl-adjacent, sleepy-eyed magician
🖤 A dust-fingered spellwright
💫 A barefoot ball
🖤 A gargoyle-guarded library
💫 A spoiled marmalade cat
February 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
heatherkassner.bsky.social
Just…I love writing. It’s like having a dream I actually remember in the morning.
February 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
heatherkassner.bsky.social
My gram is the reason I love hummingbirds, fairy tales, and writing about magic. She’s also the reason I’m still on Facebook! 🤣 When I posted about SPELLWRIGHT, she was right there replying, saying she can’t wait for publication and my heart twinged. She’s 98, and that feels like magic too. ✨
February 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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I simply cannot wait for SPELLWRIGHT!! I tumbled headfirst into @heatherkassner.bsky.social ‘s delicious, sparkling, luminous world and fell utterly in love. This one’s good for what ails ya! A cozy warm heart hug, with the perfect dash of magic and smooches—what more could a gal ask for? ✨
February 4, 2025 at 10:34 PM
heatherkassner.bsky.social
Nothing better than book mail!!!! 🖤💜🤍 @maryaverling.bsky.social
Photo of a hand holding the book The Ghosts of Bitterfly Bay by Mary Averling in front of a bookshelf.
February 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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sknigge.bsky.social
So excited for the world to fall for Fia and her magic the way we have 😍
February 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
heatherkassner.bsky.social
Sill laughing, still crying, with the sweetness of this news: SPELLWRIGHT is going to be published by Atheneum/S&S in Fall 2026.
February 4, 2025 at 10:54 PM
heatherkassner.bsky.social
Really missing my dad today. ♥️
Photo of a little girl sitting on the couch next to her dad, who she loves very much.
January 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
heatherkassner.bsky.social
I’ve been long overdue for a new author photo, and thanks to my husband, I finally have one. 🦋
Author portrait of a woman with long hair, wearing a black shirt with butterflies and a tiny skull necklace
January 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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✨ Blurb Reveal ✨

Only nine weeks remain until THE UNDERWILD: RIVER OF SPIRITS magically appears on shelves! Get ready to explore the Underworld on March 25, 2025 (Aladdin books/S&S) ✨

This blurb is from Heather Kassner, who has been an incredible friend and champion of my writing 🖤✨
Blurb for THE UNDERWILD: RIVER OF SPIRITS that reads: An unforgettable tale that ferries you into the dark heart of the Underworld, where myths are wonderfully (and wickedly) real, hope counters grief, and perilous adventure abounds. Blurb by Heather Kassner, author of The Bone Garden, The Forest of Stars, and The Plentiful Darkness.
January 21, 2025 at 3:08 AM
heatherkassner.bsky.social
Really liking my inbox right now. 😌
January 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
heatherkassner.bsky.social
Wrote my first words of 2025 today, and this small thing felt like a very big thing. ✨
January 3, 2025 at 1:53 AM
heatherkassner.bsky.social
Happy Friday the 13th! 🖤
Photo of a calico tabby cat standing beside a stack of middle grade books, including THE BONE GARDEN, GHOST SQUAD, THE FOREST OF STARS, THE DARK LORD CLEMENTINE, THE PLENTIFUL DARKNESS, EDEN’s EVERDARK, and WHICHWOOD. Vased flowers are blurry in the background.
October 13, 2023 at 7:29 PM
heatherkassner.bsky.social
Happy October 1st! 🖤🍂🫖🤎🎃
A photo of Halloween trinkets, including cute fall birds, a glittering purple owl, a cat with huge eyes in a witch hat, a beware sign, a typewriter with a skull hand, a potion jar, a little pumpkin, and 3 books, The Plentiful Darkness, The Bone Garden, and The Forest of Stars.
October 1, 2023 at 2:59 PM
heatherkassner.bsky.social
THE END!! I typed these lovely words yesterday, and can I just scream now? *screams*
August 10, 2023 at 4:09 PM
heatherkassner.bsky.social
All my books have birthdays in August!! 🖤
Photo of books laid out on the floor in an alternating pattern, including multiple copies of The Bone Garden, The Forest of Stars, and The Plentiful Darkness.
August 3, 2023 at 2:07 PM
heatherkassner.bsky.social
Hi, all! I love everything books—especially those that are magical, whimsical, strange, and dark.

My books include THE BONE GARDEN, THE FOREST OF STARS, and THE PLENTIFUL DARKNESS. 🖤
Photo of a coffee table with 3 books in a stack, including The Plentiful Darkness, The Forest of Stars, and The Bone Garden. The background is a blurry bookshelf
July 24, 2023 at 5:11 PM