Kaia Alderson
@kaiawrites.bsky.social
Author of #SistersInArms & #InALeagueOfHerOwn. 100% Intelligent Black Child. Jedi Rebel Scum. Rep: Kevan Lyon/MarsalLyonLit. Photo: Jillisa Hope Milner
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Happy Veterans Day.
To everyone who has served — thank you. All veterans deserve dignity and respect, no matter race, gender or sexuality. Today and every day, let’s honor them with action.
To everyone who has served — thank you. All veterans deserve dignity and respect, no matter race, gender or sexuality. Today and every day, let’s honor them with action.
November 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Happy Veterans Day.
To everyone who has served — thank you. All veterans deserve dignity and respect, no matter race, gender or sexuality. Today and every day, let’s honor them with action.
To everyone who has served — thank you. All veterans deserve dignity and respect, no matter race, gender or sexuality. Today and every day, let’s honor them with action.
Congratulations to the Los Angeles Dodgers! ⚾💙
If the #WorldSeries reignited your love for the game…
Let me put the perfect novel in your hands:
⚾ Women breaking barriers
⚾ The joy of victory
⚾ An underdog worth cheering for
www.harpercollins.com/products/in-...
If the #WorldSeries reignited your love for the game…
Let me put the perfect novel in your hands:
⚾ Women breaking barriers
⚾ The joy of victory
⚾ An underdog worth cheering for
www.harpercollins.com/products/in-...
November 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Congratulations to the Los Angeles Dodgers! ⚾💙
If the #WorldSeries reignited your love for the game…
Let me put the perfect novel in your hands:
⚾ Women breaking barriers
⚾ The joy of victory
⚾ An underdog worth cheering for
www.harpercollins.com/products/in-...
If the #WorldSeries reignited your love for the game…
Let me put the perfect novel in your hands:
⚾ Women breaking barriers
⚾ The joy of victory
⚾ An underdog worth cheering for
www.harpercollins.com/products/in-...
Outlining an essay based on my travel experiences from the last 24 hours... for publication. Ha!
Considering a satirical slant bc @caitlinkunkel.bsky.social's voice is in my head
Considering a satirical slant bc @caitlinkunkel.bsky.social's voice is in my head
September 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Outlining an essay based on my travel experiences from the last 24 hours... for publication. Ha!
Considering a satirical slant bc @caitlinkunkel.bsky.social's voice is in my head
Considering a satirical slant bc @caitlinkunkel.bsky.social's voice is in my head
Some light reading while my car gets serviced.
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August 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Some light reading while my car gets serviced.
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7 year old: Mommy, what does ironic mean?
Me: Uhhhh... it's like getting something for free when you've already paid for it.
Shout out to @alanismorissette.bsky.social for making me sound great at before coffee o'clock this morning.
Me: Uhhhh... it's like getting something for free when you've already paid for it.
Shout out to @alanismorissette.bsky.social for making me sound great at before coffee o'clock this morning.
March 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
7 year old: Mommy, what does ironic mean?
Me: Uhhhh... it's like getting something for free when you've already paid for it.
Shout out to @alanismorissette.bsky.social for making me sound great at before coffee o'clock this morning.
Me: Uhhhh... it's like getting something for free when you've already paid for it.
Shout out to @alanismorissette.bsky.social for making me sound great at before coffee o'clock this morning.
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In this episode of AAHIAH, we highlight Effa Louise Manley, the first woman of any race to run a professional baseball team. As co-owner of the Newark Eagles, she shaped Black baseball and fought for civil rights, equality, and social change during WWII.
In this episode of AAHIAH, we highlight Effa Louise Manley, the first woman of any race to run a professional baseball team. As co-owner of the Newark Eagles, she shaped Black baseball and fought for civil rights, equality, and social change during WWII.
AAHIAH Episode #90: The Effa Manley Story [The first woman to run a baseball team]
YouTube video by African American History Is AMERICAN History
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March 17, 2025 at 11:13 AM
youtu.be/Kb2XnjlnfAM
In this episode of AAHIAH, we highlight Effa Louise Manley, the first woman of any race to run a professional baseball team. As co-owner of the Newark Eagles, she shaped Black baseball and fought for civil rights, equality, and social change during WWII.
In this episode of AAHIAH, we highlight Effa Louise Manley, the first woman of any race to run a professional baseball team. As co-owner of the Newark Eagles, she shaped Black baseball and fought for civil rights, equality, and social change during WWII.
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Help me identify this WWII soldier for a story I'm writing. My deadline is Feb. 14. The portrait was made between 1943 & 1945 in Pittsburgh's Hill District. He has a rifle medal on his chest, Service Forces patch & a Corps of Engineers insignia on his hat. Please repost & help me ID him. 🗃️
January 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Help me identify this WWII soldier for a story I'm writing. My deadline is Feb. 14. The portrait was made between 1943 & 1945 in Pittsburgh's Hill District. He has a rifle medal on his chest, Service Forces patch & a Corps of Engineers insignia on his hat. Please repost & help me ID him. 🗃️
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Let me tell you something daddy... fumbling a solid woman is the greatest pain of you LIFE
Four years after their split, Bill Gates is now saying that his divorce from Melinda French Gates is ‘the mistake I most regret’
January 27, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Let me tell you something daddy... fumbling a solid woman is the greatest pain of you LIFE
As I scroll through all the squabbling on social media, I think it's safe to say that we haven't reached our Rosa Parks arrest moment yet.
We're not even close.
We're not even close.
January 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
As I scroll through all the squabbling on social media, I think it's safe to say that we haven't reached our Rosa Parks arrest moment yet.
We're not even close.
We're not even close.
This book picked the right week to show up in my mailbox. The Universe knew.
January 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This book picked the right week to show up in my mailbox. The Universe knew.
without downloading any pics, where are you mentally?
January 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
without downloading any pics, where are you mentally?
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ATTENTION RESTAURANTS:
I'm gonna need you to stop making me pretend I'm placing an online order just to view your menu.
I'm gonna need you to stop making me pretend I'm placing an online order just to view your menu.
January 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
ATTENTION RESTAURANTS:
I'm gonna need you to stop making me pretend I'm placing an online order just to view your menu.
I'm gonna need you to stop making me pretend I'm placing an online order just to view your menu.
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Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who became the first Black nurse in the U.S. Army Air Corps after President Harry S. Truman desegregated it in 1948, has died at age 104.
First Black woman to serve in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after desegregation dies
Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who became the first Black nurse in the U.S. Army Air Corps after President Harry S. Truman desegregated it in 1948, has died at age 104.
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January 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who became the first Black nurse in the U.S. Army Air Corps after President Harry S. Truman desegregated it in 1948, has died at age 104.
Is the Aaliyah Barbie doll sold out already?!
Damn, damn, damn!
Damn, damn, damn!
January 16, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Is the Aaliyah Barbie doll sold out already?!
Damn, damn, damn!
Damn, damn, damn!
Working on a new book proposal. It has Sisters in Arms vibes, but with more rage.
Think what if Eliza and Grace chose violence. 😇
Think what if Eliza and Grace chose violence. 😇
January 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Working on a new book proposal. It has Sisters in Arms vibes, but with more rage.
Think what if Eliza and Grace chose violence. 😇
Think what if Eliza and Grace chose violence. 😇
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@kaiawrites.bsky.social
I started reading 'In A League of Her Own' a day ago and haven't put it down. What a good book, a story well told.
It gets the 'Tia Seal of Approval'
I started reading 'In A League of Her Own' a day ago and haven't put it down. What a good book, a story well told.
It gets the 'Tia Seal of Approval'
January 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
@kaiawrites.bsky.social
I started reading 'In A League of Her Own' a day ago and haven't put it down. What a good book, a story well told.
It gets the 'Tia Seal of Approval'
I started reading 'In A League of Her Own' a day ago and haven't put it down. What a good book, a story well told.
It gets the 'Tia Seal of Approval'
Dr. Alexander Augusta was among the 8 Black surgeons who served in the Civil War. (He remonstrated disparities in pay & twice survived mob violence in uniform).He ran Savannah’s Lincoln Hospital, a private practice in DC, & was faculty at Howard. He was interred at Arlington National Cemetery.
December 31, 2024 at 3:38 PM
I see #TheSixTripleEight "experts" are starting to crawl out of the woodwork, loud and wrong.
Cite your sources, people. I for damn sure can cite mine.
Cite your sources, people. I for damn sure can cite mine.
December 27, 2024 at 3:38 PM
I see #TheSixTripleEight "experts" are starting to crawl out of the woodwork, loud and wrong.
Cite your sources, people. I for damn sure can cite mine.
Cite your sources, people. I for damn sure can cite mine.
Bookbub just listed my #SixTripleEight novel #SistersInArms as one of the greatest WW2 novels of all time. I... 😭
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The Best World War II Novels of All Time
Epic, heartbreaking, and hopeful, these books will captivate you.
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December 24, 2024 at 6:04 PM
Bookbub just listed my #SixTripleEight novel #SistersInArms as one of the greatest WW2 novels of all time. I... 😭
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Want more of #TheSixTripleEight? Listen to the #SistersInArms #audiobook while you wrap gifts and finish up your last minute holiday projects.
Libro.fm has a 30% off sale through Jan 10. Use code 30OFFAUDIOBOOK2024: libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
Audible US: www.audible.com/pd/Sisters-i...
Libro.fm has a 30% off sale through Jan 10. Use code 30OFFAUDIOBOOK2024: libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
Audible US: www.audible.com/pd/Sisters-i...
December 21, 2024 at 4:27 PM
Thank you (ret) Col. Edna Cummings for your years of tireless work on Capitol Hill to honor #TheSixTripleEight w the Congressional Gold Medal in 2022.
I can't wait for the rest of the world to learn YOUR story next year. Pre-order: upress.virginia.edu/title/10090/
I can't wait for the rest of the world to learn YOUR story next year. Pre-order: upress.virginia.edu/title/10090/
December 21, 2024 at 4:26 PM
Thank you (ret) Col. Edna Cummings for your years of tireless work on Capitol Hill to honor #TheSixTripleEight w the Congressional Gold Medal in 2022.
I can't wait for the rest of the world to learn YOUR story next year. Pre-order: upress.virginia.edu/title/10090/
I can't wait for the rest of the world to learn YOUR story next year. Pre-order: upress.virginia.edu/title/10090/
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REPEAT AFTER ME:
I am prepared to receive ANY (worthy) OPPORTUNITY that comes my way.
I am prepared to receive ANY (worthy) OPPORTUNITY that comes my way.
December 21, 2024 at 4:22 PM
REPEAT AFTER ME:
I am prepared to receive ANY (worthy) OPPORTUNITY that comes my way.
I am prepared to receive ANY (worthy) OPPORTUNITY that comes my way.
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About to watch The Six Triple Eight???
Read Sisters in Arms by @kaiawrites.bsky.social
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Read Sisters in Arms by @kaiawrites.bsky.social
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Sisters in Arms
“Sisters in Arms is heartwarming but fierce, a novel brimming with camaraderie and fire, starring women you’d love to make your friends. Prickly, musical Grace and bubbly, privileged Eliza may not mak...
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December 21, 2024 at 11:19 AM
About to watch The Six Triple Eight???
Read Sisters in Arms by @kaiawrites.bsky.social
www.harpercollins.com/products/sis...
Read Sisters in Arms by @kaiawrites.bsky.social
www.harpercollins.com/products/sis...
Want more of #TheSixTripleEight? Listen to the #SistersInArms #audiobook while you wrap gifts and finish up your last minute holiday projects.
Libro.fm has a 30% off sale through Jan 10. Use code 30OFFAUDIOBOOK2024: libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
Audible US: www.audible.com/pd/Sisters-i...
Libro.fm has a 30% off sale through Jan 10. Use code 30OFFAUDIOBOOK2024: libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
Audible US: www.audible.com/pd/Sisters-i...
December 21, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Want more of #TheSixTripleEight? Listen to the #SistersInArms #audiobook while you wrap gifts and finish up your last minute holiday projects.
Libro.fm has a 30% off sale through Jan 10. Use code 30OFFAUDIOBOOK2024: libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
Audible US: www.audible.com/pd/Sisters-i...
Libro.fm has a 30% off sale through Jan 10. Use code 30OFFAUDIOBOOK2024: libro.fm/audiobooks/9...
Audible US: www.audible.com/pd/Sisters-i...
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Friends and fellow fans of Farrah Rochon, Netgalley has the audiobook ARC of Bemused up! It releases Jan 7th.
#Booksky #blackbooksky #SciFi #Fantasy #YA
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#Booksky #blackbooksky #SciFi #Fantasy #YA
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Bemused
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December 21, 2024 at 12:04 AM
Friends and fellow fans of Farrah Rochon, Netgalley has the audiobook ARC of Bemused up! It releases Jan 7th.
#Booksky #blackbooksky #SciFi #Fantasy #YA
www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...
#Booksky #blackbooksky #SciFi #Fantasy #YA
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