Lina Chern
@linachern.bsky.social
Author. Fool. Mary Higgins Clark Award, Lefty & Anthony nominations for PLAY THE FOOL (2023, @randomhouse). 2025: TRICKS OF FORTUNE
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The ALCA community has lost our co-founder, Kelly Weaver - an autism mom who established a place where kids like her daughter and my son Leo could thrive. Please visit the fundraising link below to honor Kelly's memory and support the future of her beloved daughter Gillian.
gofund.me/f6acd2d8d
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November 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The ALCA community has lost our co-founder, Kelly Weaver - an autism mom who established a place where kids like her daughter and my son Leo could thrive. Please visit the fundraising link below to honor Kelly's memory and support the future of her beloved daughter Gillian.
gofund.me/f6acd2d8d
gofund.me/f6acd2d8d
Join me for a discussion of TRICKS OF FORTUNE with partner-in-crime Susanna Calkins, this Thursday at 7 pm at Barnes & Noble Mellody Farms, 901 N. Milwaukee, Vernon Hills. This store is right in my backyard, folks. Come see for yourself the real-life inspiration for Katie True's stomping grounds!
August 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Join me for a discussion of TRICKS OF FORTUNE with partner-in-crime Susanna Calkins, this Thursday at 7 pm at Barnes & Noble Mellody Farms, 901 N. Milwaukee, Vernon Hills. This store is right in my backyard, folks. Come see for yourself the real-life inspiration for Katie True's stomping grounds!
Chicago folks: this event is nearly full! Let’s stuff a few more folks into About Time Bookstore on 7/1 to watch me chat with @jamesdfhannah.bsky.social about TRICKS OF FORTUNE. Did I mention there will be cake? There will be cake.
Register link in my bio.
Register link in my bio.
June 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Chicago folks: this event is nearly full! Let’s stuff a few more folks into About Time Bookstore on 7/1 to watch me chat with @jamesdfhannah.bsky.social about TRICKS OF FORTUNE. Did I mention there will be cake? There will be cake.
Register link in my bio.
Register link in my bio.
Chicago folks! Join us for the launch of TRICKS OF FORTUNE on 7/1 at About Time Bookstore in Libertyville! I'll be chatting with @jamesdfhannah.bsky.social, so get ready for a good time. Space is limited, so please register below:
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June 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Chicago folks! Join us for the launch of TRICKS OF FORTUNE on 7/1 at About Time Bookstore in Libertyville! I'll be chatting with @jamesdfhannah.bsky.social, so get ready for a good time. Space is limited, so please register below:
www.eventbrite.com/e/tricks-of-...
www.eventbrite.com/e/tricks-of-...
ONE DAY ONLY! Head over to your favorite digital retailer to grab a copy of PLAY THE FOOL today for only $1.99! It's the perfect time to enter the Foolverse before TRICKS OF FORTUNE comes your way on July 1st.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/711948...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/711948...
June 14, 2025 at 12:35 PM
ONE DAY ONLY! Head over to your favorite digital retailer to grab a copy of PLAY THE FOOL today for only $1.99! It's the perfect time to enter the Foolverse before TRICKS OF FORTUNE comes your way on July 1st.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/711948...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/711948...
One month away from the release of TRICKS OF FORTUNE! I'm excited to share Katie's new tarot card adventure with you. Check my bio for links to advance reads, great press from Kirkus and Publishers Weekly, and most of all, PREORDER! This one's special, folks, and I can't wait for you to read it.
June 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
One month away from the release of TRICKS OF FORTUNE! I'm excited to share Katie's new tarot card adventure with you. Check my bio for links to advance reads, great press from Kirkus and Publishers Weekly, and most of all, PREORDER! This one's special, folks, and I can't wait for you to read it.
May is here, and so is another shot to win a copy of TRICKS OF FORTUNE, Katie True's next foolish adventure. Enter to win what Publishers Weekly calls "a spirited good time."
Enter: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
Preorder: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/711949...
Enter: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
Preorder: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/711949...
May 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
May is here, and so is another shot to win a copy of TRICKS OF FORTUNE, Katie True's next foolish adventure. Enter to win what Publishers Weekly calls "a spirited good time."
Enter: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
Preorder: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/711949...
Enter: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
Preorder: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/711949...
The @cooklibrary.bsky.social Local Author Fair is tomorrow! Stop by, say hi, snag a signed copy of PLAY THE FOOL, and preorder your copy of TRICKS OF FORTUNE, which Publishers Weekly calls "a spirited good time."
Sat 4/26 10am-12pm
Aspen Drive Library (701 Aspen Dr., Vernon Hills
See you there!
Sat 4/26 10am-12pm
Aspen Drive Library (701 Aspen Dr., Vernon Hills
See you there!
April 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The @cooklibrary.bsky.social Local Author Fair is tomorrow! Stop by, say hi, snag a signed copy of PLAY THE FOOL, and preorder your copy of TRICKS OF FORTUNE, which Publishers Weekly calls "a spirited good time."
Sat 4/26 10am-12pm
Aspen Drive Library (701 Aspen Dr., Vernon Hills
See you there!
Sat 4/26 10am-12pm
Aspen Drive Library (701 Aspen Dr., Vernon Hills
See you there!
There's still time to run over to Goodreads and take your shot at a finished copy of TRICKS OF FORTUNE!
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent...
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent...
April 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
There's still time to run over to Goodreads and take your shot at a finished copy of TRICKS OF FORTUNE!
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent...
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent...
TRICKS OF FORTUNE galleys have arrived! Check out Katie True’s brand-new adventure on Netgalley and Edelweiss. Preorder link in bio.
April 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
TRICKS OF FORTUNE galleys have arrived! Check out Katie True’s brand-new adventure on Netgalley and Edelweiss. Preorder link in bio.
If you are trying to avoid me at #leftcoastcrime, this is where I'll be, so you can be somewhere else.
#lcc2025 @hollywest.bsky.social @kaphillips.bsky.social @ajdevlin.bsky.social @swierczy.bsky.social
#lcc2025 @hollywest.bsky.social @kaphillips.bsky.social @ajdevlin.bsky.social @swierczy.bsky.social
March 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
If you are trying to avoid me at #leftcoastcrime, this is where I'll be, so you can be somewhere else.
#lcc2025 @hollywest.bsky.social @kaphillips.bsky.social @ajdevlin.bsky.social @swierczy.bsky.social
#lcc2025 @hollywest.bsky.social @kaphillips.bsky.social @ajdevlin.bsky.social @swierczy.bsky.social
TONIGHT! Join us at ERIS Brewery for a night of dark tales appropriate for the dead of winter. See you there! @tracyc1.bsky.social @michellefalkoff.com @jakehinkson.bsky.social @danielkraus.com @reganmacarthur.bsky.social @mpmthewriter.bsky.social @loriraderday.bsky.social
February 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
TONIGHT! Join us at ERIS Brewery for a night of dark tales appropriate for the dead of winter. See you there! @tracyc1.bsky.social @michellefalkoff.com @jakehinkson.bsky.social @danielkraus.com @reganmacarthur.bsky.social @mpmthewriter.bsky.social @loriraderday.bsky.social
Join us in 2 weeks at ERIS Brewery and Cider House for a stellar (and recently updated) lineup of Chicago crime fiction. See you there! @tracyc1.bsky.social @michellefalkoff.com @jakehinkson.bsky.social @danielkraus.com @reganmacarthur.bsky.social @mpmthewriter.bsky.social @loriraderday.bsky.social
February 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Join us in 2 weeks at ERIS Brewery and Cider House for a stellar (and recently updated) lineup of Chicago crime fiction. See you there! @tracyc1.bsky.social @michellefalkoff.com @jakehinkson.bsky.social @danielkraus.com @reganmacarthur.bsky.social @mpmthewriter.bsky.social @loriraderday.bsky.social
Doing my crime fiction homework.
February 1, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Doing my crime fiction homework.
Stopped off at @poisonedpen.bsky.social for a lovely chat with @filmintuition.bsky.social and this new one from @jordanharper.bsky.social!
January 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Stopped off at @poisonedpen.bsky.social for a lovely chat with @filmintuition.bsky.social and this new one from @jordanharper.bsky.social!
Shameless airport self-promo incoming! Thanks, Barbara’s Bookstore!
January 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Shameless airport self-promo incoming! Thanks, Barbara’s Bookstore!
Please join us on February 20th at ERIS Brewery & Cider House for an evening of murdery goodness! There may be a mysterious staircase involved.
@loriraderday.bsky.social @tracyc1.bsky.social @michellefalkoff.com @jakehinkson.bsky.social @fulmerford.bsky.social @reganmacarthur.bsky.social
@loriraderday.bsky.social @tracyc1.bsky.social @michellefalkoff.com @jakehinkson.bsky.social @fulmerford.bsky.social @reganmacarthur.bsky.social
January 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Please join us on February 20th at ERIS Brewery & Cider House for an evening of murdery goodness! There may be a mysterious staircase involved.
@loriraderday.bsky.social @tracyc1.bsky.social @michellefalkoff.com @jakehinkson.bsky.social @fulmerford.bsky.social @reganmacarthur.bsky.social
@loriraderday.bsky.social @tracyc1.bsky.social @michellefalkoff.com @jakehinkson.bsky.social @fulmerford.bsky.social @reganmacarthur.bsky.social
This summer, Katie True returns in TRICKS OF FORTUNE, a brand-new tarot card mystery. Smash that preorder button today!
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/711949...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/711949...
December 2, 2024 at 4:31 PM
This summer, Katie True returns in TRICKS OF FORTUNE, a brand-new tarot card mystery. Smash that preorder button today!
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/711949...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/711949...
FEVER HOUSE by @keithrosson.bsky.social is terrifying AF, but also, will you look at this prose? This book hits all the marks - original, imaginative, scary, sure-footed, emotional, and gorgeously written.
November 12, 2024 at 3:33 PM
FEVER HOUSE by @keithrosson.bsky.social is terrifying AF, but also, will you look at this prose? This book hits all the marks - original, imaginative, scary, sure-footed, emotional, and gorgeously written.