Thank you to Indie Author Project & BiblioBoard for including #AmericanPlayground in the Indie Author Project. Should now be available at your local library! #thievingmagpie #literarymischief #fiction

Time to show your feathers, your true colors, your support by joining the #parliamentofmagpies. Visit the Magpie's Nest of Merch . AND thievingmagpie.printful.me GET YOU SOME! #thievingmagpie #literarymischief #nestofmayhem #magpiemerch

Allison Pauly has written a heartwarming essay about her work with refugees. It is a must-read reminder that the US is still a place full of love & generosity. Check out Allison's essay, our Merch Store & American Playground www.thievingmagpie.org. #thievingmagpie #literarymischief #fiction

Featured in our Fall 2025 Issue is a story by Itto & Mekiya Outini about two sisters and their desire to bake a cake. Www.thievingmagpie.org while you're there, check out #MerchStore & our print book #AmericanPlayground #thievingmagpie #literarymischief #fiction #poetry #essays #art #photography

On sale now for cozy fall reading!

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Thanks to the Dolls-of-the-Valley Book Club for popping my #bookclub cherry! Great night, great talk about #literature #books and #literarymischief #AmericanPlayground Get your copy at www.thievingmagpie.org or www.mishokrian.com for your next book club!

I grew up blocks from this literary playground & spent afternoons there as a UCLA student, avoiding homework dreaming of finding my name among the greats. Thank you @booksoup.bsky.social & @thievingmagpie.bsky.social. That's me, between Shin & Shteyngart. #AmericanPlayground #thievingmagpie

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American Playground, a sizzling romp on the hard blacktop of 70's Los Angeles, with a twist of Tehran. On sale now at your favorite online retailer via the links in our bio. #AmericanPlaground #thievingmagpie #70sLosAngeles #Irangeles #LosAngeles70s #debutnovel
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Spending time at my cozy spot on a cloudy Saturday. What can be better? @americanbooksellers @skylightbooks.bsky.social @the-thievingmagpie.bsky.social #AmericanPlayground #indiebookstoreday #independentbookstoreday #literarymischief #fiction #thievingmagpie #booksky

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Thanks to The Twin Bill for publishing my piece:

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