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Molly Haniszewski
@mollyhaniszewski.bsky.social
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Website: https://mollyhaniszewski.com/
(she/her, they/them)
📖 Queer, Nonbinary, AuDHD Author living in Montana
📚 BEYOND THE BORDER FOREST 2025
📖 THE SOUL THIEF coming in 2026/2027
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12 Dancing 👸 X Priory of the Orange Tree

A lady knight, a Fae queen, and a secret princess
A sorceress tricked by her mentor into signing a cursed contract
Armies of deathless soldiers marching on the border
But the king’s daughters must dance with the Fae each night

#DVpit #LGBT+ #A #F
October 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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This one? I just checked and I'm seeing # on all my posts so far, but I know there's been issues with the DVPit hashtag this morning.
October 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Meet Princess Elena, lady knight and heir to the throne of Ocelum. She's gay, she's a badass with a sword, and she's horribly stubborn--a trait she shares with all of her twelve sisters.

#dvparty #dvpit #lgbtq+ #A #F
A lady knight with red hair; two women kissing; stone castles
October 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Moodboard for A Curse Conjured, my 12 Dancing Princesses retelling!

#A #F #LGBTQ+ #DVParty
October 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Character art for Beyond the Border Forest! We have our main girl Rowan, our trans king and love interest Keziah, actual king Holly, and our villain (and also a king, I guess) Oak 🥰

Thank you to Jana from VetoshArt for bringing my characters to life!

#characterart #fantasydebut #debutauthor
September 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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The Kickstarter for special editions of Beyond the Border Forest is live!!! Come back this project before the pub date, September 30th: www.kickstarter.com/projects/qui...
September 2, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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So I totally missed #posterpit (new puppy, packing for a trip, buying school supplies--CRAZY BUSY these days 😅), but I still built my middle grade fantasy a poster because it made me happy and I felt like procrastinating on my WIP😋
Really enjoyed seeing everyone else's!

#Q #F #MG #LGBTQ+
A book pours water into the ocean, reads "The Book of the Ocean: a novel by Molly Haniszewski. Premiering now in the Query trenches. Kids on a magical quest, Four Enchanted books, they have to find them all."
August 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Elena, eldest of 12 and heir to the throne, proves herself worthy with her prowess as a knight. But when she and her sisters are cursed to attend a magical ball thrown by the Fae, she finds herself torn between serving her country and falling for the Fae queen.

#Questpit #F #A #LGBTQ+ #Q
A Curse Conjured by Molly Haniszewski: Agent's Guide Comps for A Curse Conjured: Where Shadows Bloom, House of Salt and Sorrows, Wildwood Dancing, Alanna: The First Adventure, Six Crimson Cranes, The Priory of the Orange Tree, An Enchantment of Ravens, Lore of the Wilds A moodboard titled "The Vibes," features a lady knight holding a sword, a castle in the mist, a person in a ballgown running, two women about to kiss, a crown, a tower in the middle of a lake, and a hand spilling black smoke. The board is surrounded by tropes including: Sapphic romance, lady knights, secret identities, Friends AND enemies to lovers, and fairytale retellings. Pitch: Elena, eldest of the 12 and heir to her father's throne, proves herself worthy to inherit the kingdom with her prowess as a knight, leading the king’s armies against their sorcery-wielding enemies. But when she and her sisters are struck with a curse binding them to a magical ball thrown by the Fae ruler, she finds herself torn between serving her country and falling for the enigmatic, gender-fluid Fae King. To make things even more difficult, her father assigns her a new attendant, Benazhyr, whom she’s almost certain is a spy, but she finds she cannot bring herself to send her away. Morrigan, the oft-overlooked middle sister, yearns for a way to help her country. She and Elena have always butted heads, so when Elena forbids her from helping with the war effort, Morrigan resolves to use her secret talents for sorcery to help. But Morrigan is betrayed by her mentor and tricked into signing a cursed contract with the Fae, dooming them to spend their nights dancing, exhausting themselves and distracting their father’s focus from the war. Will Morrigan find a way to undo her mistake, or will her sisters turn their backs on her for good?
August 6, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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The WHISPERWICKS X THE CARTOGRPAHER’S DAUGHTER The government hid the forces of nature in enchanted books and now biodiversity is collapsing. Luckily, Elliot and his friend Sky find a map that might lead them to the books. They just hope they can get there first.

#questpit #MG #SFF #LGBTQ+ #DIS #Q
The Book of the Ocean by Molly Haniszewski: An Agent's Guide Comps for the Book of the Ocean: Features the covers of The Cartographer's Daughter, The Whisperwicks, The Girl of Ink and Stars, The Time of Green Magic, The Midnight Guardians, and Greenwild A moodboard featuring books, the ocean, flowers and a bumblebee, a Black person wearing a flower crown of daisies, green hills, hands touching leaves, a lake, and rows of striped trees. The board is surrounded by tropes including: Deaf rep, nonbinary love interest, magical books, bookworm mmc, secret map, kids on a quest, and science nerds! Pitch: Bookworm Elliot and his deaf, nonbinary crush Sky seek the books where the government hid the ocean, mountains, forests, and snow so they could control the world’s agriculture. The kids plan to open the books to restore the world's biodiversity. But in this world, if you rebel, you disappear, and the kids have to work quickly to stay ahead of the others searching for the books.
August 6, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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My book baby has its first review! 🥰

"Beyond the Border Forest: Into the Prawdziwy Las swept me completely off my feet. I went a little feral back when Uprooted by Naomi Novik first fell into my hands but finding a book that hit those vibes for me was difficult. Needless to say, I’m feral now."
July 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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I'll be talking about Beyond the Border Forest (and some other exciting book news) this Saturday on the Booked All Night podcast!
A headshot of Molly, next to a copy of Beyond the Border Forest, reads "Saturday July 19, 2025 @ 3 PM ET / 12 PM PT. Molly Haniszewski. Join our Discord and ask them a question today. Watch live on YouTube or Discord. Booked All Night."
July 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Revealing the cover for BEYOND THE BORDER FOREST! Add it to your TBR if you love:

🍄 Fairytales galore
🌈 Queer Rep
❤ Plus Size Heroine
🌲 Forest Magic
💙 Trans Love Interest
😂 Hilarious Banter
🦌 Slavic Folklore

Add to your Goodreads or preorder the ebook using the link in my bio!

#coverreveal
A person wearing a long orange dress stands between two trees, looking into the darkness of a forest.
July 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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THE SOUL THIEF: An Agent's Guide

A master thief plans to steal a priceless gem, but a demon-possessed man beats her to her own job. Charged with recovering the gem, she must decide which to save--her own career, or the broken man who keeps slipping out of reach.

#questpit #Q #A #F #RF #PR
The Soul Thief by Molly Haniszewski: An Agent's Guide Comps for the Soul Thief: Book of Night, Ninth House, When Among Crows, One Dark Window, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, Graveyard Shift A moodboard titled "The Vibes," features Demon folklore, enemies to lovers, dark academia, magical gems, feral orc baby, a master thief, demon-possessed love interest Pitch: Marlee is a great thief, and nobody knows it. For years, she has flown completely under the radar, stealing gems and valuable books on demons for clients who have no idea just how talented she is. But one night, she is beaten to her own job by a shade-possessed (and insanely good-looking) singer, who steals the single most valuable gem in the world—the gem that would guarantee Marlee’s career for the rest of her life. The singer disappears, and Marlee is targeted by those wishing to recover the gem. To save her skin, she must track down the singer and take the gem back. Zebediah was thrown to the demons when he was ten years old. Over a decade later, he lives at the whim of a tyrannical shade, who uses his body to carry out devious acts. Since then, Zeb lives a shadow of a life, forgotten by everyone he’d ever known and unable to leave a mark upon the world. He gave up hope of being saved from his fate long ago—until a quiet, curvy waitress named Marlee unexpectedly slashes the shade for disrupting her burglary. Could she help Zeb break free from his tortuous half-life as a thrall?
February 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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A CURSE CONJURED: An Agent's Guide

The 12 Dancing Princesses fairytale gets a Tamora Pierce-style retelling in this adult fantasy, featuring a badass lady knight, a secret sorceress, a servant with a secret identity, and a gender-fluid Fae King.

#questpit #A #F #W #RF
A Curse Conjured by Molly Haniszewski: An Agent's Guide Comps for a Curse Conjured: Where Shadows Bloom, House of Salt Sorrows, Wildwood Dancing, Alanna, Six Crimson Cranes, The Priory of the Orange Tree, An Enchantment of Ravens, Anathema A moodboard titled "The Vibes;" features a lady knight with red hair, a castle in the mist, a woman in a ball gown running away, two women about to kiss, a crowned head, a tower sunk in water, and a hand spilling dark shadows. The Pitch: Elena, eldest of the 12 and heir to her father's throne, proves herself worthy to inherit the kingdom with her prowess as a knight, leading the king’s armies against their sorcery-wielding enemies. But when she and her sisters are struck with a curse binding them to a magical ball thrown by the Fae ruler, she finds herself torn between serving her country and falling for the enigmatic, gender-fluid Fae King. To make things even more difficult, her father assigns her a new attendant, Benazhyr, whom she’s almost certain is a spy, but she finds she cannot bring herself to send her away. Morrigan, the oft-overlooked middle sister, yearns for a way to help her country. She and Elena have always butted heads, so when Elena forbids her from helping with the war effort, Morrigan resolves to use her secret talents for sorcery to help. But Morrigan is betrayed by her mentor and tricked into signing a cursed contract with the Fae, dooming them to spend their nights dancing, exhausting themselves and distracting their father’s focus from the war. Will Morrigan find a way to undo her mistake, or will her sisters turn their backs on her for good?
February 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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BOOK OF NIGHT X NINTH HOUSE A master thief plans to steal a priceless gem, but a demon-possessed man beats her to her own job. Charged with recovering the gem, she must decide which to save--her own career, or the broken man who keeps slipping out of reach.

#A #F #2025pit #lgbtq #DIS #CR
A man with wings, a pentagram, an album cover, a dark street, hands clutching sheets, a bartender pouring a drink, a person wearing a hoodie, reads "If nothing dies tomorrow, why remember yesterday?"
January 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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12 DANCING PRINCESSES x ALANNA Elena, eldest of 12 and heir to the throne, is a formidable knight. But when she and her sisters are cursed to attend a nightly magical ball thrown by the Fae, she is torn between her country and falling for the enigmatic, gender-fluid Fae King.

#A #2025pit #F #LGBTQ
A redheaded lady knight, a castle in the mist, a person in a ball gown running, two women about to kiss, a crown, a tower sunk in a lake, a hand spilling dark clouds, reads "Guinevere had green eyes, like yours, milady, like yours."
January 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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The government hid the ocean, mountains, forests, and snow so they could control the world’s agriculture. A bookworm and his deaf, nonbinary crush seek out those books, planning to open them and restore the world's biodiversity.

#2025pit #mg #f #lgbtq
A stack of books, the ocean, a bee on some lavender, a Black person wearing a crown of daisies, grassy hills, hands in leaves, a lake in front of mountains, rows of white-barked trees, reads "The Book of the Ocean"
January 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM