Samantha van Leer
@samanthavanleer.bsky.social
New York Times best selling author of Between the Lines and Off the Page. Newest series, The Extraterrestrial Zoo: Finding the Lost One OUT NOW!
(She/her/hers)
https://samanthavanleer.com/
(She/her/hers)
https://samanthavanleer.com/
✨ BIG ANNOUNCEMENT COMING✨
Check my socials December 1st for some fun news! And perhaps the perfect holiday gift for the parent or educator in your life 🎁
Check my socials December 1st for some fun news! And perhaps the perfect holiday gift for the parent or educator in your life 🎁
November 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
✨ BIG ANNOUNCEMENT COMING✨
Check my socials December 1st for some fun news! And perhaps the perfect holiday gift for the parent or educator in your life 🎁
Check my socials December 1st for some fun news! And perhaps the perfect holiday gift for the parent or educator in your life 🎁
November 7, 2025 at 2:14 AM
New Website Alert!
Check out my new website where you can learn about me, purchase my books, link to watch/listen/or buy rights to the Between the Lines Musical, and book me for an author visit.
Check it out now!
www.Samanthavanleer.com
Check out my new website where you can learn about me, purchase my books, link to watch/listen/or buy rights to the Between the Lines Musical, and book me for an author visit.
Check it out now!
www.Samanthavanleer.com
Samantha van Leer, Author
New York Times Best Selling Author of Between the Lines,Off the Page, and The Extraterrestrial Zoo series.
www.Samanthavanleer.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
New Website Alert!
Check out my new website where you can learn about me, purchase my books, link to watch/listen/or buy rights to the Between the Lines Musical, and book me for an author visit.
Check it out now!
www.Samanthavanleer.com
Check out my new website where you can learn about me, purchase my books, link to watch/listen/or buy rights to the Between the Lines Musical, and book me for an author visit.
Check it out now!
www.Samanthavanleer.com
🍎TEACHERS🍏
No better way to start the new year than an author talk! Book me for a visit through my website (link in bio).
💻:virtual options available as well
✨I have Special Ed certification k-8 and can cater my talks to the specific needs of your classroom.✨
No better way to start the new year than an author talk! Book me for a visit through my website (link in bio).
💻:virtual options available as well
✨I have Special Ed certification k-8 and can cater my talks to the specific needs of your classroom.✨
August 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
🍎TEACHERS🍏
No better way to start the new year than an author talk! Book me for a visit through my website (link in bio).
💻:virtual options available as well
✨I have Special Ed certification k-8 and can cater my talks to the specific needs of your classroom.✨
No better way to start the new year than an author talk! Book me for a visit through my website (link in bio).
💻:virtual options available as well
✨I have Special Ed certification k-8 and can cater my talks to the specific needs of your classroom.✨
Have you posted your Goodreads rating yet?
#theextraterrestrialzooseries #middlegrade #scifi #goodreads
#theextraterrestrialzooseries #middlegrade #scifi #goodreads
July 15, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Have you posted your Goodreads rating yet?
#theextraterrestrialzooseries #middlegrade #scifi #goodreads
#theextraterrestrialzooseries #middlegrade #scifi #goodreads
🎧 SHE’S HERE! 📚
The audiobook of The Extraterrestrial Zoo is OUT NOW! Nothing says summer like listening to a story about aliens by the pool. So sit back, relax, and let your ears do the reading. 😎
#audiobook #scifi #mglit #summerreading
The audiobook of The Extraterrestrial Zoo is OUT NOW! Nothing says summer like listening to a story about aliens by the pool. So sit back, relax, and let your ears do the reading. 😎
#audiobook #scifi #mglit #summerreading
June 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
🎧 SHE’S HERE! 📚
The audiobook of The Extraterrestrial Zoo is OUT NOW! Nothing says summer like listening to a story about aliens by the pool. So sit back, relax, and let your ears do the reading. 😎
#audiobook #scifi #mglit #summerreading
The audiobook of The Extraterrestrial Zoo is OUT NOW! Nothing says summer like listening to a story about aliens by the pool. So sit back, relax, and let your ears do the reading. 😎
#audiobook #scifi #mglit #summerreading
@jedlie.bsky.social thanks for having me on the Reading With Your Kids Podcast! Listen along to the incredible @michellebarrybooks.bsky.social and I talk about our latest series and what it’s like to write in the middle-grade science-fiction genre.
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Beyond the Stars: Writing Science Fiction for Young Readers
Podcast Episode · Reading With Your Kids Podcast · 06/15/2025 · 56m
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June 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
@jedlie.bsky.social thanks for having me on the Reading With Your Kids Podcast! Listen along to the incredible @michellebarrybooks.bsky.social and I talk about our latest series and what it’s like to write in the middle-grade science-fiction genre.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
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My 2025-2026 calendar is filling up fast! Want me to come speak (in person or virtually) to your class next year? Book me through my website!
samanthavanleer.wixsite.com/website
samanthavanleer.wixsite.com/website
June 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
My 2025-2026 calendar is filling up fast! Want me to come speak (in person or virtually) to your class next year? Book me through my website!
samanthavanleer.wixsite.com/website
samanthavanleer.wixsite.com/website
✨AUDIOBOOK✨ coming to headphones near you.
Pre-order today!
www.audible.com/pd/B0F7J5JQQ...
#aubiobook #scifi #preorder #middlegradebooks #summerreads
Pre-order today!
www.audible.com/pd/B0F7J5JQQ...
#aubiobook #scifi #preorder #middlegradebooks #summerreads
June 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
✨AUDIOBOOK✨ coming to headphones near you.
Pre-order today!
www.audible.com/pd/B0F7J5JQQ...
#aubiobook #scifi #preorder #middlegradebooks #summerreads
Pre-order today!
www.audible.com/pd/B0F7J5JQQ...
#aubiobook #scifi #preorder #middlegradebooks #summerreads
🚀 TAKING OFF THIS SUMMER?
I’ve got your summer travels covered! My middle grade sci-fi adventure novel, The Extraterrestrial Zoo: Finding the Lost One, comes out THIS JUNE on audiobook. It’s got enough twists and turns to keep everyone entertained…even for those long car rides. #mglit #scifi
I’ve got your summer travels covered! My middle grade sci-fi adventure novel, The Extraterrestrial Zoo: Finding the Lost One, comes out THIS JUNE on audiobook. It’s got enough twists and turns to keep everyone entertained…even for those long car rides. #mglit #scifi
May 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Come back Friday for a little 📖📚 surprise!
May 14, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Come back Friday for a little 📖📚 surprise!
Local signings means my daughter gets to see Mom at work ❤️
@thetwigbookshop.bsky.social
#author #middlegradebooks
@thetwigbookshop.bsky.social
#author #middlegradebooks
April 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Local signings means my daughter gets to see Mom at work ❤️
@thetwigbookshop.bsky.social
#author #middlegradebooks
@thetwigbookshop.bsky.social
#author #middlegradebooks
Thank you @thetwigbookshop.bsky.social for hosting me today! What a perfect day for a signing 😍
#indiebookstores #shoplocal #scifi #middlegradebooks
#indiebookstores #shoplocal #scifi #middlegradebooks
April 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Thank you @thetwigbookshop.bsky.social for hosting me today! What a perfect day for a signing 😍
#indiebookstores #shoplocal #scifi #middlegradebooks
#indiebookstores #shoplocal #scifi #middlegradebooks
Support a local author, celebrate #FiestaSanAntonio, walk the farmers market, and support an indie bookstore all in one day!
Catch me @thetwigbookshop.bsky.social this Sunday.
✨bonus points if you bring me a dog to pet✨
Catch me @thetwigbookshop.bsky.social this Sunday.
✨bonus points if you bring me a dog to pet✨
April 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Support a local author, celebrate #FiestaSanAntonio, walk the farmers market, and support an indie bookstore all in one day!
Catch me @thetwigbookshop.bsky.social this Sunday.
✨bonus points if you bring me a dog to pet✨
Catch me @thetwigbookshop.bsky.social this Sunday.
✨bonus points if you bring me a dog to pet✨
You know you're brave when you project a photo of yourself at 13 in front of a class of high school students.
#schoolvisits #author #middlegradebooks #YA
#schoolvisits #author #middlegradebooks #YA
April 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
You know you're brave when you project a photo of yourself at 13 in front of a class of high school students.
#schoolvisits #author #middlegradebooks #YA
#schoolvisits #author #middlegradebooks #YA
Catch me this Sunday 11:00-1:00 @thetwigbookshop.bsky.social signing copies of my latest book The Extraterrestrial Zoo: Finding the Lost One! Enjoy the farmer's market, explore Fiesta, and grab a middle grader in your life a new sci-fi adventure!
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Samantha van Leer, "Extraterrestrial Zoo! #1 Finding the Lost One"
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April 23, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Catch me this Sunday 11:00-1:00 @thetwigbookshop.bsky.social signing copies of my latest book The Extraterrestrial Zoo: Finding the Lost One! Enjoy the farmer's market, explore Fiesta, and grab a middle grader in your life a new sci-fi adventure!
thetwig.com/event/2025-0...
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Reposted by Samantha van Leer
"The Extraterrestrial Zoo: Finding the Lost One tells the story of thirteen-year-old Ava, who helps run her family’s zoo, where all the alien creatures who have been sent to Earth are cared for and kept." — @samanthavanleer.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-...
The Extraterrestrial Zoo: Finding the Lost One by Samantha van Leer
Happy Thursday! I'm grateful Samantha van Leer stopped by Watch. Connect. Read. to finish my sentences. We discussed Ava, ELBs, musicals, an...
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April 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
"The Extraterrestrial Zoo: Finding the Lost One tells the story of thirteen-year-old Ava, who helps run her family’s zoo, where all the alien creatures who have been sent to Earth are cared for and kept." — @samanthavanleer.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-...
Reposted by Samantha van Leer
"Musicals make life more interesting. Adapting my two books, Between the Lines and Off the Page, into an off-Broadway musical was truly an experience I never expected to have." — @samanthavanleer.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-... @jodipicoult.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
"Musicals make life more interesting. Adapting my two books, Between the Lines and Off the Page, into an off-Broadway musical was truly an experience I never expected to have." — @samanthavanleer.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-... @jodipicoult.bsky.social
Reposted by Samantha van Leer
"The Extraterrestrial Zoo: Finding the Lost One tells the story of thirteen-year-old Ava, who helps run her family’s zoo, where all the alien creatures who have been sent to Earth are cared for and kept." — @samanthavanleer.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-...
The Extraterrestrial Zoo: Finding the Lost One by Samantha van Leer
Happy Thursday! I'm grateful Samantha van Leer stopped by Watch. Connect. Read. to finish my sentences. We discussed Ava, ELBs, musicals, an...
mrschureads.blogspot.com
April 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
"The Extraterrestrial Zoo: Finding the Lost One tells the story of thirteen-year-old Ava, who helps run her family’s zoo, where all the alien creatures who have been sent to Earth are cared for and kept." — @samanthavanleer.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-...
Reposted by Samantha van Leer
“Sorry, but we don’t do aliens,” is what @samanthavanleer.bsky.social heard from publishers who were considering her novel THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL ZOO. Now, her book is recommended by School Library Journal. Read her take on Middle Grade sci-fi in the SLJ ⤵️
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April 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
“Sorry, but we don’t do aliens,” is what @samanthavanleer.bsky.social heard from publishers who were considering her novel THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL ZOO. Now, her book is recommended by School Library Journal. Read her take on Middle Grade sci-fi in the SLJ ⤵️
teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/03/04/a...
teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/03/04/a...
Thank you @mystgalaxybooks.bsky.social for having me in your store! If you want a signed copy of The Extraterrestrial Zoo: Finding the Lost One head on over!
April 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Thank you @mystgalaxybooks.bsky.social for having me in your store! If you want a signed copy of The Extraterrestrial Zoo: Finding the Lost One head on over!
Off to #TLADALLAS!
Come hear me chat tomorrow at the High Octane World of Young Readers panel moderated by @thenextgenlib.bsky.social
12:30-1:30
Or get a book signed at 3:30!
Come hear me chat tomorrow at the High Octane World of Young Readers panel moderated by @thenextgenlib.bsky.social
12:30-1:30
Or get a book signed at 3:30!
March 31, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Off to #TLADALLAS!
Come hear me chat tomorrow at the High Octane World of Young Readers panel moderated by @thenextgenlib.bsky.social
12:30-1:30
Or get a book signed at 3:30!
Come hear me chat tomorrow at the High Octane World of Young Readers panel moderated by @thenextgenlib.bsky.social
12:30-1:30
Or get a book signed at 3:30!
Reposted by Samantha van Leer
We had a great time hearing from @samanthavanleer.bsky.social with her latest "The Extraterrestrial Zoo: Finding the Lost One." 🛸
[🎨 Graphics by: Lindsey Welch | 🖋️ Outreach & Article by: Cara Broel (@thebabybookworm.bsky.social)] 📚💙
#OneOnOne #Interview #Infographic
Check this out ⬇️
[🎨 Graphics by: Lindsey Welch | 🖋️ Outreach & Article by: Cara Broel (@thebabybookworm.bsky.social)] 📚💙
#OneOnOne #Interview #Infographic
Check this out ⬇️
March 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
We had a great time hearing from @samanthavanleer.bsky.social with her latest "The Extraterrestrial Zoo: Finding the Lost One." 🛸
[🎨 Graphics by: Lindsey Welch | 🖋️ Outreach & Article by: Cara Broel (@thebabybookworm.bsky.social)] 📚💙
#OneOnOne #Interview #Infographic
Check this out ⬇️
[🎨 Graphics by: Lindsey Welch | 🖋️ Outreach & Article by: Cara Broel (@thebabybookworm.bsky.social)] 📚💙
#OneOnOne #Interview #Infographic
Check this out ⬇️
Check out my latest interview with @bookstr.bsky.social where I discuss my newest book The Extraterrestrial Zoo: Finding the Lost One!
Dive deep into the main character, Ava, learn about the inspiration behind the series, and read why we need to engage young readers in tough conversations.
Dive deep into the main character, Ava, learn about the inspiration behind the series, and read why we need to engage young readers in tough conversations.
March 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Check out my latest interview with @bookstr.bsky.social where I discuss my newest book The Extraterrestrial Zoo: Finding the Lost One!
Dive deep into the main character, Ava, learn about the inspiration behind the series, and read why we need to engage young readers in tough conversations.
Dive deep into the main character, Ava, learn about the inspiration behind the series, and read why we need to engage young readers in tough conversations.
Reposted by Samantha van Leer
Happy book birthday to @samanthavanleer.bsky.social's The Extraterrestrial Zoo!
March 5, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Happy book birthday to @samanthavanleer.bsky.social's The Extraterrestrial Zoo!