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Emily Skrutskie
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Six feet tall, but the "u" is short. SFF author. She/her.
Latest: A LEGIONNAIRE'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND PEACE

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genuinely how it feels to go from working in vfx to working in animation
Panel from Chainsaw Man depicting Denji in the bath singing "Union job, paid days off" while beating the side of the bathtub. Off-screen Aki shouts "You're taking too long in the bath!"
November 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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monday(/eternal) publishing mood
A picture of a pigeon captioned "Hit by a Car and Dumped in the Trash, But This Pigeon Isn't Giving Up"
August 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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it's time to get back to my roots (shitposting about my work)
Four panel comic. The first panel is captioned Regular Couple and features A LEGIONNAIRE'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND PEACE. The second panel is captioned Yaoi Couple and features BONDS OF BRASS. The third panel is captioned Yuri Couple and features both THE SALVATION GAMBIT and THE ABYSS SURROUNDS US. The fourth panel shows Edward Elric giving a thumbs up and is captioned I See No Difference, Love Is Love
August 19, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!

If you'd like to do something special for me today, I'd really appreciate any support you can spare for A LEGIONNAIRE'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND PEACE. Here's a handy guide to five easy ways you can do so for free! 💙📚
Five Free Ways to Support (in less than five minutes) - Request at your library - Make a social post - Review on a retail site - Review on Goodreads/Storygraph - Tell a friend!
August 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Let's go @mikechenwriter.bsky.social!!!!!!!!
Cover of STAR WARS OUTLAWS: LOW RED MOON by Mike Chen, featuring a droid and a man
July 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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If you're going to San Diego Comic-Con, I've got some delightful A LEGIONNAIRE'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND PEACE stickers to share with you! Alexis Castellanos illustrated the food featured in the book, and it all looks delicious! 💙📚
A hand holds up a set of sticker sheets with a green background. The stickers featured include the title treatment of A LEGIONNAIRE'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND PEACE, a bottle of strawberry mead, a loaf of bread, a pie, a hand pies, a pineapple, a copy of the book, and a mug of tea
July 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON IN ONE WEEK. BY THE WAY.

Will I get to see you there?
Two hands hold up a copy of A LEGIONNAIRE'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND PEACE with the caption "goes to SDCC!" Panel: 12pm, Room 23ABC Tarot Cards, Grimoires, and Spells: Writing Magical Books With Elise Kova (Arcana Academy), LaDarrion Williams (Bones at the Crossroads), Miranda Mundt (Muted: Volume One), Sangu Mandanna (A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping), and Morgan Ryan (A Resistance of Witches). POST-PANEL SIGNING: 1:30pm (AA09) Signing: 4pm, Booth #1514/1515, Table 2 FREE BOOK GIVEAWAY!
July 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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a legionnaire's guide to love and peace (2025)
Sam Reich stands behind the podium of Game Changer and asks "Would you settle for a muscular queer woman?"
July 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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tiny kat and emory with their glorious protector, Funko Pop Milly Thompson
A Funko pop of Milly Thompson from Trigun stands guard over a HeroForge mini of Kat and Emory from A LEGIONNAIRE'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND PEACE
July 9, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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I didn't know TITAN OF THE STARS by @ekjohnston.bsky.social was getting this fun variant cover treatment 😱
A hand holds a copy of Douglas Adams's Starship Titanic, by Terry Jones, a book with a golden figurehead on the cover set against a planet
June 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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A LEGIONNAIRE'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND PEACE is out today! If the words "a romantasy for bisexual jocks" pique your interest, this is the book for you. It means a lot to share this story with the world, and I'm so grateful for all the love it's received. 💙📚

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/771397...
Headshot of Emily Skrutskie, a smiling white blonde woman, holding up A LEGIONNAIRE'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND PEACE, a green paperback book with two figures in gold on the cover and the title laid out on a fluttering ribbon
June 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Are you an audiobook reader? Great news! The audiobook edition of A LEGIONNAIRE'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND PEACE is narrated by @natalienaudus.bsky.social! I'm so excited to have Natalie's talent and expertise bringing this book to life! 💙📚

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Audiobook Edition narrated by NATALIE NAUDUS Images of A LEGIONNAIRE'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND PEACE audiobook cover and Natalie Naudus's headshot
June 21, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Here's the playlist for A LEGIONNAIRE'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND PEACE, for all your "oops I hooked up with my battle partner because we both expected to die and then didn't" needs:

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A LEGIONNAIRE'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND PEACE, The Playlist Clarity, by Vance Joy Don't Take The Money, by Bleachers Pompeii MMXXIII, by Bastille and Hans Zimmer Walkin' On The Sun, by Smash Mouth Everybody Talks, by Neon Trees Hometown Hair, by Call Security Amy aka Spent Gladiator 1, by The Mountain Goats I'm a Believer, by Smash Mouth Do Ya Wanna Taste It, by Wig Wam Anna Sun, by WALK THE MOON Downward, by Ripe All We Ever Do Is Talk, by Del Water Gap pick me up, by Alice Merton Die With A Smile, by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars Cocoon, by Holly Humberstone and Medium Build Illustrations of Kat and Emory from A LEGIONNAIRE'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND PEACE with headphones added
June 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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This glorious art by @anaeolist.bsky.social perfectly captures the himbo x herbo, friends to lovers glory of Kat and Emory from A LEGIONNAIRE'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND PEACE ❤️☀️
Art of a blonde white woman carrying a blond white man, holding him close and kissing his nose. Both are dressed in red uniform tunics, black pants, and brown boots
June 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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We collaborated with HeroForge to produce an official minifigure for A LEGIONNAIRE'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND PEACE, featuring both Kat and Emory! You can check out the model here and even print your own version: www.heroforge.com/load_config%...
A render of two DnD minifigures standing on the same base. The minifigures are a white, blonde woman with a spear and a white, blond man with a shield and sword, both dressed in red uniforms with brown leather armor. The Del Rey and Hero Forge logos are in the top left. The figures are captioned "Katrien & Emory" and a mockup of A LEGIONNAIRE'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND PEACE is in the bottom right A 3d printed minifigure rests on an open book. The minifigures are two people on a single base, a white, blonde woman with a spear and a white, blond man with a shield and sword, both dressed in red uniforms with brown leather armor.
June 17, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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In Culver City, home of The Ripped Bodice #nokings
A protest sign that reads "TOO PISSED OFF to READ any Smutty Books"
June 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Another glorious blurb for A LEGIONNAIRE'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND PEACE from E.B. Asher! This Will Be Fun is such a delightful read, and I'm so grateful to have their endorsement! 📚💙
“Skrutskie’s endlessly inventive fantasy is a perfect paean to the everyday magic after the epic victory, lively with wry humor, passion and pathos. A Legionnaire’s Guide to Love and Peace is a joyful reminder that what’s most important in saving the world is who you do it with.” – E.B. Asher, USA Today bestselling author of This Will Be Fun
May 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Ten ARCs of A LEGIONNAIRE'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND PEACE are up for grabs on Storygraph! Enter by 6/18/25 for your chance to win one! 📚💙

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Storygraph Giveaway Cover of A LEGIONNAIRE'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND PEACE by Emily Skrutskie, a green book with two figures rendered in gold and the title displayed on a winding ribbon Ten copies available. Ends 6/18/25
May 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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happy last andor day to all who celebrate
two frames of a crying white man saluting, then screaming
May 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Screenshot of Ben Wyatt from Parks and Recreation with his fingers pinched, staring intensely, captioned "It's about the yearning"
May 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Blurb alert! Allison Saft had such nice things to say about A LEGIONNAIRE'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND PEACE that I don't know what to do with myself. This is such an honor. 🥺
“Fresh, heartfelt, and effortlessly funny, A Legionnaire’s Guide to Love and Peace is for the yearners. Skrutskie’s charming characters had me grinning throughout—and weeping over the final pages. An absolute gem!”—Allison Saft, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Dark and Drowning Tide
May 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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I just gotta say, the title page spread for A LEGIONNAIRE'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND PEACE is REAL CUTE.
A black and white spread of two pages. The title A LEGIONNAIRE'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND PEACE is presented on two twisting ribbons. Below it reads "A Novel" and "Emily Skrutskie." A road stretches into the distance, and on it are two figures holding hands, a man with a shield and a woman with a spear.
April 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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It's that time of year again, and A LEGIONNAIRE'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND PEACE is eligible for the Barnes & Noble preorder sale! If you're a Premium or Rewards member, don't miss out on your chance to save!

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BARNES & NOBLE PREORDER SALE 25% off with code PREORDER25 April 23-25 Mockup of A LEGIONNAIRE'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND PEACE by Emily Skrutskie, a green book with gold figures on the cover and the title displayed on a winding ribbon.
April 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Great news! If you're hoping to get your hands on one of the gorgeous physical ARCs for A LEGIONNAIRE'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND PEACE, Goodreads is hosting a giveaway for ten shiny new copies. Enter before May 8th for your chance to win one!

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Goodreads Giveaway Cover of A LEGIONNAIRE'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND PEACE by Emily Skrutskie Ten copies available Ends 5/8/25
April 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Another glorious blurb for A LEGIONNAIRE'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND PEACE, this time from my good friend @tracichee.bsky.social!
“A charming, post-war fantasy, A Legionnaire’s Guide to Love and Peace is the perfect mix of the flashy, extravagant struggle between good and evil and the down-to-earth grind of a military on the march. Kat, Emory, and their fellow soldiers are my favorite kind of heroes—big, good-natured, and supportive, both on and off the battlefield—and between the quest for hand pies, the inane ball games, and the general camaraderie, it’s impossible not to fall in love with them. For anyone who adores everyday folks just doing their best, this book is a warm, welcoming hug.”—Traci Chee, New York Times bestselling author of Kindling and A Thousand Steps into Night
April 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM