Sam Subity
@subity.bsky.social
Dad, MG author, dragon rider | THE LAST SHADOW WARRIOR ~ Percy Jackson meets Beowulf | VALOR WINGS ~ Dunkirk with dragons (2024) - both from @Scholastic | Find me at subity.com
WOW! 🤯Sold out of books! Was not expecting such a great turnout and enthusiasm at the Buckeye Book Festival for Valor Wings and The Last Shadow Warrior, but I'm grateful! 🙏
November 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
WOW! 🤯Sold out of books! Was not expecting such a great turnout and enthusiasm at the Buckeye Book Festival for Valor Wings and The Last Shadow Warrior, but I'm grateful! 🙏
Soooo excited to announce my next book for kids due out next Fall! Any junior True Crime enthusiasts out there?? Or if you like I Survived, be sure to check this out!
October 5, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Soooo excited to announce my next book for kids due out next Fall! Any junior True Crime enthusiasts out there?? Or if you like I Survived, be sure to check this out!
Here's the visual I use to describe the creative process to students. Your initial spark of excitement is going to wane and maybe even flame out entirely. But the magic happens when your "won't quit" kicks in and you finish that amazing thing you started.
March 29, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Here's the visual I use to describe the creative process to students. Your initial spark of excitement is going to wane and maybe even flame out entirely. But the magic happens when your "won't quit" kicks in and you finish that amazing thing you started.
Kids are always asking me what my writing process looks like. So I decided to apply my data skills to explain it in a visual:
March 15, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Kids are always asking me what my writing process looks like. So I decided to apply my data skills to explain it in a visual:
Going through some of my old college stuff, I pulled this out of the box.
Son: Oh is that a dictionary? I think I’ve heard of those. What do you do with them?
Son: Oh is that a dictionary? I think I’ve heard of those. What do you do with them?
March 8, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Going through some of my old college stuff, I pulled this out of the box.
Son: Oh is that a dictionary? I think I’ve heard of those. What do you do with them?
Son: Oh is that a dictionary? I think I’ve heard of those. What do you do with them?
Honored to see Valor Wings among Books for Kids' "Six Best Books I Read in 2024"! booksforkids.substack.com
December 30, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Honored to see Valor Wings among Books for Kids' "Six Best Books I Read in 2024"! booksforkids.substack.com
As a data analyst, I appreciate fun ways to represent data. Like this graphic from CNN that illustrates the most common ways your holiday decor might send you to the hospital. Turns out: cuts from glass ornaments is highest on the list. You're much less likely to have your tree fall on you. 🎄
December 21, 2024 at 4:13 PM
As a data analyst, I appreciate fun ways to represent data. Like this graphic from CNN that illustrates the most common ways your holiday decor might send you to the hospital. Turns out: cuts from glass ornaments is highest on the list. You're much less likely to have your tree fall on you. 🎄
I'd also really love this super cool Lego typewriter for the office where I do my writing. But sadly it's sold out. #kidlitchat
December 11, 2024 at 2:37 AM
I'd also really love this super cool Lego typewriter for the office where I do my writing. But sadly it's sold out. #kidlitchat
This Giving Tuesday, I'm thanking educators for your awesome support for VALOR WINGS with free copies!
To get YOUR free copy:
✅ 1. Be a teacher or librarian of students grades 4-7 (US only)
🏫 2. Provide your school address in this form:
forms.gle/znpZBacXMDx1...
♻️3. Repost to help spread the word!
To get YOUR free copy:
✅ 1. Be a teacher or librarian of students grades 4-7 (US only)
🏫 2. Provide your school address in this form:
forms.gle/znpZBacXMDx1...
♻️3. Repost to help spread the word!
December 3, 2024 at 8:07 PM
This Giving Tuesday, I'm thanking educators for your awesome support for VALOR WINGS with free copies!
To get YOUR free copy:
✅ 1. Be a teacher or librarian of students grades 4-7 (US only)
🏫 2. Provide your school address in this form:
forms.gle/znpZBacXMDx1...
♻️3. Repost to help spread the word!
To get YOUR free copy:
✅ 1. Be a teacher or librarian of students grades 4-7 (US only)
🏫 2. Provide your school address in this form:
forms.gle/znpZBacXMDx1...
♻️3. Repost to help spread the word!
Happy Thanksgiving! Every year my kids and I each make a turkey hand themed to our year. This year I made mine a fire-breathing dragon/turkey to celebrate the release of Valor Wings. 🐉🦃
November 28, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Happy Thanksgiving! Every year my kids and I each make a turkey hand themed to our year. This year I made mine a fire-breathing dragon/turkey to celebrate the release of Valor Wings. 🐉🦃
Had a blast signing books at the Scholastic book fair at my daughter’s school. A couple of kids came up to me wide-eyed and said, “Whoa, you wrote that?!”
November 27, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Had a blast signing books at the Scholastic book fair at my daughter’s school. A couple of kids came up to me wide-eyed and said, “Whoa, you wrote that?!”
Also thankful for my dad, an engineer who has read a total of two novels in the last three decades. And you might be able to guess which two. 👇 #kidlitchat
November 27, 2024 at 2:32 AM
Also thankful for my dad, an engineer who has read a total of two novels in the last three decades. And you might be able to guess which two. 👇 #kidlitchat
Hi #kidlitchat! Middle Grade author Sam Subity here checking in from the San Francisco Bay Area where it's looking more like Christmas than Thanksgiving! Looking forward to chatting with everyone tonight.
November 27, 2024 at 2:07 AM
Hi #kidlitchat! Middle Grade author Sam Subity here checking in from the San Francisco Bay Area where it's looking more like Christmas than Thanksgiving! Looking forward to chatting with everyone tonight.
Featured placement at the local school’s Scholastic book fair! 🤩
November 25, 2024 at 1:36 AM
Featured placement at the local school’s Scholastic book fair! 🤩
One of the books that I read over and over again as a kid is Bunnicula. It was just the right level of scary for 10yo me. 👀 #kidlitchat
November 20, 2024 at 2:22 AM
One of the books that I read over and over again as a kid is Bunnicula. It was just the right level of scary for 10yo me. 👀 #kidlitchat
Scholastic book fair sighting!!
November 15, 2024 at 4:31 PM
Scholastic book fair sighting!!
I once went sort of viral — let’s say mildly contagious — on that other platform for starting a debate about sporks. I look forward to bringing that same level of gripping content to BlueSky.
November 14, 2024 at 4:45 AM
I once went sort of viral — let’s say mildly contagious — on that other platform for starting a debate about sporks. I look forward to bringing that same level of gripping content to BlueSky.
Writing life: Constantly feeling like the last warty pumpkin left after Halloween, but still never giving up hope that there’s an editor out there looking EXACTLY for your warty pumpkin.
November 2, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Writing life: Constantly feeling like the last warty pumpkin left after Halloween, but still never giving up hope that there’s an editor out there looking EXACTLY for your warty pumpkin.
BOOK BIRTHDAY!! And it’s a...dragon!!! 👶🐉SOOO EXCITED that my new middle grade dragons in WW2 historical fantasy VALOR WINGS soars into the world today!! 🤩🤩🤩
September 17, 2024 at 2:37 PM
BOOK BIRTHDAY!! And it’s a...dragon!!! 👶🐉SOOO EXCITED that my new middle grade dragons in WW2 historical fantasy VALOR WINGS soars into the world today!! 🤩🤩🤩
Hanging out in one of the Bay Area’s iconic literary spots: The reading tub at Hicklebee’s!
August 29, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Hanging out in one of the Bay Area’s iconic literary spots: The reading tub at Hicklebee’s!
My book's in the Scholastic flyer! 10yo me's head just exploded. 🤯
August 27, 2024 at 1:06 AM
My book's in the Scholastic flyer! 10yo me's head just exploded. 🤯
How am I supposed to get any work done with this ARC from @meganefreeman.bsky.social sitting on my desk??
August 24, 2024 at 8:29 PM
How am I supposed to get any work done with this ARC from @meganefreeman.bsky.social sitting on my desk??
Loving my new VALOR WINGS bookmarks! Can’t wait to share the book with the world on 9/17!
August 23, 2024 at 12:41 PM
Loving my new VALOR WINGS bookmarks! Can’t wait to share the book with the world on 9/17!
Realized I had a typo -- "singed" instead of "signed" -- in my first draft, but then decided I kind of liked the idea of the book being "singed" by dragon fire.
For SIGNED pre-orders: 👇
For SIGNED pre-orders: 👇
August 16, 2024 at 10:23 PM
Realized I had a typo -- "singed" instead of "signed" -- in my first draft, but then decided I kind of liked the idea of the book being "singed" by dragon fire.
For SIGNED pre-orders: 👇
For SIGNED pre-orders: 👇