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Gabe Cole Novoa
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Award-winning & New York Times Bestselling author of THE WICKED BARGAIN, MOST ARDENTLY, THE DIABLO’S CURSE & more. Trans masc. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (he/him)

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delighted to share my most secret project yet ❤️

everyone is doing well. I’ll be MIA/low post for a while, but my husband and I couldn’t be happier 💕
a black and white photo of an infant’s hand holding Gabe’s finger
August 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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I'm thrilled to share that WE HAVE A STAR! I was delighted to learn today that THESE VENGEFUL GODS received a starred review from @slj.com! this is the first star for TVG and I couldn't be happier to see it. thank you, SLJ!

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Starred review for These Vengeful Gods by Gabe Cole Novoa. "The complex worldbuilding, plot, and themes become a remarkable fantasy parable for the violence engendered by a world where a wealthy few rule over the suppressed masses." -School Library Journal, starred review
August 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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it's live! Queer Liberation Network's bookish auction supporting queer and trans folks facing financial hardship is now open until July 31st! and I've donated a bunch of books (US only)! tinyurl.com/4crdutzx
Lit for Queer Liberation, QLN's 2025 bookish auction. Auction proceeds support queer and trans folx facing financial hardship. Supported by: Bookshop.org Gabe Cole Novoa, signed hardcover + bookmark. Signed, personalized hardcover copy of Most Ardently plus a matching bookmark. Lit for Queer Liberation, QLN's 2025 bookish auction. Auction proceeds support queer and trans folx facing financial hardship. Supported by: Bookshop.org Gabe Cole Novoa, signed hardcover + bookmark. Signed, personalized hardcover copy of These Vengeful Gods plus a matching bookmark. Lit for Queer Liberation, QLN's 2025 bookish auction. Auction proceeds support queer and trans folx facing financial hardship. Supported by: Bookshop.org Gabe Cole Novoa, signed hardcover + bookmark. Signed, personalized hardcover copies of The Wicked Bargain and The Diablo's Curse plus matching bookmarks.
July 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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if PRIDE & PREJUDICE but trans and gay sounds like your cup of tea, MOST ARDENTLY's hardcover is currently on sale for a limited time on Amazon! tinyurl.com/mr3ub4a3
Most Ardently: A Pride & Prejudice Remix by Gabe Cole Novoa. Stonewall Honor Book.
July 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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received this email this morning from the SSA and holy shit fuck the entire way off
Social Security Applauds Passage of Legislation Providing Historic Tax Relief for Seniors The Social Security Administration (SSA) is celebrating the passage of the One Big, Beautiful Bill, a landmark piece of legislation that delivers long-awaited tax relief to millions of older Americans. The bill ensures that nearly 90% of Social Security beneficiaries will no longer pay federal income taxes on their benefits, providing meaningful and immediate relief to seniors who have spent a lifetime contributing to our nation’s economy.
July 4, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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spotted on a walk today
A black sign with colored text that reads “NO KINGS except DRAG KINGS and ARAGORN maybe”
June 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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I’m giving away 13 SIGNED BOOKS (US only)! 5 signed paperback copies of THE WICKED BARGAIN, 5 signed paperback copies of THE DIABLO’S CURSE and 3 signed hardcover copies of THESE VENGEFUL GODS! All you need to do to enter is sign up for my newsletter. 🥳

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Win a signed copy of one of my books! (US only) You could win These Vengeful Gods by Gabe Cole Novoa, The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa, or The Diablo's Curse by Gabe Cole Novoa. Giveaway ends June 30. 13 winners!
June 16, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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amazing news! I'm thrilled to share THE DIABLO'S CURSE is on the longlist for the 2025 Massachusetts Book Awards in the MG/YA category! 🎉

I love this book and I'm so happy to see it getting some recognition. thank you to the Mass Center for the Book!
2025 Mass Book Awards Longlister - The Diablo's Curse by Gabe Cole Novoa, the author of The Wicked Bargain. Deals were made to be broken.
June 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 HAPPY PRIDE I HAVE NEW QUEER BOOKS ON THE WAY!

I am thrilled to share I SOLD TWO BOOKS AT AUCTION! and they're for adults! and the first one, RATIONAL CREATURES, is a queer/trans PERSUASION retelling! 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

@andreabrownlit.bsky.social
Mary Altman at Sourcebooks Casablanca bought world English rights, at auction, to Rational Creatures and a second, untitled historical romance by Gabe Cole Novoa from Lara Perkins at the Andrea Brown Literary Agency, for release in fall 2026 and summer 2027, respectively. The publisher called Rational Creatures "a reclaimed retelling of Jane Austen's Persuasion in which a trans man is reunited with the man he almost married years ago and still loves, but whose heart he broke."
June 1, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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I've been not great at promoting my newsletter but a new one is going out today! you can sign up here: tinyurl.com/3hxyvdht

and if this book sounds interesting to you, THESE VENGEFUL GODS is out today! tinyurl.com/buyTVG
New newsletter. "I was calling These Vengeful Gods my angry book while I was writing. I wrote this book long before the 2024 election, but with the election looming on the horizon. I wrote thinking about my experience with an emotionally abusive parent and what that looked like. I wrote despairing over how the world had become a dangerous place for an immunocompromised person like myself, and how our individualistic society had pushed disabled people into forced isolation for the sake of able-bodied people's convenience. I wrote furious about the way the ultra-rich continue to destroy our planet and leech resources from the poorest to line their own pockets with money they'll never use. These Vengeful Gods is my angry book. It's also my most honest look at the society we live in yet." Out later today.
May 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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my queer YA dystopian fantasy is out TODAY! THESE VENGEFUL GODS is a book about looking society's ills in the face & saying enough. it's a book about family. about survival in an unjust world. about revenge.

I put my heart, anger, & exhaustion into this book. I hope you like it.

tinyurl.com/buyTVG
These Vengeful Gods by New York Times Bestselling Author Gabe Cole Novoa. The descendants of death will have their revenge. Dedication from These Vengeful Gods by Gabe Cole Novoa. To my disabled comrades: We get to be heroes too. In a city of gods and magic, you don't ask for what you want. You take it. Years ago, most descendants of the god of Death were murdered. The few that remain are in hiding, including Crow, a teen who survived the genocide and hides their magic to stay alive. After fleeing their village, Crow moves in with their uncles in the lowest part of the city: the Shallows. Then Crow's uncles are arrested for harboring Deathchildren. With fists tightly clenched, Crow vows to set their uncles free. But to do that, they're going to need to enter a world that threatens Crow's very existence. Carefully navigating the politics of the wealthy and powerful, they enter the Tournament of the Gods—a gladiator-style competition where the winner is granted a favor. If Crow wins, they plan to demand the gods free their uncles—or take their vengeance. A riveting YA that asks readers to challenge social hierarchy in the fight for justice, from the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of The Wicked Bargain and Most Ardently.
May 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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THESE VENGEFUL GODS is out *next week*!!!

what can you expect in this YA dystopian fantasy? I'm glad you asked!

🏳️‍🌈 an all-queer main cast
🏳️‍⚧️ a chronically ill trans protagonist
✨ magic & gods
⚔️ a deadly (and magical!) competition
THESE VENGEFUL GODS by New York Times Bestselling Author Gabe Cole Novoa. Dystopian fantasy. Disabled trans protagonist. All-queer main cast. Magic and gods. Deadly competition. Preorder now, out May 27.
May 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Want to get your hands on a paperback of MOST ARDENTLY? Enter to win one on Goodreads now! bit.ly/3Yp88yj

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Goodreads giveaway! Want to read my queer Pride and Prejudice retelling, Most Ardently? Enter to win a paperback copy on Goodreads! Most Ardently: A Pride and Prejudice Remix, a Stonewall Honor Book, by Gabe Cole Novoa
May 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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want a signed copy? call Boswell's Books (boswellsbooks.com) or Roundabout Books (roundaboutbookstore.com) to get one!

or pre-order anywhere else (even internationally!) for a signed bookplate & bookmark! just submit your receipt here: tinyurl.com/4svny9r9
These Vengeful Gods by New York Times Bestselling Author Gabe Cole Novoa. Pre-order campaign. Submit by 5/27/25. Pre-order from Boswell's Books or Roundabout Books to receive a signed copy and matching bookmark. Or pre-order from any other retailer and submit your receipt to receive a signed bookplate and matching bookmark. Open internationally.
May 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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it's May! which means I HAVE A BOOK OUT THIS MONTH! 🤩

what will out find in THESE VENGEFUL GODS, my YA dystopian fantasy?

🏳️‍🌈 an all-queer main cast
🏳️‍⚧️ a chronically ill trans protagonist
✨ magic & gods
⚔️ a deadly (and magical!) competition

out May 27!!

tinyurl.com/bdet4wfw
These Vengeful Gods by New York Times Bestselling Author Gabe Cole Novoa. Dystopian fantasy. Disabled trans protagonist. All-queer main cast. Magic and gods. Deadly competition. Preorder now. Out May 27.
May 1, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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my queer YA dystopian fantasy THESE VENGEFUL GODS is out 5/27!

want a signed copy? call Boswell's Books (boswellsbooks.com) or Roundabout Books (roundaboutbookstore.com) to get one!

or pre-order anywhere else for a signed bookplate & bookmark! just submit your receipt here: tinyurl.com/4svny9r9
These Vengeful Gods by New York Times Bestselling Author Gabe Cole Novoa. Pre-order campaign. Submit by 5/27/25. Pre-order from Boswell's Books or Roundabout Books to receive a signed copy and matching bookmark. Or pre-order from any other retailer and submit your receipt to receive a signed bookplate and matching bookmark. Open internationally.
April 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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it's that time again! @BarnesandNoble is running their preorder sale! if you want to preorder THESE VENGEFUL GODS (out 5/27!) or MOST ARDENTLY's paperback & get 25% off, join their free rewards program & use code PREORDER25 at checkout!
#BNPreorder

TVG: tinyurl.com/573bajxs
MA: tinyurl.com/p25rprht
These Vengeful Gods by New York Times Bestselling Author Gabe Cole Novoa. Dystopian fantasy, disabled trans protagonist, all-queer main cast, magic and gods, deadly competition. 25% off preorders at B&N with code PREORDER25 until April 25. Most Ardently: A Pride and Prejudice Remix by Gabe Cole Novoa. 25% off preorders, only from B&N until April 25. Use code PREORDER25 at checkout to redeem this offer #BNPREORDER. Offer exclusive for rewards and premium members.
April 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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hello friends! I’m clearing out some space and have A LOT of paperback copies of THE RISING GOLD, the 3rd (and gayest!!) book in the BEYOND THE RED trilogy. if you have a *US mailing address* I’m happy to mail you a signed copy for free! just fill out the form here:

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The Rising Gold by Ava Jae (Gabe Cole Novoa)
April 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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HI! for 2 weeks (until 4/21), THESE VENGEFUL GODS is available as ‘Read Now’ on NetGalley, which means you don't need to be approved! you'll find:

-an all-queer main cast
-a chronically ill, trans masc MC w/ anxiety
-a gladiator-style deadly competition w/ MAGIC

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These Vengeful Gods by New York Times Bestselling Author Gabe Cole Novoa. Read it now on NetGalley.
April 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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exciting news! my trans-led, m/m PRIDE & PREJUDICE retelling, MOST ARDENTLY, is downpriced on ebook to $2.99 TODAY ONLY! download your copy now: bit.ly/43bW8TT

#transrightsreadathon
Fierce edeals! Download your copy of this amazing ebook for just $2.99! Most Ardently: A Pride & Prejudice Remix, a Stonewall Honor Book by Gabe Cole Novoa
April 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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trans author with trans characters, you say? #TDOV

THESE VENGEFUL GODS is out May 27th starring an all-queer main cast & chronically ill trans protagonist! if a gladiator-like deadly competition in a world of magic and gods is your jam, you can pre-order here:

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These Vengeful Gods by New York Times Bestselling Author Gabe Cole Novoa. Dystopian fantasy, disabled trans protagonist, all-queer main cast, magic and gods, deadly competition. Preorder now. Out May 27.
March 31, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Not that it couldn’t change (because it very well might) but that’s not what I’m seeing right now
Real-time NE Energy prices showing prices ranging from $32.91-$36.67.
March 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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it's my birthday! 🥳 AND it's B&N 25% off pre-orders time! use code PREORDER25 to get 25% off MOST ARDENTLY's paperback, out July 1st, and THESE VENGEFUL GODS, out May 27th!

MOST ARDENTLY: tinyurl.com/mr3d8694
THESE VENGEFUL GODS: tinyurl.com/3kvekjue
25% off pre-orders only from B&N until February 7, including MOST ARDENTLY's paperback release. Use code PREORDER25 at checkout to redeem this offer #BNPREORDER. Offer exclusive for rewards and premium members. Dystopian fantasy. Disabled trans protagonist. All-queer main cast. Magic and gods. Deadly competition. 25% off preorders at B&N with code PREORDER25 until February 7.
February 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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exciting news! THESE VENGEFUL GODS is now on NetGalley! 🥳

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January 30, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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😭😭😭😭😭
Congratulations Stonewall Book Award Honoree Gabe Cole Novoa! Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa is a Stonewall Honor Book
January 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM