J.R. Dawson

@jrdawson.bsky.social

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She/They. The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World (Tor, 2025). The First Bright Thing (Tor, 2023). Nebula, Sturgeon, and Hugo finalist. Goldie award winner. ✡️🏳️‍🌈🍉Linktree: https://linktr.ee/jrdawsonwriter Rep: Stevie Finegan

Three dogs wait at the top of the stairs for a woman
Paperback launch 7/21 AMA on r/fantasy, virtual event with ofpagesandprint at 7 central
Virtual event tinyurl.com/lhpaperback and r/fantasy ama on 7/22 for paperback release of LIGHTHOUSE
Tinyurl.com/lhpaperback
Two dogs and a Dawson open the box to reveal paperbacks of Lighthouse. It comes out on Tuesday.
We’ve been informed by the crematory that one of you called in anonymously and offered to pay for an upgraded urn. Whoever it was, thank you. We were able to pick a really nice one out. Thank you. So much. I’ve just been so doubled over by how kind and generous everyone has been. Between this, the gofundme, and a grant from Hemangio, we have now been able to 100 percent fund Pad’s veil crossing. I’ll never forget this.
A book reveal with three adorable dogs for the UK hardback of LIGHTHOUSE
Narrative Healing Through Minnesota Resistance July 25 10-2 In Person
UK cover of The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World
Paperback Launch. JR Dawson and Ofpagesandprint brought to you by Comma a bookshop. July 21 at 7 central
A black dog in the sunset
The Beatles as girls from an Instagram screenshot
Guest of Honor J.R. Dawson Convergence, with author photo
A black dog with a snoopy plushie on a bean bag
A rainbow ribbon and text: “read with pride” “jrdawsonwriter.com”
Black labradoodle with a blep tongue
Book reading The First Bright Thing and a cake themed as the circus.
A black labradoodle on a blue porch
A silly little blue monster plush in front of the stage
TV paused on Netflix show that shows TFBT in the background on a bookshelf.
Boot on a broken foot
Illustration of Jinjur lazing in the throne while the fab five look on
An award plague sitting on a sill overlooking the lake
no he couldn't fit on the door it wasn't a fucking door it was a piece of a wall and it is all explained in a deleted scene.
Three headed dragon drawing with a doggie
A window with green curtains that looks out to a sunny day
Christina Koch Jim Halperts the camera as an asshole talks. The asshole is Trump.
Funny face with dyed hair and MoonPalace tee
Black doodle with snow on face on hardwood floor
Dawson with books
A panda riding an orca
A picture of John Gibson on a black table near yellow flowers
Thank you to everybody who congratulated me and other finalists yesterday. This is a huge moment. I am currently out of town for Gibson’s memorial. I haven’t had time to go through and thank everyone individually, and I’m still working on congratulating everyone who is a finalist. But I am seeing every single comment and well-wish and it brightens my lil heart. I’ve worked so hard and this nomination means so much to me. Thank you for believing in a story about self-love.
Two very cold authors sitting for a selfie in front of a banner that reads green dragon
Booth signing jr dawson rewind book fair Saturday 11-3
Golden crown literary society finalist fantasy novel and the cover of Lighthouse
The society of midland authors founded 1915, winner of adult fiction. Cover of Lighthouse with galaxy background
Bottom of a website screen it says Abolish Ice
A Shabbat table with a candle at twilight
A happy cartoon bird with a Groucho mustache and glasses
Purple night sky with “we all need a little hope”
A television that shows Artemis, moon, and earth
Purple background with ace rainbows. Cover of Lighthouse and it says Happy Ace Day, want a sapphic Orpheus story that’s demi and proud of it
Booth signing jr dawson rewind book fair Saturday 11-3 PM rewind book fair Minnesota state fair grounds April 18
Covers of Lighthouse and TFBT surrounding the words “you are enough” on a purple marble background
A calendar for April with written in “start from beginning”
three people hold their SFWA cards and smile for the camera
A television with nebula finalist six people to revise you on it
Two grumbly dudes from the movie The Lighthouse with Snoopy outside a lighthouse with the title The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World.
A girl with a dragon in front of a backdrop of a castle
The book THE LIGHTHOUSE AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD beside a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection pin
What would the circus do
Preorder now with code FEB26 17-20 February online only
JR Dawson awards eligibility
The cover of Lighthouse in front of moving water. Text says “Remember Love doesn’t die.”
A candle sitting on a porch
January 23 Out of Office
An infographic of author photo, with information about being a dog mom, wanting to travel to Antarctica, loving musicals and theme parks
Big bird having a meltdown
A screenshot of an insta story talking about how chlorine gas was used in author’s neighborhood and it irritated their dogs’ eyes.