The Haunted Bookshop @thehauntedbookshop.com Iowa City's home for 47,000 used/rare books, puzzles, games, and two famous cats. ๐ท Masks required - 12-6 Central, Mon-Sat - https://www.thehauntedbookshop.com
Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social I write books and post too many cat pictures. She/her, only.
Emrys Rowan @emrysrowan.bsky.social โหโก*โ haunting, queer love stories หโนโ โพโ
im the creature that lives behind your bookshelf
Rien Gray @riengray.bsky.social Agender Intersex Butch | Author of F/F and F/NBi romance, fantasy, & horror | They/Them | 2026: GALEAS THE KEEN | #sapphicromance #lesfic
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Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social We are Authors Against Book Bans. We stand united against the deeply unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read. We unequivocally support diverse voices on our library shelves, in our schools, and in our culture.
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Middletown Books @middletownbooks.bsky.social Former bookstore owner & tweeter. Strategy game player @ https://pente.org/gameServer/profile?viewName=watsu occasional game creator & also https://poe.com/tomrasul #Discworld #PratchettQOTD ๐๐ DMs generally left immediately, unless I actually know you
Queer Liberation Library @queerliblib.bsky.social hey, weโre QLL โ a fully digital library fighting to build a vibrant, flourishing queer future. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ // follow for updates! ๐๐ชถ
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Liz Shipton @lizshiptonauthor.bsky.social Author of Dot Slash Magic, The Thalassic Series, and Mother & Slaughter
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@crimsonnoblewrites.bsky.social @crimsonnoblewrites.bsky.social ๐ (she/her | aroace) & ๐ฆ (she/they | pan)
Queerness in our blood and on the page
Selfishly writing the stories we want to read
WIP: Midnight We Ball
Alan Humm @alanhumm.bsky.social Editor of the online arts journal One Hand Clapping. Novelist, poet, teacher and father but not necessarily in that order. You can find my writing here: https://www.alanhummswriting.com/
Kerry P (Author & Editor) @kerrypwrites.bsky.social ๐ป Editor. CIEP professional member.
๐ Author of contemporary romance and romcoms with heart, heat & HEA.
๐ WIP: Hearts Adrift.
๐ง Neurodivergent.
Holly R. Valakresch @hollyvalakresch.bsky.social Author & Screenwriter | I ๐ฉถ Arts & Sciences, Sculpting, Cartography, Cooking, Baking, Fashion, Fitness, Fairytales, & Historical Things.
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Katie @perfectlypretty.bsky.social Author, photographer, general creative.
The Chasing series is available now on Amazon and KU
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Shannon Hale @shannonhale.bsky.social Bestselling author of 50+ books. PRINCESS ACADEMY, AUSTENLAND, PRINCESS IN BLACK, REAL FRIENDS, DREAM ON, ITTY BITTY KITTY-CORN. Mom of 4 awesome young adults. she/her. Curiosity and compassion. www.shannonhale.com
Lauren Lopes - Author @laurenlopesauthor.bsky.social ๐ฟ๐ฆ
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Artรบr Faye @the-artur-faye.bsky.social He/Him๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
Award-winning author, and actor
The Ballad of Robin and King Richard is out now!
https://www.arturfaye.com/the-ballad-of-robin-and-king-richard
Megan Carver @thornsnrosesdotco.bsky.social Editor, audiobook narrator, and intimacy coordinator. Love teaching about violent/spicy storytelling. Donut enthusiast and dog mom in my free time. Hard no's include AI, fascism, and black licorice.
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Jenn Lyons @jennlyons.bsky.social Author, artist, old-school nerd who likes to write books with dragons in them. x2 Astounding nominated author of the A CHORUS OF DRAGONS series and THE SKY ON FIRE from Tor books. Rep'd by Chris Lotts.
Moonflower Books @moonflowerbooks.bsky.social We're a commercial publisher with an indie heart, sharing brilliant books that break the mould.
Obsidian @obsidian.md The free and flexible app for your private thoughts. For help and deeper discussions, join our community: http://obsidian.md/community
Arachne Press @arachnepress.bsky.social Small independent, inclusive, award-winning UK publishing house. Mostly poetry and short fiction, with the occasional fantasy/sci-fi novel. Prioritising LGBTQ+, Global Majority, Disabled, Welsh poets, and geographically isolated and Older Women writers.
Author Katrina Vincent @katrinavincent.bsky.social Spicy Romantasy Author with a Contemporary Twist โค๏ธ
Rob Weldon @robweldon.bsky.social Author, The Omnist series
โMagical Noirโhorror comedy, dark humor
Consumiaโs Spiritual Emporium
Mostly Human, Mostly Cat
The Omnist and the Cosmic Egg
The Patina of Dorothy Grant
Wide-Eyed Wyattโs Liquid Nap
The Soul Phone Collector
Authors Publish | Magazine for Creative Writers @authorspublish.com International submission calls from ๐publishers and literary magazinesโno reading fee, no literary agent required. ๐ธ Open to writers everywhere. ๐
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The Authors Guild @authorsguild.org Authors working together to ensure fair pay, protect copyright, and defend free speech.
Jane Handler, romance author @janehandlerauthor.bsky.social I write kissing books. Finding the Forward a why choose omegaverse hockey romance DUET is out now and on KU. Loving Ladybug Part One releases April 3, 2025. 
Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com Author of novels fantastical & historical, avid gardener, co-founder of SFWA's pub industry watchdog Writer Beware. Casting a small light in a wilderness of writing scams (plus an occasional cat pic)
https://writerbeware.blog
https://victoriastrauss.com
Bookshop.org @bookshop.org A better way to buy books online where every purchase supports local bookstores โ๏ธ๐
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Heather Shahan @emberwrites.bsky.social Mama, Teacher, Author, Fairy
Dragonslayer out March 11, 2025
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Melissa Wright @melissawright.bsky.social Author. Artist. Audiobook lover. Actually writes sometimes.
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Author Lindsay French @authorlfrench.bsky.social Science Fiction & Fantasy
Gritty action, no spice romance
Complex characters
Eclipse: Time Thief (Audible & Kindle April 29, 2025)
Lewis Roberts @lewisrobertsphd.bsky.social ๐ Writer | ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ Queer Advocate |๐ฅ Witchy Marvel Fan | ๐ Mystery & Queer Books
Hannah Kessley ๐๐ฎ๐ @ektambo.bsky.social Here to talk books, games, and writing โ๏ธ || 33 || she/her || ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐บ๐ธ
Current ๐: Godslayers
Current ๐ฎ: Horizon Zero Dawn
Xiran Jay Zhao @xiranjayzhao.bsky.social #1 New-York-Times-Disqualified & Hugo-Award-disqualified author of IRON WIDOW and ZACHARY YING AND THE DRAGON EMPEROR (They/Them)
The StoryGraph @thestorygraph.com An app for you to track your reading and choose your next book. Founded by @nodunayo.bsky.social. Built by her and @robfrelow.bsky.social. support@thestorygraph.com
Geeky Suzanne, Narrator @geekysuzanne.bsky.social Audiobook narrator in a chronically dramatic body.
Evelyn Ward Author @evelynwardbooks.bsky.social Dark fantasy/dark romance author ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
๐ช The Queen's Blade & The Blood Witch - Out now
๐ The Shadow King - TBA
๐ค Dangerous Men - Aug 29th
ARC sign up https://tinyurl.com/ftcmujta
Cee | SFF Editor @ceemtaylor.com ๐ Cameron Montague "Cee" Taylor (they/she)
๐ Developmental editor who posts craft content & resources for writers
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๐ Occasional poster of cat pics
๐ cameronmontaguetaylor.com/links/
Becca Syme @beccasyme.bsky.social I have no idea what I'm doing here, but... we will figure it out.
Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social Long Time Internet Guy
Mars Mairin @marsmairin.bsky.social not-so-local author
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Kat Cooper โ๐ป๐ @katcooperwrites.bsky.social ๐ fantasy writer
๐ contributor to Seasons Unceasing (Worldsmyths), IN A FLASH / COLLECTIVE VERSES (Scribemind Books)
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Jes Battis @jesbattis.bsky.social Writer/Prof/Other. All pronouns. Fantasy, queer medievalism, 18thc shenanigans, YA lit, disability and neurodiversity. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ ๐ต๐ธ
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The Terry Pratchett Estate @terrypratchett.bsky.social Official account of the Terry Pratchett Estate. The first place for Discworld, Good Omens & Terry Pratchett news.
Rebecca Thorne @rebeccathorne.bsky.social USA Today, Sunday Times, Indie bestselling author!
I write badass lesbians and talk publishing.
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Gina Denny @ginad129.bsky.social ๐ดโโ ๏ธA Broken Heart of Blackened Stone 9.1.26
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Kelsey Josephson @kelseyjosephson.com Author of strange steampunk and reinvented fairy tales. ๐โ๏ธ๐
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Member of SFWA and ALLi
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Beth Cohen @bethcohenwrites.bsky.social Asexual AuDHD author editing a portal fantasy with a fat ND heroine. Cat servant. Anti-genAI. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ ๐
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๐ป https://linktr.ee/BethCohenWrites
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