Steph Cherrywell

@stephcherrywell.com

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They/them. Author, librarian, text game creator. UNBOXING LIBBY and THE INK WITCH are out now! Represented by @marielamba.bsky.social. See my projects at stephcherrywell.com.

Cover of Charity and Sylvia by Tillie Walden; two women in early-1800s clothes gaze at each other; inset of a cabin and complicated border.
The arm meme - Victorians Reading "The Old Curiosity Shop" - Don't Die, Nell! - Me Watching The First Few Episodes of "Clevatess."
A kids' art way with some dinosaurs, two Jaxes, a Rumi, a Trogdor(!!) and some other stuff, plus handwritten signs saying 'I Love My Two Moms' and 'Let trans kids bloom'.
Cover of Opting Out by Maia Kobabe and Swati "Lucky" Srikumar. A kid joyfully dumping a bunch of stuff (including a sword) out of a backpack.
The cover of A Million Views by Aaron Starmer. A bunch of kids doing movie-making activities.
The cover of Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees by Patrick Horvath. Top-down visit of an anthro bear dragging a bloody bag through the woods.
Map of part of the floor for ALA Chicago 2026, with booth 3612 circled.
That Amazing Digital Circus character test thing with results that show that I'm not definitively any one of them.
A graphic saying: Author Signing with Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - The Ink Witch, Steph Cherrywell, Sunday 6/28, 3:30-4:00 PM at LBYR Booth #3612, ALA Annual in Chicago 2026. Book cover and author's photo are shown.
Cover of 'You Are Now Old Enough To Hear This' by Aaron Starmer.
A signup graphic for ALA 2026
Title page for a TOS episode called 'the Enterprise encounters another immortal alien who visited the earth and influenced the culture but this time it's Garfield'
A Star Trek Voyager title screen for an episode called "Get the Cheese to Sickbay"
A Far Side panel where a bunch of people are protesting at the house of some random guy named Wayne.
Image of Flourent Maudoux's Freaks Squeele - a big wolfman is carrying a redheaded demon girl, another girl with short black hair is running in front of them, there's a definite sense of running away from something in a panic.
The cover of Forgive-Me-Not by Mari Costa. A purple-skinned hobgoblin girl and a beefy short-haired warrior lady human lying in a flower field in a "this is a romance" pose. Mari Costa really loves these "Beefy loves Shrimpy" pairings, huh? I've read three books by her now and they're all really different but they all have that.
Cover of After the Fall by Edward Ashton. A stone bust of a dog-headed person in a park with an orange sky and ruined buildings in the background.
The cover of "The Demon of Beausoleil" by Mari Costa. A cambion looking kind of evil-ish while another guy lies down in a pentagram.
A map of Wisconsin counties after the 2026 spring elections, it's like half blue because the conservative candidate faceplanted in not only the population centers but tons of smaller counties that usually go red.
Strixhaven: Omens of Chaos, a Magic the Gathering book by Seanan McGuire.
A "Did You Know" wikipedia list in which every entry is something technically true but misleading.
The cover of Unboxing Libby by Steph Cherrywell.
The cover of The Ink Witch by Steph Cherrywell.
Covers of The Ink Witch and Unboxing Libby by Steph Cherrywell
The covers of The Ink Witch and Unboxing Libby by Steph Cherrywell.
Alternate cover for the book 'Unboxing Libby' - main character Max is in a box.
Alternate cover for the book 'Unboxing Libby', this one titled 'Searching for Max', with an error code, jar of pickles, and Best Friends Club button.
Alternate cover for the book "Unboxing Libby" which is just the title "Unboxing Max."
An alternate cover for the book Unboxing Libby; unfinished drawing of the main character plus a fancy title.
Alternate cover for the book Unboxing Libby. The main character, Max, and an ...unfinished(?) Roxanne.
Alternate book cover for the book 'Unboxing Libby' - it's a 'hello my name is' nametag with 'Libby' crossed out and 'Max' written in. Neat title font too!
Alternate cover for Unboxing Libby, featuring Max popping out of a carton.
Alternate cover for the book Unboxing Libby showing two of the protagonists on the roof of a Halloween store. The name 'Libby' is crossed out and replaced with 'Max', and there's a black-and-yellow striped boundary visible in the background.
Alternate cover for the book Unboxing Libby. Characters Roxanne and Max are standing on a Martian landscape, yelling. Earth is visible in the sky.
Hand-drawn alternate cover for the book Unboxing Libby, titled 'Unboxing Max', with a girl standing in front of some black and yellow striped boundary tape and an explosion of color.
The cast of anime Gnosia, a diverse bunch of space people.
An orange scarf that starts out okay and just keeps getting wider.
The cover of Isabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil by Oliver Darkshire. It's one of those 'is it a vase or two faces' vases, with some basil, an apple, and something that looks like a cat (not actually a cat) in it.
A Pride flag, but all the stripes are from photographs NASA took.
Jas from Stardew Valley saying 'Ew, this is icky.'
Cover of the English release of Volume 1 of Stop!! Hibari-Kun! by Hisashi Eguchi. A blonde teenage girl (Hibari) holds a guitar and sips a drink through a straw. There's a band around the cover with a close-up of Hibari; co-star Kousaku (dark-haired teenage boy) is in the background looking distressed, or possibly turned on.
Skop, a character from Dr. Slump who looks like Mr. Spock as a schoolkid, surrounded with blue light. Japanese text reads "Skop-kun no Mezame" (Skop's Awakening.)
The cover of Scarlet Morning by ND Stevenson. Two teens in ragged nautical clothes, one holding a book and one a lantern. Clouds of salt, and behind them, a woman in shadow, a blood-red sun, ship's masts, and birds.
A picture of the phrase 'out of pocket'.
B&W shaded forearm tattoo showing busts of the five principals from Star Trek: Lower Decks (Mariner, Boimler, Rutherford, Tendi, and T'Lyn)
The movie poster for Him, a movie about a football guy dripping blood.
The guy selling singing vegetables at the beginning of The Muppet Christmas Carol
The cover of The Ink Witch by Steph Cherrywell with the text 'Superstar Reads of 2025' which notes it was on the Kirkus, SLJ, NYPL, and Chicago Public Library best books list and got three starred reviews (Booklist, Kirkus, Publishers Weekly.)
The cover of What the Font?! A Manga Guide to Western Typeface by Kuniichi Ashiya.
The cover of Drome by Jesse Lonergan. This beefy green badass warrior lady is wading through water with this huge guy that looks like if Jack Kirby drew God standing behind her being the sky, and the whole thing is on this grid that looks like a stained glass window and it's amazing.
The cover of The Great British Bump-Off: Kill or Be Quilt. A blonde woman on a sinking boat is giving a terrified thumbs-up.
The cover of Good Old-Fashioned Korean Spirit by Kim Hyun Sook and Ryan Estrada. A very sweet couple cuddling under a persimmon tree that has four old ladies hiding in it.
The cover of Zed Moonstein Makes a Friend by Lance Rubin. A kid is strapped to a giant computer face.
The covers of the Booklist Editors' Choice 2025: Books for Youth selections - a few dozen covers from books ranging from picture books to YA.
The first page of The Ink Witch by Steph Cherrywell, visible writing is: "Eeeeeeee-heee-heee-heee-heee," Becca cackled under her breath. Being a witch was all about the perfect cackle, one that would really dazzle Mr. Marmolejo at the auditions.
The cover of You Gotta eat by Margaret Eby. A bunch of simple foods (popcorn, bread, ramen, etc.) scattered all over.