Lisa Gold: Research Maven
Freelance researcher, fact-checker, writer, and rare book expert. I do creative research for authors. Married to novelist Matt Ruff (Lovecraft Country).
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I’m not in James Thurber’s attic any more! right now I’m home yay ! I’m the one who writes this column https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/alexandra-petri/ and loves puns
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Cofounder of https://indicator.media, your essential guide to understanding and investigating digital deception. Sign up for free! Investigative journalist and OSINT trainer. https://craigsilverman.ca
@helenkennedy.bsky.social
Newspapers 4 life. (Ex NY Daily News & Boston Herald.) NYC and North Fork. Francophile fan of Sondheim and Venice. Aspiring watercolorist. (Paintings now at @washbuckler.bsky.social) Hoping sarcasm works out better over here.
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Art crime and business reporter at ARTnews. Owner of a floofy dog. Canadian. Doomscrolling Reminder Lady. Confidential tips can be sent to kho at ARTnews.com or karenkho.45 on Signal
@brendannyhan.bsky.social
Dartmouth political scientist and Bright Line Watch co-director. Previously Upshot NYT / CJR contributor, Spinsanity co-founder, All the President's Spin co-author. https://sites.dartmouth.edu/nyhan/ http://brightlinewatch.org
@sarahposner.bsky.social
Investigative journalist, columnist, expert on the Christian right. Working on something new. Author, Unholy. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/605774/unholy-by-sarah-posner/ More: https://www.sarahposner.com
@finebooks.bsky.social
A quarterly magazine and daily updated website about rare books and collecting
@artcrimeprof.bsky.social
Art crime prof at CUNY. Follow for how-to tips on art forgery. Also: repatriation; monuments; classics; museum shenanigans. She/her; queer. www.artcrimeprof.com
@mgyarn.bsky.social
Chronicler of bookwomen (misc.) Currently 17thC women printers. Previously SHAKESPEARE'S 'LADY EDITORS' (CUP). Freelance indexer/editor/researcher. A remarkably Independent Scholar.
@matthewkollmer.com
PhD student (info sci at UIUC). Research in DH, NLP, AI, cultural analytics. Background in 19th/early 20th century US lit, creative writing, writing studies: https://matthewkollmer.com I also own and operate a rare book firm: https://eveninglandbooks.com
@josephhone.bsky.social
Writes about literature and old books ☞ THE BOOK FORGER out now from Chatto & Windus ❧ Editing Pope
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Journalist @404Media.co Signal: jason.404 // email: [email protected]
@sbarolo.bsky.social
he • undistinguished professor of biology & phd program director 🧪• not representing my employer • hearing impaired • romance & other 📚 • #9ReplyGuys • no terfs Jane Austen jokes: https://bsky.app/profile/sbarolo.bsky.social/post/3kbazxa4ymu2l
@masinger.bsky.social
freelance book editor specializing in genre fiction, former Senior Editor at Tor; loves theater & art; basically a nerd. has a cat she/her demi/ace Jewish NYC, HCHS, SMC (cover image: "59th Street Bridge" by Jeffrey is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.)
@molly.wiki
independent writer of citationneeded.news and @web3isgoinggreat.com • tech researcher and cryptocurrency industry critic • software engineer • wikipedian support my work: citationneeded.news/signup links: mollywhite.net/linktree
@fouryearsagotoday.bsky.social
This account was born on March 6, 2024 when Elise Stefanik asked, “Are you better off today than you were four years ago?”) Send complaints to @helenkennedy.bsky.social
@kateschaefer.bsky.social
She/her. Everything is more complicated than that. I volunteer with Carl Brandon Society, Clarion West, Otherwise. I walked Hadrian's Wall a few years ago. I read a lot. I sew a lot. I garden a little. My grandchildren are old enough to vote. I digress.
@willpooley.bsky.social
historian of witchcrafts, folklore, France 18-20th c ass. ed. French History ed. Cambridge Elements in Magic also #CreativeHistories not *literally* a birb
@honeyandwaxbks.bsky.social
Rare books in Brooklyn, NY. Awarding the Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize since 2017. Use books as bees use flowers. honeyandwaxbooks.com
@jessicavalenti.bsky.social
I write about abortion every day at abortioneveryday.com Read my newsletter & find me other places here: linktr.ee/jessicavalenti 📚 My new book 'Abortion' is out now prh.com/abortion
@publishingrodeo.bsky.social
http://linktr.ee/pubrodeo A trade publishing podcast by authors, for authors, discussing the realities of our industry. Hosts: @sunyidean.com and @scottdrakeford.com
@levgrossman.com
Bestselling writer of The Bright Sword, The Magicians trilogy, The Silver Arrow books, and The Map of Tiny Perfect Things
@bendorgrosvenor.bsky.social
Art historian. New book The Invention of British Art, out now.
@chasingray.bsky.social
Aviation journalist, especially on Alaska. Never met a federal database I didn't love. "Probable Cause" newsletter is here: https://colleenmondor.substack.com/
@chasingaphrodite.bsky.social
Researching the illicit antiquities trade for two decades as an investigative reporter, author, blogger, tweeter, investigator, founder @MuseumofLoot and now...skeeter? https://ChasingAphrodite.com/ https://MuseumofLoot.org/ https://AchillesResearch.org/
@ronhogan.bsky.social
He wrote Our Endless & Proper Work (Belt Publishing, 2021), based on his "Destroy Your Safe and Happy Lives" newsletter.
@jamellebouie.net
The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group. Send me your mutual aid requests.
@janefriedman.com
I report on the publishing industry through my paid newsletter, The Bottom Line, and educate writers on the business of authorship in THE BUSINESS OF BEING A WRITER (University of Chicago Press).
@carlzimmer.com
NYT columnist. Signal: carlzimmer.31 web:carlzimmer.com AIR-BORNE: THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF THE LIFE WE BREATHE https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/724793/air-borne-by-carl-zimmer/ [This account includes a tweet archive]
@garywhitta.com
Writer. Rogue One, The Book of Eli, Star Wars Rebels, Batman, The Walking Dead, Gundog etc #COYS
@incunabula.bsky.social
This is a dormant account which I only very occasionally update, follow me on X at https://x.com/incunabula.
@vanessabraganza.bsky.social
'The real Robert Langdon' | writer and future civil rights lawyer | 📖 THE SECRET-SEEKERS: A BOOK DETECTIVE'S QUEST out from HarperOne 2026 | PhD @harvard, JD @columbialaw
@courtjeweller.bsky.social
History, royalty, and other sparkly stuff from Lauren Kiehna (@laurenkiehna.bsky.social), writer & editor at thecourtjeweller.com. Contact: [email protected]
@briancassidy.bsky.social
Rare book & archives dealer. Co-founder Type Punch Matrix. Lapsed poet. Duplication dork. Commodifying print since 2004.
@robdmontoya.bsky.social
Breslauer Endowed Professor of Bibliography at UCLA | Director, California Rare Book School (CalRBS) | Book History, Libraries, Knowledge Organization | Fulbright
@eileengunn.bsky.social
"You can dream the American Dream, but you sleep with the lights on and wake up with a scream...." –– Warren Zevon Science fiction writer, radarangel, apophenista. www.eileengunn.com
@bodleianlibraries.bsky.social
Amazing collections and breath-taking libraries. Facilitating research at the University of Oxford. Readers: www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk Visitors: visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
@tcarmody.bsky.social
Ex-liontamer https://timcarmody.com Now: Editor at DeepLearning.AI. I used to write for Wired, The Verge, The Message, Adweek, and Amazon Chronicles. I also host sometimes at Kottke.org. Call me he/him. Everything changes; don’t be afraid.
@lisafdavis.bsky.social
Medievalist, Paleographer, Codicologist, Voynichologist; Executive Director, @medievalacademy.bsky.social; Brown Univ. and Yale Univ. alum; PhD; Red Sox fan
@jbd1.bsky.social
Librarian, historian of early America, biblio-human, birder. Upstate NY. Opinions here my own.
@carlbrandon.bsky.social
The Carl Brandon Society is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to issues of race & ethnicity in speculative fiction
@gwinnma.bsky.social
Book critic. Kirkus Prize juror for 2024; reviewer for LA Times, Kirkus, Star Tribune. NBCC board. Pulitzer winner. Read to live, live to read.
@sonjadrimmer.bsky.social
Associate Professor, History of Art & Architecture, UMass Amherst. http://sonjadrimmer.com/about-forte (She/her)
@elizabethhand.bsky.social
Writer & old punk in Maine. Firewood stacked but my lawn needs work. Most recent novel: A Haunting on the Hill. Forthcoming: Unspeakable Things
@ahsimlibrarian.bsky.social
Readers' advisory librarian. Former Clarion West Writers Workshop board member. 2022 World Fantasy Award judge. Karaoke enthusiast.
@clarionwest.bsky.social
Workshops for people who are serious about writing. Speculative Fiction | Clarion West Six-Week Workshop | Online Classes & Workshops | Programs for Speculative Fiction Writers | Readings & Author Events Find us at clarionwest.org