Rachel's Starter Pack
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@rachellynn13.swifties.social
@theferocity.bsky.social
Poet and cultural critic. Also, I co-host the podcast VIBE CHECK. Artist-in-residence at Harvard rn. BOOKS: Prelude to Bruise, How We Fight for Our Lives, Alive at the End of the World. saeedjones.substack.com
@alexanderchee.bsky.social
Novelist and essayist, most recently author of How to Write an Autobiographical Novel. Professor of Creative Writing at Dartmouth College. He/him. Agent: Jin Auh, The Wylie Agency. alexanderchee.net
@bcdreyer.social
America's Copy Editorยฎ author of the New York Times/IndieBound bestseller Dreyer's English and Stet! (the game!) โข Random House copy chief/managing editor (ret.) โข he/him/his โข abstruse in the sense of recondite โข ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ benjamindreyer.com
@stevesilberman.bsky.social
Award-winning science writer, author of the New York Times bestseller "NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity," and an upcoming book on cystic fibrosis, "The Taste of Salt."
@nigelslater.bsky.social
A cook who writes. Observer columnist. Author. Gardener. Books: The Kitchen Diaries, The Christmas Chronicles, A Cookโs Book, A Thousand Feasts. Instagram.com/nigelslater
@rokwon.bsky.social
๐ nationally bestselling novels Exhibit & The Incendiaries โข co-edited Kink โข โ๐ป NYT, New Yorker, Time, Vanity Fair, Guardian ๐ she/her www.ro-kwon.com/exhibit
@joabaldwin.com
Author of the Noss Saga (LGBTQ+ epic fantasy series). Layout Artist & Director of Cinematography at Disney (Zootopia, Encanto, Frozen, Moana, etc). Photographer, animator, designer, he/him ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Married to @dahlumii.bsky.social www.joaquinbaldwin.com
@emilymandel.bsky.social
Six books including Sea of Tranquility, The Glass Hotel, and Station Eleven. St. John is just my middle name; the books go under M.
@emmakennedy.bsky.social
Author, screenwriter, Lego builder. Iโm @emmakennedy from the Bird Place.
@maggietokudahall.bsky.social
kids and young adult book author. The horrors never cease but neither do I. Founding member of Authors Against Book Bans. (She/her) blessed stressed depressed โ๐ฝ Prettyokmaggie.com
@aaronparnas.bsky.social
J.D. from GW Law โ๏ธ | Attorney | Your go-to news source | Strategist | Views are my own | Retweets โ endorsements All other platforms: https://linktr.ee/aaronparnas
@hjm.bsky.social
Writer. One half of a dynamic duo. H is for Hawk, Vesper Flights. PROPHET with Sin Blache. Rep by the Clegg Agency. Non-binary. They/she
@eliasjahshan.bsky.social
Editor, THIS ARAB IS QUEER (Saqi Books; 2022) | Your fave Palestinian Baba in London | ๐ฑ๐ง&๐ต๐ธ; born/raised on Dharug, Gadigal & Gamaraigal lands (aka Sydney) | He/him | ุงููุงุณ ุฌูุดุงู https://saqibooks.com/books/saqi/this-arab-is-queer/
@ryanestrada.com
Eisner & Ringo nominated author/artist/adventurer. Books Include Banned Book Club, Occulted, Student Ambassador, No Rules Tonight. Represented by Janine Kamouh at WME. Work and contact info at ryanestrada.com
@maureenjohnsonbooks.com
she/her Author. Not the one from Rent. https://linktr.ee/maureenjohnson
@louiestowell.bsky.social
Writer/illustrator of the LOKI: A Bad God's Guide books, Writer of Otherland & The Dragon in the Library. https://louiestowell.com. No terfs. Many fluctuating fandoms incluing BtVS + Doctor Who. This feed isn't for kids.
@garthgreenwell.bsky.social
What Belongs to You, Cleanness, & Small Rain | Eeyore at the gay club | Distinguished Writer in Residence at NYU | https://garthgreenwell.substack.com
@damianbarr.bsky.social
Writer & broadcaster. ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ ๐ ๐๏ธ๐ ๐ญ ๐บ ๐ป ๐ชด ๐ ๐ฅ He/Him ๐ The Two Roberts is my new novel (Sept 2025). Iโm also curating a show about them for Charleston. ๐ Maggie & Me. ๐ You Will Be Safe Here. ๐บ Big Scottish Book Club on BBC iPlayer. PhD, FRSL, FRSE.
@samiraahmed.bsky.social
NYT & indie bestselling author of Love Hate & Other Filters, Internment, Hollow Fires, Ms. Marvel: Beyond the Limit, This Book Won't Burn. Next: The Singular Life of Aria Patel (5/13/25) Politics. Prose. Pastries.
@drcarpineti.bsky.social
Astrophysicist, science writer for @iflscience.com, geek, immigrant, and also The Astroholic. Chair of @prideinstem.bsky.social He/him
@daviddemchuk.com
Fine writing for foul minds. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐จ๐ฆ Sunburst winner; Giller Prize, Amazon, Aurora & Shirley Jackson nominee. The Butcherโs Daughter. RED X. The Bone Mother. Gay/Queer. Cis. Old. #NSFW. https://linktr.ee/ddemchuk
@bobjohnstonbooks.bsky.social
'Our Big Day' LGBTQ+ award-winning picturebook published 2022. Currently working on a gay novel for adults. Husband, dog lover, cat misser, biscuit eater, previously @gutterbookshop ... he/him. www.bobjohnstonbooks.com
@stellduffy.bsky.social
Pฤkehฤ Londoner; Dr (not the medical kind), existential psychotherapist, supervisor, doctoral research in postmenopause; writer of 17 novels/70+ stories/15 plays, yoga for writing workshops; 2 x breast cancer; knee, hip, & some brain mended with metal
@charlottemendelson.bsky.social
New novel WIFE out now, Meanwhile: The Exhibitionist, Almost English, When We Were Bad+ Gardening for New Yorker
@sachacoward.bsky.social
LGBTQ+ history dude (He/Him) ๐ Research, Tours & Escape Rooms. Mermaid lover. Lifts heavy things for attention. http://www.unbound.com/books/queer-as-folklore/
@thatdocphoenix.com
That writer guy you like. Bi, trans, polyamorous, slutty, neurodivergent, hot. Buy my book that explains why politics has gone weird. I live in Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK. https://linktr.ee/iheartpolitics
@cairdiul.bsky.social
Former terror of the high seas, now a cannibal king. ๐ฎ๐ช๐บ๐ฒ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ author (You Ruin It When You Talk) in London, very publishable pleasant lady Sarahsnewideas.com
@roxanegay.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/roxanegay Writer, editor, publisher, professor. Some people call me a bad feminist and by some people I mean me.
@theguyliner.bsky.social
Author, journalist, and Guardian Blind Date superfan. A body like Arnold with a Denzel face. (he/him) theguyliner.com theguyliner.substack.com
@lawrenceschimel.bsky.social
Reader. Bilingual (Spanish/English) author & literary translator. Kidlit. Poetry. SF/F/H. Comics. ๐ He/รฉl Iโve translated: Maggie Nelson, Danez Smith, George Takei, Juan Villoro, Carmen Boullosa, Trifonia Melibea Obono, Koleka Putuma, etc.
@eidyngray.scot
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ author and activist in ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Software engineer, TTRPG GM, and author of dark fantasy books (he/they) ๐๐๐ https://linktr.ee/tgraywrites
@janamperkins.com
founder, @womenofletters.org. computational social scientist writing a book (DEEP LITERACY, DIGITAL TIME) for Routledge
@katebradbury.bsky.social
Garden/Nature writer/presenter ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ @Froglifers and @BumblebeeTrust patron. @savebutterflies and @the_RHS ambassador. Agent @DFMTalent. Born at 342.54ppm
@luketurner.bsky.social
Author: Men at War - Loving, Lusting, Fighting, Remembering 1939-1945 on British masculinity, sexuality & the cultural memory of WWII on W&N Books/Orion. First ๐ Out of the Woods, 2019. Co-founder: The Quietus. My stuff: https://linktr.ee/luketurner โ๏ธ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
@rebekahwriter.bsky.social
Donate to abortion funds: https://www.baltimoreabortionfund.org/ โIt was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union.โ - Susan B. Anthony
@adibkhorram.bsky.social
Award-winning best selling author of books for all ages. Next: IT HAD TO BE HIM (adult romance), TEA IS LOVE (picture book), ONE WORD, SIX LETTERS (young adult). adibkhorram.com ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ฎ๐ท he/him
@eliaseells.bsky.social
Kentucky-based author, writer of the fantastic and delectable. Host of Bar Cart Bookshelf. COCKTAILS AND CONSOLES (Fall '24). Freelance publicist. He/him ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Professional Inquiries: elias.eells1@gmail.com https://linktr.ee/eliaseells
@emmadonoghue.bsky.social
writer of fiction (The Paris Express, Learned by Heart, Haven, The Pull of the Stars, The Wonder, Room, etc), films, plays...
@sarahmaclean.bsky.social
Writer. Podcaster. Third-act break-up evangelist. Iโm somewhere talking about romance novels.
@pantibliss.bsky.social
Performer, writer, speechifier, pub landlady, gender discombobulist National Fucking Treasure Ireland
@paullisicky.bsky.social
My seventh book, SONG SO WILD AND BLUE: A LIFE WITH THE MUSIC OF JONI MITCHELL, is out now from HarperOne. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ
@eggsbened.bsky.social
Cultural talk and typing. And singing. Biographer of Stephen Sondheim. Variety, London theatre critic. The Stage, Associate writer. Tristram Hawkshaw in The Archers. Somewhat gay.
@schwartzwords.bsky.social
YA fantasy: A PRAYER FOR VENGEANCE and TO A DARKER SHORE / adult romcom: MY KIND OF TROUBLE / sadder but wiser / autistic / fat / ๐ / ๐ฎ๐น / theater / (she/they) / Rep: Lee OโBrien, LGLM https://linktr.ee/leanneschwartz
@heykellyjensen.bsky.social
Editor at Book Riot. Editor/Author of BODY TALK, HERE WE ARE, + (DON'T) CALL ME CRAZY. Former librarian. Anti-censorship advocate. Yoga teacher. Your favorite infernal witch. She/her. Library Journal Mover & Shaker in 2024.
@rpmirabella.bsky.social
Writer, reader, office potato. I'm queer. Author of Brother & Sister Enter the Forest. Lambda Award Finalist. NY Times Editors' Choice. Real human. No, really. richardmirabellawriter.com
@bsky.app
official Bluesky account (check username๐) Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app
@rachellynn13.swifties.social
Never be so polite you forget your power ๐๐ TS and politics