The Book Maven's All-Stars
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@ronhenry.net
Ithaca, NY. Tech writer, poet, editor, avid reader. I do not speak for my employer here.
@starwuerdemann.bsky.social
Writer. Practicing my Buddhist name: Manjō (bountiful kindness). Bread Loaf '23. Pronounced WORD-a-man.
@karenebender.bsky.social
I write stories and show students how to do it. Teaching in MFAs at SUNY Stony Brook and Alma College. NBA Finalist
@mesjak.bsky.social
Hi, it’s me, your friendly neighborhood web-swinging, starship-hopping, murder-solving, coffee-drinking, playlist-crafting publishers’ sales rep for indie bookstores @ Abraham Associates.
@flossieteacake.bsky.social
Fond of books: incapable of leaving house with fewer than 5 vols. I read, I sing, I edit, and sometimes I also run (slowly). Cambridge, UK or Bloomsbury (@londonreview.bsky.social - misc non-editing stuff - disclaimer etc). Unpaid PA @bealelab.bsky.social.
@thatneilguy.bsky.social
Writer. Actor. Musician. Nerd. Probably wearing a Dr Who scarf right now. StarTrekking.substack.com
@strachanlit.bsky.social
Literary Agent. Lover of books, art, music and theatre. (she/her) Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.) --Walt Whitman
@kelcrocker.bsky.social
Writer. Reader. Teacher. Journalist. Dad’s Girlfriend and Other Anxieties—2022 middle grade debut novel, 2023 Colorado Book Award finalist. Rep: @kellydhouse.bsky.social #kidlit #VCFA #SCBWI www.kellyecrocker.com
@heatherkellyphd.bsky.social
Clinical psychologist: inaugural Director of Wellness and Prevention at US Naval Academy. Former House Veterans’ Affairs Committee staffer and nonprofit advocate for military personnel, veterans, their families, caregivers, survivors, and communities.
@rachelcantor.bsky.social
Author of the novels Half-Life of a Stolen Sister (2023), Good on Paper (2016), and A Highly Unlikely Scenario (2014). Flailing but I mean well. Sox, Pats, Celts, Liberty. She/her. www.rachelcantor.com
@budzilla.com
I photograph what I like, I write when I can. Still learning. Age neutral. Meanwhile, in Kansas City . . . my cat matches the furniture. https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/bud-simpson budsimpson.substack.com
@jennifergilmore.bsky.social
Novelist, Prof, New Yorker in PA (that was fun) Jennifergilmore.net
@carolynparkhurst.bsky.social
I'm the NYT bestselling author of the novels The Dogs of Babel, Lost and Found, The Nobodies Album and Harmony. Humor in the New Yorker and the Rumpus, essays in Washingtonian and WSJ. She/her, bisexual, married, mom.
@aliceanderson.bsky.social
Poet: HUMAN NATURE and THE WATERMARK Memoirist: SOME BRIGHT MORNING I’LL FLY AWAY Winner of the Bobst Prize for literature, lesbian, mama, lover of forests and whales and starry skies ✨
@lacycrawford.bsky.social
Author of fiction & nonfiction, including NYT Notable NOTES ON A SILENCING (Little, Brown 2020). PhD dropout with lingering love for criticism & cultural theory. UK based. Raising sons. Always with a Malinois & sometimes the corgi, if she can be bothered
@anitafelicelli.bsky.social
author of the short story collection HOW WE KNOW OUR TIME TRAVELERS and other works of fiction. books editor at Alta Journal, critic, essayer.
@miraclecharlie.bsky.social
I'll need to think on this. I read. A lot. I used to sing. A lot. I write - just for me. I'm a gay man past 40 - so, basically, dead.
@billroorbach.bsky.social
I'm a good writer with bad habits. Newest novels are BEEP, about a monkey smuggled to NYC by a plucky tween named Inga.Together they save the world! And LUCKY TURTLE, a NYTBR Editor’s Choice. “A thrilling, blistering tale of young love and old hate.”
@deliacabe.bsky.social
Author, STORIED BARS OF NEW YORK (Countryman Press, division of W.W. Norton), magazine writer, gardener, bookworm, writing prof, imp.
@bksandauthors.bsky.social
Reporter for WGCU-FM in Ft Myers, FL. Recent MFA grad from Randolph College.
@annekorkeakivi.bsky.social
Author of novels AN UNEXPECTED GUEST and SHINING SEA (Little, Brown). Reader, writer, traveler, New Yorker abroad. Anne not Anna. annekorkeakivi.com
@amandastern.bsky.social
Native New Yorker. Author of 13 books. Everything I own is stained. The How to Live newsletter delivers weekly psychological gems for anyone suffering from the chronic condition of being human. Join 14K+ readers. 👇 www.thehowtolivenewsletter.org
@lisaunger.bsky.social
New York Times bestselling author. Co-president of International Thriller Writers (ITW) lisaunger.com
@leslier.bsky.social
Reader & writer of SFF and romance ✍🏻. MAGGIE AND ARTHUR'S MAGIC MOMENT👻✨ (Berkley, Summer 2026) Also: Science writer. She/her. Rep: Brent Taylor at TriadaUS. 🐦: @byleslierene 🧵📷 :@leslieshouldbewriting https://byleslierene.com
@jessicah.bsky.social
Author "The Magnetic Girl," (Southern Book Prize, Indie Next, Bitter Southerner picks.) "Invisible Sisters,” too. Drummer. Southerner. Abortion rights are human rights. www.jessicahandler.com. New novel, “The World To See” coming in 2026.
@johnmilas.bsky.social
author of THE MILITIA HOUSE (Holt, 23) | Sewanee Writers’ Conference fellow | Shirley Jackson Award nominated | Center for Fiction longlisted | Illinois bois | https://www.johnmilas.com/
@ldbogart.bsky.social
Writer. Dog Mom. Always aspiring. Book is Don't You Know I Love You (Dzanc 2020)
@chadwpost.bsky.social
“Most Insufferable Man in Publishing.” Loves baseball, hates most pitchers. Sucks at email. Is usually editing or writing for Substack or podcasting.
@zoezolbrod.bsky.social
Reader, writer (THE TELLING, CURRENCY, essays etc in The Rumpus, The Guardian, Salon, HuffPost, Brevity Blog), Chicago
@jamestatehill.bsky.social
Memoir: Blind Man's Bluff (W.W. Norton, NYT Editors' Choice); Novel: Academy Gothic (Nilsen Prize for a First Novel); Editor of The Writer's Chronicle and Monkeybicycle; native of WV; agent: Eric Smith; still mostly living in 1986 jamestatehill.com
@sarahrusso.bsky.social
Founder of @pageonem.bsky.social, literary publicity and marketing for authors and experts. www.page1m.com
@kathy-daneman.bsky.social
Book publicist of the independent variety at Kathy Daneman PR. She/her. kathydanemanpr.com
@lesliepwriter.bsky.social
Writer of novels & short stories: ADMIT THIS TO NO ONE (2021), SILVER GIRL (2018), THIS ANGEL ON MY CHEST (2015), etc. Fan of classic cocktails, Carolina BBQ & almost every pie. She/her
@arlenewszalek.com
❤️ travel, tech, food & wine & spirits, arts & entertainment, F1. Marketeer. Gift whisperer. Smithie.
@eclamb.bsky.social
I answer to both first names — what you call me depends on how you know me. Editor, writer, insufferable know-it-all. Natitude, Hoya Saxa, AMDG.
@jfkane.bsky.social
Novels (Rules for Visiting, The Report). Story collections (This Close, Bending Heaven). New novel, FONSECA, out August 12, 2025, from Penguin Press.
@lilymarswrites.bsky.social
Playwright/librettist/mystery writer. Crime plotter. Yacht rocker. Yarn looper. Snoot booper. she/her
@karenpalmer.bsky.social
Writer, editor, teacher, karenpalmer.com. Memoir coming in 2025 from Algonquin Books. NEA, Best American Essays, Pushcart Prize. If I had to choose between reading and eating, I'd be dead in a week. She/her
@shimmer.bsky.social
Occasional novelist, regular walker. Probably that guy you saw looking at something on the ground. Faculty at Emerson College and editor at https://necessaryfiction.bsky.social/. http://www.stevehimmer.com
@weegee.bsky.social
New book: BREAK THE FRAME: CONVERSATIONS WITH WOMEN FILMMAKERS (May 22nd) Preorder if stories of incredible women doing incredible things are your thing. https://tinyurl.com/yc5r894h www.breaktheframebook.com www.kevinsmokler.com
@chrisbohjalian.bsky.social
Novelist and playwright. Third most talented artist in a family of three. Jesse the Wonder Dog's Dad. Have you met THE JACKAL'S MISTRESS? Learn more at www.ChrisBohjalian.com .
@julieklam.bsky.social
New York Times Bestselling author, NYC 🗽, gun control, mom of trans person 🏳️⚧️, intake coordinator for Northeast Boston Terrier Rescue, WNBA. I only have 1 kidney. She/Her
@kerriarsenault.bsky.social
Critic, Author of Mill Town, & uniting scholarship w/storytelling at @storytellingstudio.bsky.social & ensemble @nsota.bsky.social ✍️ for WaPo, NYRB, NYT, Globe. In France & Maine. Writing a biography about ordinary men https://www.kerri-arsenault.com
@hsmithwrites.bsky.social
Editor-in-chief, Washington Independent Review of Books. Loser-in-chief, "Jeopardy!" season 39. "It's such a fine line between stupid and clever."
@lhertzel.bsky.social
Book reader, book critic, author "News to Me: Adventures of an Accidental Journalist." Next memoir, "Ghosts of Fourth Street," pubs in 2026. I review for StarTribune, Washington Post, Boston Globe, LATimes and elsewhere. Teach in MFA program at UGA-Athens.
@emilyfmaloney.bsky.social
Author of COST OF LIVING (Holt), now in paperback. New book forthcoming. I also make pots and ride horses. Incoming Artist in Residence at the University of Central Oklahoma. she/her www.emilymaloney.net
@andyhunter777.bsky.social
Founder and CEO, Bookshop.org; co-Creator and Publisher, Literary Hub; co-founder and Chairman, Electric Literature
@mlfaliveno.bsky.social
writer, teacher, rock/roller | author of TOMBOYLAND: ESSAYS & forthcoming novel, HEMLOCK | asst. prof at UNC | she/they www.melissafaliveno.com
@tripleblip.bsky.social
Busting out my brains for the word. 1/3 of the podcast An Embarrassment of Prog. Asst. to The Amazing Sargasso. Editing things @WSJBooks. Opinions dumb, and my own.
@kathmschmidt.bsky.social
President, KMSPR. Book publishing, marketing, consulting, strategy. I write Publishing Confidential on Substack.
@erikaswyler.bsky.social
Novelist. Garden variety weirdo. Unrepentant typo queen. Books: We Lived On the Horizon (Atria, 1/14/25), Light From Other Stars, The Book of Speculation. She/her (all pronouns are fine) https://linktr.ee/erikaswyler
@kimberlyburns.bsky.social
Literary Publicist / Cheerleader Proud co-founder Broadside PR
@megireid.bsky.social
Executive Director / Hub City Writers Project Publisher / @hubcitypress.bsky.social Canadian in the South 🍁
@jenhoward.bsky.social
Writer, editor, journalist. Book and nature lover. Author, CLUTTER: AN UNTIDY HISTORY. Words in WaPo, TLS, NYT, LARB, CHE, EdSurge, etc. She/her. Signal: jenhoward.16 Newsletter: https://jenniferhoward.substack.com/
@writesloud.bsky.social
First Kicking, Then Not (Stanchion Aug 2025) Writer/Editor/Prof Columnist at WCP hgrieco@washingtoncitypaper.com she/they 🏳️🌈 ❤️ www.hgrieco.com
@anecdotal.bsky.social
AI is disrupting higher ed: how can we be ahead? Writing at https://hollisrobbinsanecdotal.substack.com. Former Dean of Humanities & now Special Advisor for Humanities & AI at UUtah. Former Dean @ Sonoma State University. PhD Princeton, MPP Harvard KSG
@paullisicky.bsky.social
My seventh book, SONG SO WILD AND BLUE: A LIFE WITH THE MUSIC OF JONI MITCHELL, is out now from HarperOne. 🏳️🌈🦌🐊🦀
@a-woo.bsky.social
Attorney & Chief Program Officer (Legal, Policy, Organizing) at @ACLU of Virginia. Poet—NECK OF THE WOODS, Alice James Books. Teaching Law & Lit—UVA Law. Legal aid alum. Former bartender. she/her. Words here = mine alone.
@nathandunbar.bsky.social
Reader/reviewer. Tall. Bookseller by profession, Humanist at heart. Bluesky Elder. Support Trans 🏳️⚧️ lives. 📍Chicago If your bio screams "NO DMS" please do not follow me. You do not understand how to use settings.
@cherylstrayed.bsky.social
Writer. Mom. Portlander. Traveler. Cat/dog lady. Author of Wild, Tiny Beautiful Things, Torch, and Brave Enough. Also: Dear Sugar.
@emmaceisenberg.bsky.social
writer & full fattie 🍦• author of 📚 HOUSEMATES (2024) & 📚 THE THIRD RAINBOW GIRL (2020) • ✍🏻 NYT, Time, Esquire, The Atlantic, Granta, The Cut etc 🌈 she/her https://www.emmacopleyeisenberg.com
@melissafebos.bsky.social
Author of five books—next up The Dry Season 6/3/25 Thoughts my own and not representing any institution. https://linktr.ee/melissafebos melissafebos.com https://www.prairielights.com/pre-order-dry-season-june-2025-prairie-lights-0
@blklibrarygirl.bsky.social
Newest: Misbehaving at the Crossroads: Essays & Writings (June 24). Substack: honoreejeffers
@emmadonoghue.bsky.social
writer of fiction (The Paris Express, Learned by Heart, Haven, The Pull of the Stars, The Wonder, Room, etc), films, plays...
@todgoldberg.bsky.social
Crooks. Gangsters. Rabbis. Burned spies. Noir holidays. todgoldberg.com
@urrealism.bsky.social
Author and reader, husband & grandpa, scribbler in notebooks, wanderer. Team Urrea is always on the scenic route.
@reeamilcarscott.bsky.social
Camouflage fatigues & dashikis. Somewhere in between Ralph Ellison and PE 📚:🔥INSURRECTIONS🔥(PEN/Bingham winner) and THE W🌍RLD DOESN’T REQUIRE YOU I write love notes to black people & dis songs to white supremacy. 90% love. 10% dis. I deserve it all.
@meganabbott.bsky.social
NYT-bestselling author of EL DORADO DRIVE (out June 24, 2025), BEWARE THE WOMAN, THE TURNOUT, GIVE ME YOUR HAND, YOU WILL KNOW ME, THE FEVER, etc. Co-creator/showrunner: DARE ME on Netflix. www.meganabbott.com
@lorraineberry.bsky.social
Writes about books @latimes.com Trained as a historian. Grew up in the PNW.
@readandbreathe.bsky.social
Writer. Editor of WHAT MY MOTHER AND I DON’T TALK ABOUT (2019) and WHAT MY FATHER AND I DON’T TALK ABOUT (May 2025). www.michelefilgate.com
@mtaeckens.bsky.social
Co-founder, Broadside PR > michael at broadsidepr dot com Lit Agent, Massie & McQuilkin > michael at mmqlit dot com https://michaeltaeckenspr.com/about-me/
@tobiascarroll.bsky.social
Author: IN THE SIGHT; EX-MEMBERS; POLITICAL SIGN; REEL; TRANSITORY. Writes frequently about many things. There's a podcast called Framed & Bound and a comics review newsletter called Postcards From Komiksoj. NBCC Board. https://linktr.ee/tobiascarroll
@anjalienjeti.bsky.social
Atlanta-area author of Southbound & The Parted Earth; Affiliate Faculty at Antioch University Los Angeles MFA; linktr.ee/anjalienjeti.
@lauriemuchnick.bsky.social
Fiction editor at Kirkus Reviews. Welsh by marriage. 🏴✡️📚
@tayari.bsky.social
NYT Bestselling author of AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE. Atlanta born, Atlanta bred, when I die, I’ll be Atlanta dead.
@rvoronacote.bsky.social
Author of Too Much: How Victorian Constraints Still Bind Women Today. Freelance book critic all over the place. Get in touch: rachelvorona@gmail.com. @RVoronaCote on Instagram. She / Her.
@saribotton.bsky.social
Bestselling Author/Editor/Teacher/Oldster Memoir: And You May Find Yourself… Anthologies: Goodbye to All That and Never Can Say Goodbye Newsletters: @oldstermag.bsky.social, @memoirland.bsky.social, Adventures in *Journalism* http://saribotton.com
@atrubek.bsky.social
founder & publisher, Belt Publishing. author, former academic, recent Pittsburgh transplant. https://notesfromasmallpress.substack.com Belt Publishing: beltpublishing.com
@cmonstah.bsky.social
"Elegante y muy cabrona." I labor at the word factory for Alta, WaPo, NYRB, The Atlantic, Fresh Air, KCRW and others. https://linktr.ee/Cmonstah
@jamiattenberg.bsky.social
Living in NOLA with a small pup. Author of 10 books. The latest: 1000 WORDS and A REASON TO SEE YOU AGAIN. Come write with me: 1000wordsofsummer.substack.com
@jsmithcameron.bsky.social
Actress and goofball #Succession #WacoTheAftermath #TheYearBetween
@mariadahvana.bsky.social
NYT-bestselling, Hugo Award winning monster and myth maker. Most recently, VERGIL! A Mythological Musical (Audible) , Beowulf: A New Translation, The Mere Wife, & many other items in the wondertale category & beyond. https://linktr.ee/mariadahvanaheadley
@mdbell79.bsky.social
Writer, teacher. Out now: APPLESEED, a novel (2021, @marinerbooks). REFUSE TO BE DONE, a guide to novel revision (2022, @soho_press). He/him.
@maudnewton.bsky.social
Wrote ANCESTOR TROUBLE. Most recently in Narrative, Baffler, Guardian, NYT. Opinions my own. NYC. She/her. https://linktr.ee/maudnewton
@lauralippman.bsky.social
Likable character who specializes in writing unlikeable characters. Dewey Decimal or Library of Congress? I am too a Merry Sunshine.
@ambersparks.bsky.social
Your garbage mom; writer; she/her; I ♥️ unions; essayist on film, books, fairy tales, and horror; wrote AND I DO NOT FORGIVE YOU; HAPPY PEOPLE DON’T LIVE HERE in October; rep’d by Kent Wolf; I just want you to be happy, honey linktr.ee/ambernoellesparks
@bcdreyer.social
America's Copy Editor® author of the New York Times/IndieBound bestseller Dreyer's English and Stet! (the game!) • Random House copy chief/managing editor (ret.) • he/him/his • abstruse in the sense of recondite • 🏳️🌈 benjamindreyer.com
@connieschultz.bsky.social
Columnist, novelist, j-prof. NYT bestselling novel, The Daughters of Erietown. Children’s book, Lola and the Troll. On Substack at Hopefully Yours. I love Sherrod Brown. https://connieschultz.substack.com/
@jeffsharlet.bsky.social
Bestsellers THE UNDERTOW: Scenes from a Slow Civil War & THE FAMILY, also a Netflix series. + THIS BRILLIANT DARKNESS; SWEET HEAVEN WHEN I DIE & more. Words & pics Vanity Fair. Professing @ Dartmouth. He/Him. New writing: https://slowcivilwar.substack.com/
@sarahweinman.com
Crime Lady. NYT Crime & Mystery columnist. Author, SCOUNDREL and THE REAL LOLITA. Editor, UNSPEAKABLE ACTS and EVIDENCE OF THINGS SEEN. Next nonfiction book (November 2025): WITHOUT CONSENT http://www.linktr.ee/sarahweinman