have to remember this is my default reading mode when recommending books to other people
Andrew Joseph White 🏴🏳️⚧️
@ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social
#1 bestselling author, trans autistic monster boy • out now: YOU WEREN'T MEANT TO BE HUMAN • up next: YOU’RE NO BETTER • he/him • andrewjosephwhite.com • mostly crossposting
YOU’RE NO BETTER (Peachtree Teen) by @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social will receive a starred review in the September/October 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/septem...
oh look. a childhood dream of mine casually coming true. no biggie. anyway, i will continue to write stories about violent tguys being psychosexually obsessed with older l men until i stop getting paid to do so, and today is not that day 🙏 (possum courtesy of @allyscottauthor.bsky.social lol💕💕)
That's enough Death of the Author. It's time for Death of the Audience. Start running fools
I redesigned the cover of The Works of Vermin by @hironennes.bsky.social 🐛 I've spent so long on this...... #art #theworksofvermin
My debut gothic fantasy novel has a new title: it is now THE LAST NECROMANCER OF MARNE HALL🫀🥀 The story is still the same haunting narrative surrounding the mysterious deaths of a group of (gay) necromancers in the 70’s, for fans of HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE + THE SECRET HISTORY
happy pride month to those who celebrate. if you’re trans, you are my sibling, and i love you. same goes if you think you might be trans or if youre just figuring shit out. i love us, and they‘ll never be able take *us* away from us, no matter how hard they try
YOU’RE NO BETTER promo boxes are on their way 🙏👀🙏 including not just a map of the DC metro, but also recreations of the VISCERALLY ironic true crime paraphernalia sported by the protagonist’s [rival | blackmailer | love interest] lmao If you get one you have to tag me 🫵
Okay so the news is out, I can stop chewing drywall keeping this secret since October, my short story “The Two Great Love Stories of Egon Brechtford” is gonna be in @rainbowcrate.bsky.social’s newest anthology!! Ghosts! Bisexuality! Love that transcends time and death! Sentient stuffed animals!
vibe/comp/aesthetic map for my upcoming YA thriller YOU’RE NO BETTER 🔪📸📱🏳️🌈 a deeply unwell kid tries to prove he’s better than his exploitative influencer mother and world-famous serial killer father. it goes badly.
Happy Bonesiversary everyone! An ENOURMOUS THANKS to my editor over at @kithbooks.bsky.social who managed to polish my old writing to a shine (I hope you aren’t sick of me yet) And to @artiodaktyl.bsky.social who took the doofy stick figure I gave him, and turned it into an incredible cover.
This is not an April Fools: Coming April 15th-- Halfway to Halloween virtual and in person at the Anderson County (SC) Library. All Ages of Horror included. Rory Power, Lisa Springer, Andrew Joseph White, and Nat Cassidy. Moderated by me. Anyone can join via Zoom: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
ICYMI: I have a short story in @wenyilee.bsky.social’s YA horror anthology, THE KIDS CAME BACK WRONG! It’s the last day of deer season in Whitepoint, Virginia, and Shrike + his boyfriend Possum (pictured below ✨) are about to have a very, very bloody morning. I can’t wait to share more!
wen-yi lee@wenyilee.bsky.social · 4mo agoI'm editing THE KIDS CAME BACK WRONG, a YA horror anthology for fans of Weapons & Stranger Things!!!! A class goes missing on a trip to the woods. 13 of the kids return, changed in ways they can't describe. 13 kids, 13 authors, 1 interconnected story. @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social, Fall 2027 🌲💚
hehehehe 👀💕
wen-yi lee@wenyilee.bsky.social · 4mo agoI'm editing THE KIDS CAME BACK WRONG, a YA horror anthology for fans of Weapons & Stranger Things!!!! A class goes missing on a trip to the woods. 13 of the kids return, changed in ways they can't describe. 13 kids, 13 authors, 1 interconnected story. @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social, Fall 2027 🌲💚
I'm editing THE KIDS CAME BACK WRONG, a YA horror anthology for fans of Weapons & Stranger Things!!!! A class goes missing on a trip to the woods. 13 of the kids return, changed in ways they can't describe. 13 kids, 13 authors, 1 interconnected story. @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social, Fall 2027 🌲💚
btw, the B&N preorder sale is happening. 25% off for members or something with code PREORDER25. you know the drill. my wife made this:
advance copies of my fifth (!!!) book are finally home…
my hot writing take is that playing with POV is neat and you can do what you want. present tense first! close third! first-person-direct-address with bits of omniscient third! anything is legal if you look good doing it!!
Today is World Book Day? Let's go! I had the honor of illustrating the cover and edges of the special edition of You Weren't Meant to be Human, by @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social for @illumicrate.bsky.social/@evernightbooks.bsky.social! It was one of the coolest projects I've worked on last year 💗
YOU’RE NO BETTER cover reveal!! My YA thriller about an autistic trans boy struggling w/ the legacy of his serial killer father in the age of true crime… is HERE!! (Check out the link for more!) Thank you to @egallagher.bsky.social for another amazing piece 💕 bloody-disgusting.com/exclusives/3...
what if I said “cover reveal scheduled for next week”
Andrew Joseph White 🏴🏳️⚧️@ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social · 6mo agoYOU’RE NO BETTER - my newest book, a queer & gritty YA thriller about a boy trying to prove he’s nothing like his serial killer father - is now… ✨ Up for preorder, AND ✨ Has digital review copies available for request on Edelweiss! More info below!! 🧵👇🏻
YOU’RE NO BETTER - my newest book, a queer & gritty YA thriller about a boy trying to prove he’s nothing like his serial killer father - is now… ✨ Up for preorder, AND ✨ Has digital review copies available for request on Edelweiss! More info below!! 🧵👇🏻
saw IRON LUNG. it was very sexy. to me.
I was Consciously aware that the adult lit market is Lightyears larger than the YA/teen lit market, because Obviously, but my four-month-old adult horror EASILY outpacing my one- and even two-year-old YA books really drove it home
me, stating a plain and simple truth to my wife just now: “I am incapable of having fun! I have a stick up my ass and am deeply whimsyless”
my newest novel, YOU’RE NO BETTER—a teen thriller about messy trans kids and serial killers—has an official summary! this book is a rough one, and it tackles a lot of ugliness, but I love it so much and can’t wait to share it 💕
WORMS!! Loved working on this piece today based on the book You Weren’t Meant to be Human by Andrew Joseph White @ajwhiteauthor.bsky.social !!! #tattoo #art
