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Happy pub day to @tkiramadden.bsky.social! “I hope reading it feels like staring at the sun,” Madden says about her new novel, Whidbey (@marinerbooks.bsky.social) “I want it to feel unbearable at times because I think that is truer to how life is…” at.pw.org/CrimeAndCompassion
HELL YES: "The Shape of Color," an article (WITH CRAFT PROJECT) I wrote for @paperairplane.pub's inaugural issue, has been chosen for this year's Best American Science and Nature Writing anthology! Many thanks to guest editor @xkcd.com, @jaimealyse.bsky.social, and @marinerbooks.bsky.social!
Vol. 1
Paper Airplane Vol. 1 was the magazine's special debut issue, an all-volunteer collaboration by writers, artists, photographers, and puzzlemakers to raise money for USCRI (Refugees.org). The donation-...
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Happy Whipped Cream Wednesday! Lovely nonfiction account of a summer spent on a remote Norwegian island w/women who care for declining populations of eider ducks. Pair it w/java topped w/whip & cinnamon (don’t forget the cookie!) & have a great week. #coffee #books @marinerbooks.bsky.social #nature
Thrilled & grateful to see my third novel MIDNIGHT, AT THe WAR, out now! Thank you @marinerbooks.bsky.social #RakiaClark @briandef.bsky.social #ReikoDavis
Orphan Train author Christina Baker Kline offers a daring and deeply empathetic tale of the sisters who married conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bunker (1811–1874). It’s remarkable. @marinerbooks.bsky.social
The Foursome by Christina Baker Kline
Orphan Train author Kline offers a daring and deeply empathetic tale of the sisters who married conjoined twins Chang and Eng Bu...
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WHIDBEY by debut novelist T. KIRA MADDEN via @marinerbooks.bsky.social comes out tomorrow: #Booksky expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2026/03/whid...
WHIDBEY, evoking a planet-scale beauty spot to soothe and smooth the pain of victimhood
WHIDBEY T. KIRA MADDEN Mariner Books ( non-affiliate Bookshop.org link) $14.99 ebook, preorder now for delivery on 10 March 2026 Ra...
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A story about the damage our youth incurs when we prioritize competition over mental and physical health. Thank you @harpercollins.bsky.social and @marinerbooks.bsky.social for the #ARC. creativerunnings.com/books/this-is-not-about-running-mary-cain #BookReview #BookRecommendations #amreading
NEW PODCAST EPISODE! Listen to Anna Kovatcheva discuss her debut novel, SHE MADE HERSELF A MONSTER, with @vitcavage.bsky.social wherever you get your podcasts from. Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/08vt... @marinerbooks.bsky.social
dug out these photos of little me at the Palisades home I was born into, lived in until I was around five, and that burned down in the Palisades Fire. in FIRESTORM I write all about my memories of the house and seeing it in ruins, but I hadn’t found these photos until last week.
★ The propulsive debut novel from T Kira Madden, author of the memoir 'Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls', explores the aftermath of child sexual abuse. This is unforgettable. @marinerbooks.bsky.social buff.ly/XxWyVNc
I reviewed Alex Hutchinson's THE EXPLORER'S GENE (@marinerbooks.bsky.social) for The Turned Page Review; Hutchinson digs into why we explore, why we should explore, and what it means to explore; thanks to @nowatnpl.bsky.social: turnedpagereview.substack.com/p/review-of-...
Review of Alex Hutchinson's The Explorer's Gene: Why We Seek Big Challenges, New Flavors, and the Blank Spots on the Map
Mariner Books, 2025
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Grateful and honored to be part of this great collection. Makes a great gift for the mystery/suspense/noir reader in your life! Big thanks to @donwinslow.bsky.social, @stephcha.bsky.social and @edridgley.bsky.social. From @marinerbooks.bsky.social Get your copy today: bit.ly/4drzg5P
In his riveting FIRESTORM, NBC News correspondent Jacob Soboroff recounts his time reporting on the front lines of the 2025 LA wildfires. @marinerbooks.bsky.social
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Very excited to have received my copy of the new book by @brookenewman.bsky.social Already deep into this timely, deeply researched and truly significant work.
some thoughts on the release of my new book, FIRESTORM. jacobsoboroff.substack.com/p/firestorm
Firestorm
My new book.
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I spy the US cover of Louise Wallace's Ash, out in May 26 from @marinerbooks.bsky.social! www.harpercollins.com/products/ash...
Aahh it’s release day for BASFF! Look at this gorgeous cover 😍 Thanks again to @gavingrant.bsky.social and @kellylink.bsky.social for pubbing ”The Witch Trap” in LCRW, and to @johnjosephadams.com and @nnedi.bsky.social for selecting it for this book 😭🥹🩵 @marinerbooks.bsky.social
BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY 2025, edited by me and guest editor @nnedi.bsky.social is now available! See the cover and full TOC in the attached image. This is volume 11 (!!!) of BASFF. www.harpercollins.com/products/the... @marinerbooks.bsky.social
Today’s furlough read Thank you!! @marinerbooks.bsky.social @tim-weiner.bsky.social @shaneharris.bsky.social
BEST AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY 2025 (eds @nnedi.bsky.social & @johnjosephadams.com) is out today! Link: tinyurl.com/3asj9f26 This volume includes my IGNYTE-AWARD WINNING story "We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read" @marinerbooks.bsky.social
It’s truly a dream to have my story “Angelo” selected by Celeste Ng for this year’s edition of Best American Short Stories! Special thanks to Nicole Lamy and @marinerbooks.bsky.social and to Laila Lalami and Ladette Randolph for selecting it for @pshares.bsky.social (where it first appeared)!
Yooooo I can't believe this day is finally here! A story of mine is going to be in Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2025 by @marinerbooks.bsky.social of HarperCollins! One of the Big 5! I'm tripping out, man! Buy the book and read my horror love letter to hip hop!
It’s Publication Day for BASFF 2025! So grateful to be included in such an amazing anthology with so many fantastic writers. Thank you to Nnedi Okorafor and John Joseph Adams, and also to Neil Clarke for first publishing this story in @clarkesworldmagazine.com @marinerbooks.bsky.social
Happy pub day to this year’s edition of Best American Science & Nature Writing, out now from @marinerbooks.bsky.social. Thanks to editors extraordinaire Susan Orlean and @jaimealyse.bsky.social for including my @smithsonianmag.bsky.social feature on the art and science of wildlife tracking.
Available for sale now. I love how it felt in my hand. Many more stories to come. @yourimpossiblevoice.com @marinerbooks.bsky.social @koneensaatio.fi
Can’t Wait Wednesday - Whidbey by T. Kira Madden @tkiramadden @tkiramadden.bsky.social @marinerbooks @marinerbooks.bsky.social @harperaudio #Whidbey #CantWaitWednesday bluemoodcafe.com/2025/10/22/c...
Can’t Wait Wednesday – Whidbey by T. Kira Madden @tkiramadden @tkiramadden.bsky.social @marinerbooks @marinerbooks.bsky.social @harperaudio #Whidbey #CantWaitWednesday
Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have…
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Big congrats to all the great authors who made the BAMS '25 Distinguished List! Get your copy today: bit.ly/4drzg5P @marinerbooks.bsky.social #bams25
