Tia Williams
@tiawilliams.bsky.social
NYT bestselling author. NAACP Image Award nominee. Former beauty editor. Wife and mom. Sleepy but productive.
With summer just around the corner, here are just a few teen-approved romances, perfect for summer reading! ✨AUDRE & BASH ARE JUST FRIENDS by @tiawilliams.bsky.social ✨6 TIMES WE ALMOST KISSED (AND ONE TIME WE DID by @sharpegirl.bsky.social ✨I WAS TOLD THERE WOULD BE ROMANCE by Marie Arnold
Moving on to @hachettelibrary.bsky.social - lots of people will be very happy to hear that @tiawilliams.bsky.social is releasing a new book! *The Missed Connection* - a woman searches for her handsome seatmate on a European flight—and the unexpected places her hunt for love leads her. #pla2026
BOOK NEWS!! Preorder The Missed Connection from a participating Black bookstore & you’ll get: ✈️ A character print by @amacieforever ✈️ A signed bookplate ✈️ A boarding-pass-style bookmark ✈️ The book! Preorders open from today till May 26! Link here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/articles/the...
Another finished set of end paper illustrations from my collab with @illumicrate.bsky.social and @tiawilliams.bsky.social - for the book “A Perfect Find”. #art #bookarts #illustration #romance
Last set of end paper illustrations from my collab with @illumicrate.bsky.social and @tiawilliams.bsky.social This set is for “Seven Days in June.” #art #bookarts #illustration #romance
Tis time, once again, for the @barnesandnoble preorder sale! From 12/30 to 1/1, my upcoming novel, THE MISSED CONNECTION is 25% off for Premium and Rewards members! Link here: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-missed... Happy holidays! ✈️
THE MISSED CONNECTION is now available for preorder! Link in bio! I cannot wait for y’all to meet Sasha, Seat F, and Detective Wes when it pubs on 6.16.26. ✈️ 🟡Enemies to lovers 🟡Will-they-or-won’t-they 🟡Secret billionaire 🟡Forced proximity 🟡Black people, Black people-ing deliciously
✈️ BIG BOOK NEWS COMING TOMORROW!! ✈️ Just a few clues to tease a bit… (If you came to any of my tour stops in May, you know exactly what’s afoot!) I’m terrible at keeping secrets, so I’m gonna scram before I spill. Watch this espacio!
My YA baby, AUDRE & BASH ARE JUST FRIENDS, was nominated for the @goodreads Choice Awards - Favorite Young Adult Fiction. If you were tickled by Audre and Bash’s coming-of-age romance — consider voting! 🙏🏾 www.goodreads.com/choiceawards...
“When life got too challenging, she watched Insecure” - Seven Days In June I love @tiawilliams.bsky.social 😭
This one is for all the 'New Yorker Risings'! The spectacular @tiawilliams.bsky.social and myself chat about the real main character in our books...New York City?
@tiawilliams.bsky.social is my fav writer right now. I don’t usually read YA novels but I will if she’s involved. My sister is reading her new one and convinced me to get it😭🥴
Special edition alert! Head over to @coversnobbox to get this gorgeous AUDRE & BASH ARE JUST FRIENDS sprayed-edges edition, plus a signed bookplate, and a ltd. edition bookmark. Only while supplies last ♥️♥️ #coversnobbookbox #audreandbashlovefrankocean #audreandbasharejustfriends #sprayededges
Calling all migraineurs — on Thurs 7/26, I’m chatting at the @amfmigraine 2025 (virtual) Migraine State of the Union! Log on at 6pm ET. Register (for free!) here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #migraineawareness #migrainestateoftheunion #americanmigrainefoundation
I'm a little late to the party, but I finished this wonderful book by @tiawilliams.bsky.social last night. It's a beautiful love story and a beautiful love letter to Harlem.
"Genre, Diversity and Metanarrative in Reese's Book Club" was published in @cl-journal.bsky.social today! Featuring @rfkuang.bsky.social's #Yellowface, @tiawilliams.bsky.social's #SevenDaysinJune, and @pronounced-ing.bsky.social's #OurMissingHearts (alongside many other #rbcpicks). (2/4)
Todays listen 🎧📚 Audre & Bash gave me all the feels 🩷 @tiawilliams.bsky.social never disappoints!! #blackbooksky #booksky #blacksky
If you’re headed to the #BronxBookFestival on June 21st, check out the “Young, Black, and In Love” panel at 3:20, w/me, @zakiyanjamal, @arriwrites, @ebonyladelle, and @prettylittlebookshelf! Signing at 4. 🎉Register here: www.thebronxisreading.com/the-bronx-bo... See you in the Boogie Down!
Friends! Are you going to @blackromancebookfestival?! I’m there all weekend, but here’s my official schedule…see you there! ♥️♥️
…and I’m SO gr8ful to the readers, book clubs & bookstores, esp these. Visit for signed copies! @parnassusbooks @josephbethcincy @booksaremagicbk @reparationsclub (after 5/22) @carmichaelsbook @BNOakBrookIL @MahoganyBooks1 @yuandmebooks @poppybookssf @eagleeyebooks (after 5/29)
I’m so sorry to everyone who bought a ticket tonight! Due to insane flight delays and cancellations, I’m stuck in an airport. I absolutely hate letting readers down! Currently working w/the @yuandmebooks team on something special for ticket holders. Sincerest apologies!
WORDS FAIL ME ON THIS DAY. Thank you for all your support, preorders, and excitement for Audre & Bash are Just Friends! So elated that you’re enjoying my babies’ sweet summer love story. Wow wow wow. I’m touched and honored beyond belief. 🥹♥️♥️♥️🥹
Wow. What’s the emotion called when your book’s chosen to be @gmabookclub’s May YA pick…and you go on @goodmorningamerica to discuss it with your v. poised daughter who was a toddler, like, six months ago? ♥️ The mind boggles. ♥️ Check out the clip here: www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/vide...
'Audre and Bash Are Best Friends' join 'GMA' YA Book Club
Author Tia Williams discusses her new book, named as the May pick for the “GMA” YA Book Club.
goodmorningamerica.com
This cover is SO FREAKING CUTE!!!
Tia Williams@tiawilliams.bsky.social · last yr.Exclusive AUDRE & BASH ARE JUST FRIENDS except in @cosmopolitan!! Check out this snippet of one of my fave scenes…when Audre and Bash meet for the first time. Enjoy! Can’t wait for you to meet these two on pub date, May 6 ♥️ www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainmen...
Loved chatting with @people about Audre, Bash, Say Anything, Love & Basketball, and my daughter’s A+ influence! Will never not be crazy seeing my name in People, the mag that raised me. #audreandbasharejustfriends people.com/tia-williams...
Tia Williams Brings Back a Fan-Favorite Character in New YA Romcom — With a Little Help From Her Own Teen (Exclusive)
Author Tia Williams speaks with PEOPLE about her new YA romcom novel 'Audre & Bash Are Just Friends,' out May 6.
people.com
Just a few more days until Audre & Bash are on your shelves, but if you can't wait another minute, you can read an excerpt from @tiawilliams.bsky.social's YA debut now! www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainmen...
Exclusive: Tia Williams's ‘Audre & Bash Are Just Friends’ Excerpt Brings The Two Friends Together for the First Time
The Seven Days in June character is getting her own book, but let's just say that her first encounter with Bash is not exactly a meet-cute...
cosmopolitan.com
Exclusive AUDRE & BASH ARE JUST FRIENDS except in @cosmopolitan!! Check out this snippet of one of my fave scenes…when Audre and Bash meet for the first time. Enjoy! Can’t wait for you to meet these two on pub date, May 6 ♥️ www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainmen...
Exclusive: Tia Williams's ‘Audre & Bash Are Just Friends’ Excerpt Brings The Two Friends Together for the First Time
The Seven Days in June character is getting her own book, but let's just say that her first encounter with Bash is not exactly a meet-cute...
cosmopolitan.com
