Robin Wasley
@robinwasley.bsky.social
DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR (S&S BFYR) | William C. Morris Award finalist rep’d by Janine Kamouh at WME Books linktr.ee/robinwasley
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SHE’S AN AWARD WINNER!! Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear is the 2025 Mass Book Award winner for YA/MG. I wrote a weird genre mashy story about a Korean American adoptee with no special skills who just happened to be there when a magical zombie apocalypse hit. And now, it’s an award winner 🥹
Ah yes, my annual PSA: Hello. I am Asian. This AANHPI Heritage Month, if you're in the mood for a voicey action-packed YA fantasy full of humor, horror, and romance...DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR is available wherever books are sold (now in paperback)!
DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR has been longlisted for the 2025 Mass Book Awards! I’m so honored to be among these brilliant books! 📚📚📚
📚HAPPY PAPERBACK DAY TO DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR📚 It’s been over a year and it’s still wild that something I wrote has multiple formats and has (and will be) read by people other than me. Thank you to all past and future readers for picking up this story 🥹💜
Me: Wait…when are my paperbacks coming out again? (Checks date) Oh. It’s tomorrow. Maybe I should check the mailroom (Checks mailroom) ANYWAY the DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR paperback is out tomorrow, April 22nd!! 💀
🎉It’s my birthday 🎉 🌸AND the first day of spring!!!🌸 I think we should all do something nice for ourselves to celebrate. I will be doing absolutely nothing today. For you, DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR is right there… 💜
📚DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR is on YALSA's Best Fiction for Young Adults list for 2025📚 Librarians have given so much love to this book. As a kid who spent countless hours among the shelves of my own library, I can't express how much that means to me.
🎉Happy 1st Anniversary to DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR🎉 It has officially been one year since I released this book into the wild, hoping for the best and expecting the worst 😂 Today: One Year Ago:
Did you know the paperback for Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear is out April 22nd? NOW YOU DO. And it’s time for the ⭐️B&N PREORDER SALE⭐️ From 2/5 -2/7, use the code PREORDER25 for 25% off your paperback (with William C. Morris Finalist sticker ☺️)!!
New promo: My book has holographic foil and a sticker 😊
American Library Association@amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 2y agoCongratulations to all the honorees of this year’s Youth Media Awards! Thank you to ALA members & library professionals everywhere who pour their passion, time & dedication into finding the very best books & media for their communities. Your work matters.📚 #ALAYMA ilovelibraries.org/article/2025...
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Lauren Stoolfire@sunsoar25.bsky.social · 2y agoCongrats to all #ALAYMA honorees! I'm most excited to see the YA books Night Owls by @arvishny.bsky.social (Sydney Taylor Book Award), The Deep Dark by @mollyostertag.bsky.social (Printz Award), & Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear by @robinwasley.bsky.social (Morris Award) recognized. #BookSky
Wanted to do something positive today, so I made a starter pack of Diverse Kidlit creators and industry professionals! #diversekidlit #starterpack #diversifyyourshelves #weneeddiversebooks go.bsky.app/Ma4TCD7
Thank you so much for this honor!!
Cybils Awards@cybilsawards.bsky.social · 2y agoA magical-zombie-apocalyptic novel that will have readers laughing, swooning, crying, and nail-biting. An “ordinary” MC, layered and diverse side characters, and a unique community-centered magic system makes this book one of a kind. @robinwasley.bsky.social @simonandschuster.bsky.social 3/8
The usual New Year’s tteok mandu guk (+ highlight album)! Something authors always say: Celebrate your wins. So. I present my 2024 Highlights. ⭐️Publishing my first novel after decades trying ⭐️Being a JLG Gold Standard Selection ⭐️Being a William C. Morris Award finalist? Still weird.
Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear, by Robin Wasley, is, no surprise, a zombie book. What is a surprise is the tender way it looks at community and friendship and forgiveness and working together through anything. www.sonderbooks.com/Teens/dead_t...
“DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR is pure delight, and Robin Wasley is the real deal. I look forward to more books from her.” @chasingray reviews new work from @robinwasley locusmag.com/2024/08...
Colleen Mondor Reviews Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear by Robin Wasley
Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear, Robin Wasley (Simon & Schuster 978-1-665-91460-4, $19.99, hc, 400pp) February 2024. Cover by Micaela Alcaino. The tourist town of Llewellyn, AKA Wellsie…
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Finished @robinwasley.bsky.social's zombie apocalypse novel, Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear, and I LOVED IT. It was deeply funny and also resonant, and exactly the weird I needed right now. 📚👍🏻
Congratulations to debut author Robin Wasley, editor Alyza Liu, and Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers! #AwardFinalist #BookSky
DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR by Robin Wasley. A small town on an old magic boundary, bad rich guy who wants more power, zombies, mercenaries, teens who rise up ala RED DAWN to save the day & more. Great action, great characters, weirdly relevant. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Dead-T...
DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR by @robinwasley.bsky.social Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Young Adult Speculative Fiction nominee #cybils2024 📚👍🏼 1/3
It has been awhile 😂 But I’ve come to say that DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR is a William C. Morris Award finalist. I had actually planned to write a whole post today, in the last month of my debut year, to talk about what DTACTTA means to me.
With the holiday season coming up, I would like to humbly request help to #clearthelist. I have an ongoing wishlist for my classroom and I would love any donations I can get to support my students. www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/... #Edusky🍎 #EDUsky
a cartoon of a cat with a unicorn tail and the words pusheenicorn 's holiday tips
Alt: a cartoon of a cat with a unicorn tail and the words pusheenicorn 's holiday tips listing to gift your presence, be generous, light up the room, and slay
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It has been awhile 😂 But I’ve come to say that DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR is a William C. Morris Award finalist. I had actually planned to write a whole post today, in the last month of my debut year, to talk about what DTACTTA means to me.
🎉🎉Annnnd Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear is OUT TODAY🎉🎉 After writing this for a decade, losing the entire thing when my laptop got stolen, quitting, writing it all over again from scratch, then getting hundreds (literally hundreds) of rejections on it…I’m here now.
📚Obligatory author photo with stacks of my own book📚 I'm not sure what to say on Pub Day Eve. This has been 20 years in the making. Thanks to everyone who read and believed in and supported this book and thanks to everyone who will 💜
IN ONE WEEK…Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear will be out. To mark the occasion, I’m taking another selfie in which I’m totally fine about it* *I’m screaming internally. Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear. Feb 13, 2024. bit.ly/3Ctbdla
🚨DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR IS ON NETGALLEY🚨 Also on Edelweiss but I’ve been on there for months 😂 GO RIGHT NOW! REQUEST IT & REVIEW! AND ADD ON GOODREADS! AND PREORDER! Or just one of those things, I’m not picky 😂
