Chicago! I'll be downtown at the new Barnes & Noble on State Street signing my spooky middle grade books this Saturday, 10/10. Please drop by! @barnesandnoble.com #kidlit
Wendy Parris
@wendyparrisauthor.bsky.social
MG author: FIELD OF SCREAMS and STAGE FRIGHT both Delacorte Press rep: Sara Megibow https://www.wendyparris.com/home
Hey, #Teachers: Here is asneak peak of what's in our first newsletter, just in time for spooky season! Subscribe at middlegradebookparade.com to get them, and also sign up for a chance to win a free virtual school visit with 3 of our spooky middle grade authors! @mgbookparade.bsky.social #kidlit
Happy to be a part of this group! Check us out: middlegradebookparade.com #kidlit
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Middle Grade Book Parade@mgbookparade.bsky.social · last mo.Hello, Bluesky! We’re Middle Grade Book Parade—a group of 12 traditionally published, award-winning kidlit authors and author/illustrators who love to connect with readers through school visits and share resources with educators! 📚
Absolutely honored to participate in this event. Thank you to The Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park! Info and tickets here: events.ticketleap.com/tickets/hemi... #kidlit #writingcommunity #Halloween
I'm honored to moderate this panel at the Columbus Book Festival this weekend! I promise a great discussion about middle grade with these fine authors. @poetnikki.bsky.social @tayberryjelly.bsky.social @zachweinersmith.bsky.social #ColumbusBookFestival2026 #kidlit
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Happy Middle Grade Monday and more Women in Horror! Part 1 today with Daka Hermon @wendyparrisauthor.bsky.social @lorasenf.bsky.social #MiddleGradeMonday for #womeninhorrormonth
Join @wendyparrisauthor.bsky.social , @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social, Katherine Riley, Becky Spratford & I as we discuss THE THRILL OF THE CHILL: TURNING FEAR INTO A CATALYST FOR CREATIVITY. Join us @C2E2 on Friday, 3/27 at 3:15 PM in room S402-B & at our signing at Anderson's #163. See you there!
Absolutely starting a rewatch of Derry Girls tonight.
The world could be such a nice place if we allowed it. It's all so goddamn unnecessary. There's no need for any of it. It's so beautiful here. It should be so cool to be alive
Psyched to announce I'll be appearing March 27 @c2e2.bsky.social as a panelist! The topic- The Thrill of the Chill: Turning Fear as a Catalyst for Creativity. More info to come! #kidlit
WRAD (World Read Aloud Day) is now over. I read virtually from my books to 8 group of middle schoolers, then answered their questions about writing. Great fun and now I need a nap! #kidlit
The cost of 2 mg paperbacks = the cost of 1 mg hardback… so why not buy my 2 spooky books as gifts for the young reader in your life! Signed copies available here: thebookstall.com/search?q=Wen... & when checking out, add that you’d like signed copies in “Customer Comments!” #kidlit #holidaygifts
Publishers' Weekly chose our panel as one of the top ones to attend at #NCTE next week... please come see us if you're there! @jennaleeyun.bsky.social @ryanjamesblack.bsky.social @christinewrites.bsky.social @jessicahaster.bsky.social @careybk.bsky.social @ncte.org #kidlit #spookymiddlegrade
Halloween may be over but our school visits are not! Kids love spooky books all year long and author visits inspire kids to read and write. Reach out to schedule your free visit! #EduSky #Teachers #Librarians
For a truly creepy mg book, look no further than STAGE FRIGHT. 💀 "A locked room scary story about thirteen-year-old Avery, who plans a séance at a deserted theater to bond with her friends, only to find they are trapped inside with someone—or something—else." #kidlit @randomhousekids.bsky.social
FREE writing workshop for kids 8-12 years old! School's out 10/24 in Oak Park, IL, so Dandelion Bookshop is hosting a mini writing workshop at 3 p.m. I'll read from my spooky mg books, then help kids start a creepy tale of their own! Please register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/spooky-sto... #kidlit
If you are in beautiful, dynamic, wonderfully diverse Chicago this Sunday, 10/12, please come by the gorgeous @barnesandnoble.com Wicker Park btwn 1-3 p.m. I'll be signing copies of my spooky middle grade novels! more info: stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/978006... #kidlit
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This week marks 1 year since STAGE FRIGHT published, and we're giving away 5 copies on Goodreads to celebrate! Perfect for spooky season, it's about 4 kids trapped in a haunted theater 👻💀 Enter before Oct. 7 here: www.goodreads.com/book/show/20... #kidlit @rhcbschoollibrary.bsky.social
I'm now officially a Spooky Middle Grade Author 👻 Love this crew of traditionally published authors working to show that scary stories for kids are important all year round! Please go to our website at www.spookymiddlegrade.com to find out more and see what we can offer educators! #kidlit #spookymg
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Thank you to the IL Reading Council for generously buying 100 copies of STAGE FRIGHT to give away at the Illinois State Fair. I got to sign and hand them all out to bunches of book fans! Happy to meet Il Sec of State Alexi Giannoulis, Honorary Chair of the Illinois Reads Program, too! #kidlit
SNOOP DOGG and I will BOTH be at the Ill State Fair tomorrow, 8/13 🔥 He performs at 8pm And I, as a 2025 @ilreadcouncil.bsky.social author, will sign free copies of STAGE FRIGHT 📚 Please drop by! #illinoisstatefair #illinoissecretaryofstate #snoppdogg #kidlit #spookymg #illinoisreads
"This was an experiment by a kindergarten class. They dropped seeds in the cracks of the sidewalk to see what would happen. This would help our bees " via I Love Bees
Can’t wait! Always been a fan. Wrote my high school senior paper on Mary Shelley and birth, motherhood, death in Frankenstein/her life.
Guillermo del Toro@realgdt.bsky.social · last yr.Here- first teaser. Much more to come…