"It's absurd that 1 of the reasons for the ban was that the book presents 'a threat to the security, order or rehabilitative objectives of the correctional system.' The book is literally a story about rehabilitation." npr.org/2022/10/28/113…

Extremely normal time to join twitter

Have I ventured online just to shout from the rooftops about this *extraordinary* book?? CANNOT WAIT Julia Rosen SJMurphy

Early praise for The Great Displacement, including from some of my favorite writers. Somehow it's all real.

oh my god Literary Hub picked my book as one of their 38 favorites of the year!!!!! alongside Elif Batuman Emily St. J. Mandel @egangoonsquad hua hsu brb dying lithub.com/our-38-favorit…

😍 Look at this beauty

I met the Fuenteses while I was in Houston reporting on the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. They had worked for years to realize their American dream, only to see a storm wash it away. This is their story, in the first excerpt from The Great Displacement: nytimes.com/2023/02/04/opi…

You are actually not my friend (or lover) unless you read this perfect novel

After thinking and talking about student debt ALL THE TIME for the last 15 years, Grand Central Pub is letting me write a whole book about it! So grateful to Maddie Caldwell & Sarah Fuentes.

It could just be because I tuned in at 30K feet above the Sargasso Sea and the air’s pretty thin, but I think ⁦Jake Bittle⁩ killed it on ⁦All Things Considered⁩. ⁦Ari Shapiro⁩ said it well—“we’re at the beginning of a trend that will only accelerate.” npr.org/2023/02/21/115…

watch out millennials, Gen Z is ruthless about our books (slide by brilliant UCLA undergrad Hannah Jannol)

Feeling extremely seen

Ayyyyyo my first **West Coast** book event will be in LA on June 7, with Pamela Ribon 🖤

I've been trying to get enough copies of my book donated to have one for every person in the women's pods at the Harris County Jail. The paperback comes out in June and I'm a little over halfway there. Thank you everyone! And here's the donation link: 800ceoread.com/coupons/redeem…

The US edition of The Ghost Theatre is finally out today. Would love to see pics from anyone who's seen it out in the wild ✨'A blistering ride' I PAPER ✨'Angela Carter with knobs on' MAIL ON SUNDAY ✨'Prose pin-pricked with ultra-vivid imagery' OBSERVER abramsbooks.com/product/ghost-…

Paperback on sale Tuesday, Sept. 12th!