Spring Workshop with Stanford Continuing Studies: The Speculative and the Fantastic
I’m teaching with Stanford Continuing Studies again this spring! Join my 10-week online speculative novel workshop The Speculative and the Fantastic!
News
2026 Honoree Rise: A Feminist Book Project List
I’m so honored to say that Wake the Wild Creatures was chosen for the 2026 Rise: A Feminist Book Project book list from the American Library Association!
2026 Best Fiction for Young Adult (BFYA) Book List
Wake the Wild Creatures was chosen for the 2026 Best Fiction for Young Adults (BFYA) book list from the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)!
One of the 10 Best Sci-fi and Fantasy Novels of 2025 from The Washington Post
The Washington Post named Wake the Wild Creatures one of the 10 Best Sci-fi and Fantasy Novels of 2025! The list was curated by Charlie Jane Anders, and I’m so honored to be among her incredible picks!
Locus Reviews Praises WAKE THE WILD CREATURES
I was overjoyed to come across a phenomenal review for Wake the Wild Creatures from Colleen Mondor in Locus Magazine! The review calls the book “intense and timely” and says so much more.
Spotlight on the Middle of Your Novel Writing Retreat in June
Did you know that the Highlights Foundation is now called Boyds Mills—same magical place, new name? This June, Emily X.R. Pan and I are hosting Spotlight on the Middle of Your Novel: A Generative Retreat there. Sign up now!
The Eavesdrop: New Author Newsletter
Want to eavesdrop on some craft conversation? Check out The Eavesdrop, a new quarterly newsletter I’m doing with fellow authors Anna-Marie McLemore, Emily X.R. Pan, Anica Mrose Rissi, and Sara Ryan.
Speculative Novel Workshop with Stanford Continuing Studies
I’m delighted to announce that I’m teaching a new class with Stanford Continuing Studies this fall. It’s called Speculative Novel Workshop: The Unreal, the Surreal, the Fantastic, and registration opens Sept. 18!
“Outlaw Women in Fiction” Essay in CrimeReads
I have a new essay featured in CrimeReads that speaks to one of the underlying inspirations for Wake the Wild Creatures… outlaws who are women, and the stories we tell about them.
Creating Compelling Characters Webinar with the Writing Barn
Want to dig deep into character? I’m offering a webinar that features my own personal tips, tricks, and creative exercises to develop the young characters in novels.
Strange Places Craft Intensive
Fiction writers… I have a new online craft intensive with Tin House! Want a generative opportunity to delve into crafting fantastical, haunted, hallucinatory, or just simply strange settings? This is the class.
The Horn Book 2025 Summer Reading List
The Horn Book has featured Wake the Wild Creatures on its 2025 Summer Reading List, in the Summer Reading for High School section.