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!
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.
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!
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.
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!
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.
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.
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 has featured Wake the Wild Creatures on its 2025 Summer Reading List, in the Summer Reading for High School section.
There is a thrilling review of Wake the Wild Creatures in the Washington Post this week, included in a feature on four new releases in science fiction & fantasy, written by Charlie Jane Anders.
Did you know that Wake the Wild Creatures is also available in audiobook? It is—and narrated by the wondrous Helen Laser! If you’d like to hear an audio sample from the book, read on…
I’m delighted to share that Wake the Wild Creatures is now on sale wherever books are sold! It’s available in hardcover and ebook from Little, Brown—and in audio from Hachette Audio!
