Brianna Heath | Author

Background of dark purple bricks. Top: Tuesday, March 24, 6pm. Stylized neon sign reads "Launch Event." On the left: Brianna Heath in conversation with Michelle Chouinard (pictures of Michelle's books The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco and A Tour to Die For). On the right: Book Robbie McNeil's Hit List with a dark cover showing a neon sign shaped like an arm holding a knife. The sign is the colors of the lesbian flag. Bottom: Lavender Library, 1414 21st St, Sacramento, CA.

🎉 Launch Party for Robbie McNeil's Hit List! 🎉

Join us at the Lavender Library on March 24! I will be in conversation with the absolutely delightful Michelle Chouinard. We'll chat about the book, give you fun swag, & celebrate the release of my debut!

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Robbie McNeil's Hit List. Images of the book (dark cover with a neon sign shaped like an arm holding a knife in the colors of the lesbian flag), two sides of a bookmark, a sticker sheet with three round stickers each with one of the main characters' faces, and a round bar coaster for Coda Karaoke Bar. Below the images, text reads: Preorder your copy from Wild Sisters Book Company and receive a sticker sheet, bar coaster, and bookmark!

Text slide: A quirky, queer, crime-filled mystery following a contract killer who breaks all her rules when she is hired to kill someone who doesn't exist... For this hitwoman, curiosity may be killer. Contract killer Robbie McNeil never asks questions. Her mission is simple. Do the job. Get paid. Get back to running the karaoke bar she co-owns with her queerplatonic partner and fellow contract killer, Dee. And it works... Until their ambitious new theatrical venture breaks the bank. When a mysterious new client hires Robbie for a hit, she takes the job, even though it's sketchy as hell he won't tell her anything but the target's name. But hey, she didn't build her reputation by being curious, and she desperately needs the cash. Except something about this new target doesn't add up. When he disappears with no record he ever existed, she chucks her no-questions-asked policy out the window, determined to figure out who this target really is. But the price for asking questions is high and might just cost Robbie everything she holds dear.

✨️Preorder Campaign!✨️

When you pre-order Robbie McNeil's Hit List from Wild Sisters Book Co, you'll get a really cool book I wrote AND a bookmark, a Be Gay Do Crime sticker sheet with character art by @earlronove, and a coaster from Robbie's karaoke bar.

🔗 www.wildsistersbookco.com/item/-Az7-_I...

We're getting so close now!! Only 2 months until my weird little story about contract killer lesbians who run a karaoke bar is out in the world! 💖🔪

👀👀👀 This is the kind of creepy vibes I'd totally be into

Brianna Heath on Instagram: "🚨GIVEAWAY TIME!🚨 Need some karaoke murder lesbians in your life? I have just the thing: I'm giving away a signed advance copy of Robbie McNeil's Hit List! 🎉 To enter: 🔪 ... 12 likes, 2 comments - briannahwrites on November 16, 2025: "🚨GIVEAWAY TIME!🚨 Need some karaoke murder lesbians in your life? I have just the thing: I'm giving away a signed advance copy of Robbie Mc...

If you're over on IG, I'm running a giveaway for a signed advance copy of my debut! 💙📚
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Contract signed, so I'm thrilled to announce my poem, "There are lonely things in the forest" will be coming out with @thedeadlands.com next year. i wrote it because I loved Mary Oliver's Wild Geese so much, so much that it hurt and it kinda spilt over.

Cover of Robbie McNeil's Hit List, which shows a neon sign shaped like an arm holding a knife. The sign is the colors of the lesbian flag. An image of white headphones sits next to the cover. Text below reads "Narrated by Mara Wilson" with fine print at the bottom that says "March 24, 2026. Available for pre-order now!" The graphic is set against a backdrop of a dark magenta brick wall.

Just an author trying to keep up with social media here, but hey!! I got my dream narrator for Robbie McNeil's Hit List! I'm thrilled to have Mara Wilson narrating and grateful to my pub team for making it happen!

It's available for pre-order wherever you get your audiobooks!

#WritingCommunity 📚💙

Now available Less than Perfect audiobook.

Available now!! I’m so thrilled to share the audiobook of Less than Perfect with you today. You can listen now on Spotify, and all audiobook platforms! open.spotify.com/show/1yhs3TE...

Goal unlocked that I didn’t even know I had until it just happened: being on the same list as a client (@briannahwrites.bsky.social) 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

Juggling and struggling The publishing process vs the creative process

I continue to be incapable of maintaining multiple social media platforms, but hi, I'm still alive and also I wrote a thing about some publishing struggle feels...
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Asking total strangers to say nice things about you(r book) Getting author blurbs: expectation vs reality

I'm very bad at having more than one social media, so I've neglected bsky over here, but popping up with my latest blog post!
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LIVE NOW ON KICKSTARTER query letter critique by BRIANNA HEATH author of "be gay, do crime" mystery romp ROBBIE MCNEIL'S HIT LIST (Poisoned Pen Press, coming March 2026!) Otherside logo is at the bottom over blurred purple OTHERSIDE website banner art. Brianna's icon is to the left of the text.

Get some expert eyes on your query letter and make the querying process less stressful! We're thrilled to offer a critique from @briannahwrites.bsky.social, author of spectacularly described “be gay, do crime” mystery romp ROBBIE MCNEIL’S HIT LIST!

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Debut novel vs first novel Lessons learned writing 11 books before publishing 1

On writing multiple books before publishing
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#WritingCommunity #AmQuerying

Thanks for sharing! I'm glad it was helpful!

Dissecting my query blurb Actual versions of my query & how it changed over time

New blog post up! Hoping this one is helpful for #AmQuerying folks. I break down the process I went through refining my query letter into the version that eventually got me an agent.

#WritingCommunity

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So happy for you!! Congrats!!! 🎉🎉🎉

#WritingCommunity - don't miss SmallPitch!!

And here she is!!! The cover for Robbie McNeil's Hit List!

Pssst, the cover reveal for Robbie McNeil's Hit List is coming on Thursday! I'll crosspost later in the day, but you can follow me on IG to see it first!

#WritingCommunity #BookSky

Pssst, if you haven't pre-ordered Couples Session by SM Levine, now is a great time to go do that!

This is so sweet!!!

Nothing makes me feel quite so defeated as Talenti jar lids...

A mock screen and phone showing the website home page, which has a blue banner reading 2026 debut books. Beneath these images text reads: A central place to find books from next year's debut authors! 2026debuts.com

Check out the website I made my fellow debut trade pub authors! We're still building out the site's catalog as release dates are finalized, covers revealed, & pre-orders opened, so check regularly as our list of books continues to grow!
2026debuts.com

You already know I'm excited but I'M SO EXCITED AND HAPPY FOR YOU!! 🎉🎉🎉

You can do it! Go full chaos outline!

"For outline veterans and newbies and unhinged weirdos in the corner alike!"

3 (and a half) strategies I use for outlining a book Presented in increasing order of how unhinged I get

New post drop! Outlining isn't one-size-fits-all, and I have so many methods that I go through to find the one that fits each book!

(Post available in both text and audio formats!)

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Me: I really should do my laundry. It feels like it's been a while.
The spider who's taken up residence in my washing machine: Excuse me, who the fuck are you???

That's some impressive commitment!