Nick Courage

For all my author friends, via Mystery Writers of America (the call to action: "If you believe your work was unlawfully downloaded by Anthropic, please visit the website and provide the requested information by August 15") www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...

Cover to upcoming Golden Girls cozy mystery novel, “Death on the Lanai”

Follow-up Golden Girls cozy mystery novel to this year’s “Murder by Cheesecake,” “Death on the Lanai” by @rachelcourage.bsky.social revealed! The book is scheduled to be released April 28, 2026.

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/805874...

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Show of hands if you think about the "cold beer on the roof" scene in Shawshank more than the Roman Empire...

Register Now for the Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books! Get ready for the novel event of the year.

Don't forget to register (for free) to reserve your spot at each workshop, author talk, and panel at the Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books on Saturday, May 31! littsburgh.substack.com/p/register-n... #Pittsburgh @carnegielibrary.bsky.social

A Little More Time With the Girls: A Guest Post by Rachel Ekstrom Courage - B&N Reads A mouth-watering mystery featuring a few of our favorite characters. Join the Golden Girls in this rollicking whodunit set in the swampy wilds of Miami. Read on for an exclusive essay from author Rach...

B&N Reads: A little more time with the #GoldenGirls by @rachelcourage.bsky.social 💛 www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/rachel-...

Murder by Cheesecake: A Golden Girls Cozy Mystery by Rachel Ekstrom Courage

I don't think I've ever been this excited to read an Acknowledgments section before. Tell me how you made this happen, you absolute legend.

Time to get into the Easter spirit!

Grutton & Mothman - Iconic Victorian imprint now focused mainly on celebrity cash-ins and Food Network IP

Happy #BookBirthday to MURDER BY CHEESECAKE: A GOLDEN GIRLS COZY MYSTERY by Rachel Ekstrom Courage from Hyperion Avenue Books! @rachelcourage.bsky.social 🎂

MURDER BY CHEESECAKE by Rachel Ekstrom Courage made the April 2025 Library Reads list!

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Women’s Rights and Women’s Wrongs: Darkly Feminist YA Books I’ve long been fascinated by darkly feminist novels, books that keep me riveted by—and sometimes rooting for—complicated characters who embrace moral grayness and revenge, or who simply do what mus…

Rachel Ekstrom Courage (@EkstromRachel) on darkly feminist YA books. crimereads.com/womens-right...

Murder by Cheesecake — Multnomah County Library Murder by Cheesecake — Ekstrom-Courage, Rachel, — "When Dorothy's obnoxious date is found dead in a hotel freezer, it not only ruins a gorgeous cheesecake but threatens the elaborate St. Olaf-themed w...

"For fiction to help with a heartbreak by taking you out of reality, we recommend Murder by Cheesecake by Rachel Ekstrom-Courage:
multcolib.bibliocommons.com/item/show/25... #AskaLibrarian"

Thrilled to see MURDER BY CHEESECAKE on here, further proof that library workers have The Best Taste.

Stay Golden, Pittsburgh! Meet Littsburgh's Founder, Rachel Ekstrom Courage (author of Murder by Cheesecake: A Golden Girls Cozy Mystery)...

Littsburgh’s founder, @rachelcourage.bsky.social, is back with Murder by Cheesecake: A #GoldenGirls Cozy Mystery and she’s launching it right here at Penguin Bookshop in Sewickley (on Saturday, April 26th at 5pm)… just in time for mother’s day! littsburgh.substack.com/p/stay-golde...

‘Everyone is terrified’: Business and government officials are afraid to cross Trump on tariffs While lobbyists, business leaders, and lawmakers are worried about Donald Trump’s tariffs, there’s a culture of fear in Washington preventing many from speaking out.

I keep thinking about that moment in Labyrinth when Sarah tells the Goblin King "you have no power over me" and everything crumbles - the castle, the world, her chains, the seeming inevitability of his victory. All of it. It was all imagined power that could be broken at any time. Similar situation

Armchair Vacation: YA Reads In Stunning Locations | The Nerd Daily Guest post written by Nothing Bad Happens Here author Rachel Ekstrom CourageRachel Ekstrom Courage is the author of Nothing Bad Happens Here, a YA thriller set on the island of Nantucket. A literary a...

I wrote about these fabulous YA books in stunning locations by @derekmilman.bsky.social, @dianaurban.bsky.social, @sabrinafedeleaudio.bsky.social, Aashna Avachat, Olivia Worley, and KC Cast & Pintip Dunn in The Nerd Daily:

thenerddaily.com/rachel-ekstr...

#YABooks @getunderlined.bsky.social

Editors Select: April 2025 14 new releases you can't miss—from well-being to romance to mysteries. Check out our most anticipated listens of the month.

"It takes guts and serious talent to write jokes worthy of Dorothy, Rose, Blanche, and Sophia, and author @rachelcourage.bsky.social has the goods. She nails the voices, character nuances, and humor of our beloved foursome" ♥️ www.audible.com/blog/editors...

CORRECTION: Our Substack subject line today was supposed to read: "April comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers," not "stewing flowers" (but we would share a boiled rose with Edna St. Vincent Millay any day) -ed. littsburgh.substack.com/p/april-come...

A copy of MURDER BY CHEESECAKE: A GOLDEN GIRLS COZY MYSTERY by Rachel Ekstrom Courage next to a blue and pink floral bookmark, a wine glass filled with rosé with Blanche’s face on it, and a white tea mug that says PICTURE IT…SICILY 1922

I’m OBSESSEDDDDDD (cc: @rachelcourage.bsky.social)

YouTube video by Laura Jane Grace Laura Jane Grace - Mine Me Mine [OFFICIAL AUDIO]

The new @laurajanegrace.bsky.social single rules 💥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOVK...

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The Loudness also resonated with two of my most passionate beliefs: 1) Music can save lives (see “thread of hope” above) and 2) Libraries are the best sanctuaries (In fact, this book features not one, but two libraries fulfilling that role).

It’s definitely a fave.

I read @nickcourage.bsky.social ‘s first novel, The Loudness, TEN years ago today! I *love* this book & was impressed by how credible Nick’s dystopian society felt YET even when there were terrible things happening (or that had happened) there was always a powerful thread of hope to hold onto.

WHAT THE HECK ARE AUTHORS SUPPOSED TO DO WITH THEMSELVES ON PUB DAY? Wrong answers only!!

Nothing Bad Happens Here - Rachel Ekstrom Courage Nothing Bad Happens Here is now available to pre-order!

It's pub week for @rachelcourage.bsky.social's first book (under her own name😉) - in bookstores and in audio tomorrow! Pick up a copy, tell your friends, TIA for spreading the word! www.rachelekstromcourage.com/product/noth...

Nothing Bad Happens Here! Book Tour, Prize Drawings, Light Introspection, Archival Footage, and more...

We're officially in Nothing Bad Happens Here month! New Substack features: indie bookstore prize drawings, light introspection, feminine rage, events, archival Nantucket footage, @rachelcourage.bsky.social, etc: nickcourage.substack.com/p/nothing-ba...

Thinking about the "Gulf of Am*rica"—about coastal erosion & the climate crisis & the newly rebranded gulf inevitably swallowing the southern states, about Am*rica eating itself—because the Library of Congress is proposing changing their subject headings. Info/comment: classweb.org/tentative-su...

hate it so much and am still pushing back on the "intelligence" branding, to me it's always just going to be the Plagiarism Machine.

I guess I must have updated to a new version of Microsoft Word because it just asked me if I wanted to "Use Copilot to Rewrite" my latest book.

Disable Copilot: MS Word > Preferences > Copilot > Disable Copilot

It's a big year for literary Pittsburgh! Conferences, contests, festivals, excerpts, interviews, events, and more...

The latest from literary #Pittsburgh!

Conferences, contests, festivals, interviews, events, and more: littsburgh.substack.com/p/its-a-big-...