Jennifer Givhan

Let’s see if I can convince this reader to give #SaltBones a try in an elevator 🤣💀 #elevatorpitch #thrillerbooks #booksky

Thank you for sharing! I hope my monstrous mama Mexicali borderlands retelling of Persephone and Demeter resonates with you! If you preorder or ask your local library to order a copy, DM me and I'll send you some swag like a signed bookplate + stickers!

Thank you! I hope my monstrous mama Mexicali borderlands retelling of Persephone and Demeter resonates with you! If you preorder or ask your local library to order a copy, DM me and I'll send you some swag like a signed bookplate + stickers!

It's epigraphed with a quote from one of my favorite poems: "The only legend I have ever loved is
the story of a daughter lost in hell.
And found and rescued there." --Eavan Boland
"The Pomegranate"

YES! I didn't set out to write a retelling of Persephone and Demeter BUT I've been obsessed with this story most of my life and it just bled through the pages.

Eeeee! Compared to La Maestra herself, Isabel Allende! Library Journal gave SALT BONES a starred review calling my "hard-to-put-down literary suspense" both "timely" and "creeping with dread" !!! I'm starry-eyed!⭐⭐⭐ ⭐ ⭐

Thank you, dear goddess, for sharing my heartwork. I hope you love this mythic retelling on the Mexicali borderlands!

Salt Bones: A Novel|Hardcover Three women in one twisted family race for answers in this "stunning" mystery set in the Mexicali borderlands that "breathes new life into the myth of Persephone and Demeter" ...

#booksky 💙📚 I'm stoked for SALT BONES by Mexican-Indigenous author Jennifer Givhan. She writes enchanting books full of magick, mystery, and messy characters who make bad decisions, and I am HERE FOR IT. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/salt-bones...

Consider giving her a pre-order, because hot damn.

thank you with all my heart, badass!

Thank you so much!

Salt Bones by @jenngivhan.bsky.social is a riveting mystery of lost girls filled with folklore, generational trauma, family secrets, and class politics in the California desert. #SaltBones #NetGalley #BookSky #HorrorSky Full Review Here: app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/ec5f...

Your review has uplifted me so much. Thank you for your energy reading and sharing my heartwork!

Thank you so much for sharing. You're so kind. xo

Even if you hated Eva in RWRD or felt like shaking her for her poor choices—you’ll still love Salt Bones’ Mal because, like my protagonists, I grow & don’t shrink or back down from a challenge but keep learning & pushing myself & rising🌵🌸🙌🏽💪🏽🕯️✨✨✨

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My incredibly talented daughter always supports my work—for RWRD she painted a pumpkin with my book cover art and for SALT BONES, she’s sewn me a purple rebozo to match the cover!

BRING THEM HOME! CONTACT YOUR REPS! LET NO ONE BE DISAPPEARED!

You've Planted a Cosmos: It's Time to Let it Grow! (Plus, free book swag!)

On the vulnerability & strength it takes to share our books with the world & why preorders matter xoxo open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...

YouTube video by Jennifer Givhan Sharing my heart and some book swag ❤️ #saltbones #booktube #thrillerbooks #newbook

Sharing my heart & some book swag #SaltBones

Bestselling Books! - Jennifer Givhan, Poeta & Novelista ✯ SALT BONES ✯(Mulholland/Little, Brown, July 2025) Help make Jenn’s latest heartwork a bestseller!Bookshop.org | Amazon ✯ Signed bookplates + La Siguanaba sticker + Welcome to the Salton Sea postcard...

Send me a screenshot of your SALT BONES preorder (audiobook or ebook counts!) & I’ll send you some swag in the mail! Open to everyone in the U.S. who preorders SALT BONES! Hit me up! jennifergivhan.com/critically-a...

ahhhhh love your poems forever you treasure!

thank you for sharing, hermano xo

thank you with all my heart

Been searching for a Mexicali borderland retelling of Persephone & Demeter? I got you, boo 📖🌵🌸🦴❤️‍🔥💀
#SaltBones

Are you ready for #SaltBones ?? ❤️‍🔥📖
#booksky #thrillerbooks #horror #Chicana #Indígena

We baddies genre-bleed. We fever-dream.🍊🌵🌸

“A poetic mystery carved from the sinews of our flawed humanity. SALT BONES’ Mal may mean 'bad,' but she's as good as a protagonist gets. Magical & messy, fierce but flawed, tough yet tender, you’ll root for her from the first page to the last.” –Rudy Ruiz

Yes! Thank you! I've long been a supporter of ACLU & Lambda & will continue to seek out other orgs that support our familia! Thank you, dear poet!

I stand w/ transgender loves 🏳️‍⚧️ 🦋
I'm looking for where to give & how to help protect & safeguard our transgender familia & be an ally.
Suggestions welcome. 🙏🏽

thank you so much. they are my everything. my kids and I write together, too! ;-)

The author photo. The family beside the author that makes everything possible. ❤