Fran Wilde

I wrote a story set in the SUNWARD universe and you can read it right now if you want to.

Join the heist crew tonight at Main Point Books in Wayne!

Main point books 6:30 pm 10/7 with A.C. Wise

Enoch Pratt 10/9 7pm

October what I love and where I’ll be News on Patreon

Where to find me this week: At Main Point Books in Wayne Pa tonight w. @acwise.bsky.social! On Thursday I’m at the Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore! And I’m over at my Patreon talking about favorite heists, lessons learned & hosting a free write-in on Wednesday. Join me! www.patreon.com/c/franwilde

Thank you, Charles! I hope you’re having a good week also!

Happy book birthday, Martha !

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I can’t wait for this event tomorrow and #philly A.C. and I can’t wait to see you there !

Philly area folks! I'll be at Main Point Books tomorrow evening, in conversation with @franwilde.bsky.social about her fabulous new novel, A Philosophy of Thieves. We'd love to see you there!

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Thank you Lahaska Boostore for the wonderful welcome and signing yesterday! It was a gorgeous day, and I was so glad to see everyone who came by! Left some signed copies on the shelves!

Next up! Main Point Books in Wayne Pa with A.C. Wise on Tuesday 10/7! Don’t miss it!

A Philosophy of Thieves by Fran Wilde

More book mail!! Best book mail week ever

You do indeed!

Noooooooo.

BNChristiana mall 2pm setup!

Author selfie!

3:30pm right before we sold the last ones!

Thank you to Ellie & the whole brilliant bookseller crew at #barnesandnoble Christiana! I had a wonderful hour and a half signing with you until ALL the Thieves were gone! Thanks especially to everyone who came out to say hi! I wish I’d taken more photos! #aphilosophyofthieves

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A PHILOSOPHY OF THIEVES at Christiana mall B&N 10/4 2pm

A PHILOSOPHY OF THIEVES at Lahaska Bookshop 10/5 1pm!

Book tour schedule for A PHILOSOPHY OF THIEVES

I’m heading to Christiana Mall Barnes & Noble @bnchristiana.bsky.social at 2pm today & Peddler’s Village tomorrow! Here’s what the whole week looks like!

The thieves and I will catch you out there!

Thank you, Paul!

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My gosh I adore lammergeiers. Basically dragons.

Holy moly I love these birds

Yay!!

The image shows a digital event poster with author photos of Fran Wilde and A.C. Wise and the cover image for Wilde's novel, A Philosophy of Thieves.

Next Tuesday, October 7 at 6:30 pm, I'll be at Main Point Books in Wayne, PA with @franwilde.bsky.social, talking about her fantastic new novel, A Philosophy of Thieves. Hope to see you there!

If you’re working on any area of fantasy and the fantastic, come and join us at Glasgow in June 2026 and do consider presenting or running a workshop! All the info you need and the full CFP is here:

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Don’t miss your chance to ask A.C. all the spooky season questions and me all the heist season questions, Philadelphia!

Book event schedule for A Philosophy of Thieves - next up : Delaware 10/4 - Christiana Mall, Peddler’s Village 10/5, Wayne Pa 10/7

Book event schedule for A Philosophy of Thieves - coming to Baltimore, Reston, Culpeper, Richmond, DC 10/9 thru 10/16!

Book event schedule for A Philosophy of Thieves - Coming to Denver, CB, Brooklyn, Boston & New Hampshire 10/19-11/1!

Here’s where we’re headed next - come catch me! #aPhilosophyofThieves

Park books Q&A

Signing Thieves

A bank safe door

Author trapped in bank safe

Even better photos from the wonderful event at @parkbooks.bsky.social last night - excellent questions from their SF book club, a brilliant crowd, and they let me play in the bank vault (and also let me out!)! @erewhonbooks.bsky.social @dianapho.bsky.social @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social

A masked author in a bank vault she didn’t see coming.

Park Books Fall for Books sign

The best SF club in Severna Park!

Author in a vault!

Goodnight wonderful Park Books Annapolis with your brilliant SF Bookclub, amazing book dogs, and OMG NO ONE TOLD ME YOU HAD A BANK SAFE (wait for it). Tonight’s Q&A for #APHILOSOPHYOFTHIEVES was so great. I can’t wait to return!

See you this weekend Christiana & Lahaska!

ICYMI! Catch those thieves !

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Thank you!!