Eliot Schrefer

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Super excited to announce this virtual weekend class with these amazing colleagues. Open to everyone, at any stage of your writing journey. Come one, come all--let's talk fantasy and science fiction together! Drop me a line if you have any questions. *** This 1-weekend virtual masterclass mimics the low-residency structure at Hamline University’s MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults. It features four lectures by accomplished faculty, generative writing time, and a happy hour at the end of each day for casual conversation and Q&A. Cost: $300 ​ Elizabeth Wein #1 NYT Bestselling Author Lecture: “A Sublimation of Fanfics: The re-use of folklore, myth and legend in creating fantasy worlds” ​ Eliot Schrefer 2x Nat’l Book Award Finalist Lecture: “Archetypes and Stages: Pleasures and Pitfalls of the Hero’s Journey” ​ Tae Keller Newbery Medalist Lecture: “Magic and the Real World: Fabulism, Magical Realism, and Allegory” ​​ Sherri L. Smith NAACP Image Award Finalist Lecture: “Make Your Own Dystopia” ​ 1-5pm ET Saturday, October 18 1-5pm ET Sunday, October 19

Super excited to announce this virtual weekend class with these amazing colleagues. Open to everyone, at any stage of your writing journey.
Come one, come all--let's talk fantasy and science fiction together!
Drop me a line if you have any questions.

This is lovely, thank you!

Get 'em while they're fresh! Newly signed stock of The Darkness Outside Us and The Brightness Between Us available for order at Books of Wonder!

Did you bring your party all the way up from Pools of Radiance? 🙋

Out 2/10/2026.
Preorder from your favorite bookseller!

(To learn more about bonobos and how you can help, check out @friendsofbonobos.bsky.social!)

From @harpercollins.bsky.social: Eliot Schrefer makes his picture book debut with a sweet, poignant story about family and belonging, inspired by the true story of a bonobo raised by a human family and later returned to the wild, with illustrations from New York Times bestselling artist AG Ford.

Being the only bonobo in a human world can be lonesome. And so Lulu and her family take a long boat ride to a jungle Lulu has never seen before.

Now, she’s surrounded by creatures with faces that look like hers and who make sounds like she does. But Lulu can’t possibly be like these apes…can she?

Lulu is like many kids you know. She lives in a house with her mom, dad, and sister. She likes soda, hopscotch, and comic books.

But there is one way Lulu is different: she’s a bonobo.

Happy Back-to-School season!
Here's my annual share of the LGBTQ+ posters by Dr. Emily Meadows. These signal that your learning spaces are inclusive and safe for all.
Available in many languages! lnkd.in/ezwDN5Td

They got there so quickly! 💙

Fighters outside a kindergarten in Ngadja, Ouaka province, Central African Republic in 2017. The fighters had used the building as a base since October 2014. © 2017 Edouard Dropsy for Human Rights Watch

The African #ChildRights Committee's new 'General Comment' on the Right to Education: "Forbids the use of institutions of learning for any military use" and says states must "take measures to protect schools from...use for military purposes": www.acerwc.africa/sites/defaul... #ACERWC

Want a signed and personalized copy of one of my books to give to someone you love? I'll be at Books of Wonder on Tuesday & will sign any orders while I'm there. Just order through their site--they ship worldwide! (TBBU pictured for reasons of handsomeness, but they have the rest of my books, too.)

Just finished Arthur C. Clarke's 2061 (the third book in the 2001 sequence). Can't recommend it, but I did enjoy one line very much: "Our solar system is composed of the Sun, Jupiter, and assorted debris." 🤣

Delta Agent: You're overweight.
Me: Really? I thought I looked pretty good!
Delta Agent: [...]

FASHION.

The Kids in Mrs. Z’s Class Boxed Set: Books 1-6 Meet the kids in Mrs. Z's wacky and wonderful third grade class! In the first six books of this playful chapter book series, perfect for fans of Andrew Clem...

Coming soon - a boxed set for THE KIDS IN MRS. Z'S CLASS, with books by @rajanilarocca.bsky.social, @karinayanglaser.bsky.social, @willalex.bsky.social, @eliotschrefer.bsky.social, @keklamagoon.bsky.social, & me, all illustrated by @katfcomix.bsky.social! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/kate-...

Hooray!!!

The front cover of STARSTUFF: TEN SCIENCE FICTION STORIES TO CELEBRATE NEW POSSIBILITIES stands proudly alongside this paragraph: "The following conversation between AI animal congress representatives Hawk01 and Rabbit01 has been modified from its original version. it has been made intelligible to the 1,210 humans who live in a colony within the territory shared by these two animal species in conflict."

The seventh story in STARSTUFF is "A Proposal to the Animal Congress" by @eliotschrefer.bsky.social, and it starts like this:

Thank you!

The Pros and Cons of Getting an MFA in Writing for Children
Erin Entrada Kelly and Eliot Schrefer
May 19, 2025, 7PM CT
Register Free: tinyurl.com/5exwx5j2

Erin Entrada Kelly & Eliot Schrefer teach in the MFAC program Hamline University. They will answer questions about program & their own careers.

This is hilarious. Tell him I confirm it's totally fine, and wish him happy reading!

Goddammit.

Science fiction writers: Applications are open for Launchpad, which I can't recommend highly enough. A week in Laramie with world-class faculty teaching you the fundamentals of astronomy. I had a fantastic time when I went a couple years ago. www.launchpadworkshop.org

Thank you!!! Very glad you enjoyed them

Woo hoo! Hope you enjoy!

Ooh, hope you enjoy!!!

Sorry! I followed you, should fix it. Or there's a contact form on my website!

Honored! Thank you, hope your friend likes it. Happy to send a signed and personalized bookplate for free if you dm me!

Thank you!!!