Alanna Bennett

Two August class offerings! Our popular DRAFT YOUR NOVEL course continues. But now a new bombshell is entering the villa! Please welcome the DEVELOP YOUR NOVEL workshop, for everyone looking for a lil more guidance

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Happy pride :) go listen to two women fall in love

The season finale of CHEF’S KISS is officially up. Directing and producing this audio rom-com was a bright spot in an already bright spring. I’m so proud of everyone involved. Go binge! open.spotify.com/episode/00mb...

I named Kia’s teacher after my English teacher, Mr. Hillis. And he came to my Portland event! He remembers so many details of how I was in the classroom, which makes me so emotional because he shaped so much of the writer I became. Thank you, Mr. Hillis. Thank you, teachers.

I’m reading the new gay astronaut novel right now and it is DESTROYING ME (complimentary)

Portland! Come see me and Anita Kelly at Grand Gesture Books this Tuesday!

Call it the Oregon girl in me but nothing tastes as euphorically SUMMER as a fresh blackberry

Screenshot of the book The Education of Kia Greer by author Alanna Bennett playing as an audio on my phone.

This is so incredibly lovely and smart and witty!!! (I went for the audio book because they delayed my hard copy from today to January). #TheEducationOfKiaGreer by @alannabennett.bsky.social

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I will be in Portland talking THE EDUCATION OF KIA GREER on June 10! Come hang ❤️

I had the immense pleasure of directing & producing a new audio rom-com series for Meet Cute written by Casey Boykins, and the trailer is out now! This was also my first time directing sex scenes so…buckle in :) open.spotify.com/episode/7deL...

My two Lyfts in San Francisco have been teslas and sitting in the back of those things I have never been more carsick in my LIFE. I felt every bump, every wobble, felt like I was in a Flintstones vehicle.

I had a great time talking Kia Greer at the Kiss & Tell Literary Salon at Books Inc with theee Jasmine Guillory. And two of my siblings came! And a couple friends from college! And I didn’t even know most of the people in the audience?!? A rare occurrence for a debut tour!!

No actual writer wants this shit. Please stop forcing it on us.

I would love to hear about your favorite YA novels that feature a main character with depression

I was the kind of media nerd growing up who POURED OVER the Entertainment Weekly Must List, so it’s so surreal and cool to see THE EDUCATION OF KIA GREER on it this week! ew.com/final-destin...

You’re legally obligated to tell me if you’re reading my book and liking it

New York was a dream. Thank you to @caseymcquiston.bsky.social for a great convo about nepo babies and the gap between a public and private life. My cup is so full after last night.

What an awesome conversation with @alannabennett.bsky.social on their debut novel, The Education of Kia Greer! @caseymcquiston.bsky.social

Talked THE EDUCATION OF KIA GREER with @lindaholmes.bsky.social in DC at @eastcitybooks.bsky.social and had a BLAST. New York, I’ll see you tonight for my convo with @caseymcquiston.bsky.social!

“A lot of people don’t understand what shifts when you become famous. People see the shiny parts, but I wanted to explore the human side of it”: @alannabennett.bsky.social on society’s relationship with fame and her debut YA novel, ‘The Education of Kia Greer’ buff.ly/Hu4sOVx

Eeee! Thank you so much!

Thank Goodness for Meg Cabot Over 20 years after the first “Princess Diaries,” the writer is still sticking up for romance.

More than 20 years (and over 80 published novels) later, and with another "Princess Diaries" book and movie on the way, Meg Cabot remains a powerhouse. Story by @alannabennett.bsky.social:

Kicked off the EDUCATION OF KIA GREER mini-tour with a launch party in LA & a convo moderated by @chescaleigh.bsky.social

I couldn’t feel more full. Thank you to everyone who’s already read TEOKG — and to everyone who’ll give her a chance now that she’s out in the world.

THE EDUCATION OF KIA GREER is officially in bookstores across North America. I hope you love her even 1/1000000000000th as much as I do.

ONE DAY MORE... before THE EDUCATION OF KIA GREER comes out and you fall head over heels in love with Cass and Kia (couple name #Cassiokia)!!! @alannabennett.bsky.social

My debut novel THE EDUCATION OF KIA GREER comes out in FOUR DAYS. My heart is hammering. I hope the book can make your heart hammer, too.

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Come see meeeee (or at least these really cool other people)

May 14: DC with Linda Holmes
May 15: NYC with Casey McQuiston
May 20: Bay Area with Jasmine Guillory
June 10: Portland with TBD

A collection of ten book covers of YA books being published in May 2025 in shades of green, purple and pink. Books featured include Titan of the Stars, Sanskari Sweetheart, Wake The Wild Creatures, Get Real, Chloe Torres, Home Has No Borders, The Glittering Edge, All-Nighter, Salvación, Out of Step, Into You and It's You Every Time.

💫 Not sure what to read next? This list of 78 exciting new YA books being published in May 2025 might be a great place to start! 💫
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Come see meeeee (or at least these really cool other people)

May 14: DC with Linda Holmes
May 15: NYC with Casey McQuiston
May 20: Bay Area with Jasmine Guillory
June 10: Portland with TBD

I’m on this week’s episode of Normal Gossip! The theme? MAGICIANS. Go listen. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...