Hien Nguyen (mostly updates)

I had an amazing time modding for the #decaturbookfestival. It was a lovely convo full of humor & honesty about writing for young people
THE SCAMMER by Tiffany D. Jackson
DEATH IN THE CARDS by Mia Manansala
WHEN DEVILS SING by Xan Kaur
KILL THE LAX BRO by Charlotte Lillie Balough

Twin Tides Tour 🎉 — Hien Nguyen I’m thrilled to announce the dates for the Twin Tides launch tour! I still can’t believe we are almost two months away from my debut being out in the world. Some more events might be added 👀 …

We’re going on tour! I’m thrilled to announce the details for the Twin Tides launch events in December for NYC, Des Moines, IA, and LA. If you are around I’d love to see you! #yabooks

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*taps mic* I guess nows the time to say I am polishing my adult dark/horror fantasy project that’s an anti-monarchy Necromancer Rapunzel but please know I’ve been working on this project since ~2021 🥹

Woke up to the lovely news yesterday that I’ve received a Best of the Net nomination. Forever grateful to Lynn & Centaur Lit, and that my strange little stories have found their place out in the world ❤️😭 #bestofthenet2026

Volunteer — WriteGirl Volunteer with WriteGirl and inspire a teen to discover their creative voice!

WriteGirl mentorship applications are open until September 12th! Serving girls and gender expansive teens, it pairs writers with teens to cultivate their creative writing journeys. It’s been such a lovely experience and I highly recommend applying! www.writegirl.org/volunteer #writingcommunity

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Hudson booksellers preorder sale. 30% off with code cantwait. Book cover for twin tides, out December 9, which is blue and features the faces of two teen girls and a long haired ghost. Long lost twins. A vengeful ghost. And monsters who hide in plain sight.

👀👀 Hudson Booksellers is having a major sale for released (20%) and yet to be released books (30%). If you have some books on your TBR (psst including my YA speculative debut Twin Tides) take a peek! This is the best discount I’ve seen for preorders. 🔗 in comments! #yabooks

Gorgeous!! And so glad you enjoyed!

I’m so thrilled to be moderating a panel on Deadly Secrets at this year’s Decatur Book Festival featuring some absolutely 💖 amazing ✨ YA authors.

Keep your calendar open October 3rd and 4th for the 20th anniversary fest and an impeccable line up of authors 👀 #yabooks

It’s once again the BN prêörd3r event!

Twin Tides is my YA debut about family, girlhood, ghosthood, and the love & violence that can cross generations 👀👀

Check out some of the amazing 2025 releases as well! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/twin-tides...

My dad often makes up “facts” based on his anecdotal assessment of things (one being deer will someday go to extinct because they get hit by too many cars). However, he once said: “Americans didn’t like Jimmy Carter as a president because Americans love war” and I’ve thought about it a lot recently.

Thank you!! 😭❤️

The Nineteenth Smile by Hien Nguyen The baby glared, the two half-moons of his mouth puckered indignantly. The midwife inhaled and forced herself to count. Five... four... Babies were adorable, she reminded herself. Three... Two... a de...

"When the midwife had fluttered through the windows earlier that night, she had already taught eighteen babies to smile."

Read "The Nineteenth Smile" by @authorhien.bsky.social

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#Fantasy #SpeculativeFiction #SpecFic

Thank you!!

Surprise! One of my first published stories, The Nineteenth Smile, is reprinted in the newest issue of Inner Worlds. Please check out all the stunning pieces in issue 7 💕

Hehe it was so fun 👀 be sure to take an eye out for the 2025 WriteHive Conference dropping later this year!

In this visceral, haunting debut, worlds collide and the duality of human nature is explored. Harrowing yet heartwarming, tender yet terrifying, Twin Tides is a poignant meditation on grief, obsession, and the ties which bind us to family near and far. - Keshe Chow author of The Girl With No Reflection & For No Mortal Creature

Baby’s first blurb 🎉😭 #yabooks

Me, doing research to write a scene & typing into Google: “sound of car hitting suitcase”
Google: here are videos of cars hitting a person

No I don’t want to see that 😭😭😭😭

Twin Tides NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley…

have you ever wanted to read an advanced review copy (ARC) of a book? Twin Tides is now available to request on NetGalley & it’s completely free to create an account 🥰 #yabooks

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Book held without cover visible in front of plants. Text reads: a book with a ghost pov, long lost twins, intergenerational rage, an evil nepo baby, honest reflections on mental health disorders, lyrical prose

Twin tides book cover helps in front of plants. Dark blue background with outline of house and water. A long haired ghost emerges from the water and two girls stand back to back, one crying and the other screaming

🔔in AANHPI month w my debut Twin Tides (out Dec 9)

my partner (biased but a prof of asian am lit) told me this felt like an asian american novel, which was my intention. as much as it’s about teen hijinks, it’s also about legacy of war & diaspora. available for preörder & to request on Edelweiss!

Ahhh thank you friend that means so much to me 💖😭

Hehe so glad to see you again! 💖

Purple floral background with text: I do not come home. I nestle into a story my mother tells me, of the banyan that could restore life and its keeper Cuội who instructed his wife to water it in his absence, but suffered when the wife forgot and instead urinated on the tree’s roots in a panic, and the banyan grew grew grew wildly, bursting until Cuội took an axe to tame its bestial branches, and it ascended, floating until the banyan settled on the moon. “watching your mother die” published in issue 9 of centaur lit

surprise! issue 9 of Centaur Lit dropped today & I have a hybrid CNF piece published in it.

I’m full of gratitude this weird little piece (400 words & only 13 sentences) has found a home with many other stunning pieces 💖🌘🌳 #cnf

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Me, carefully filming & editing a video on publishing: 200 views
Me, posting a video joking about my lopsided butt from my roller skating accident: 3k views and clinging, with 5 people apparently sending it to their friends

Ty social media 🫡

Hien in brown shirt and gold earrings smiling at camera and holding three ARC books of Twin Tides

New profile picture 🤭

on being a dancing monkey, the B&N preorder sale, and Edelweiss — Hien Nguyen If you follow me on social media, you’ll have seen the many posts about the current Barnes & Noble preorder sale. Sorry if you have, since another boost will be going in this very blog post 😅 For…

A new blog post on the B&N sale, feeling like a dancing monkey 😅 and Twin Tides being available on Edelweiss! #authors

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It’s that time! Barnes & Noble prëôrder sale is live for premium & rewards members!

Twin Tides is a YA thriller that’s a haunted Viet Parent Trap

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❤️💖 #yabooks #books

Episode 18: Pre-Nazi Germany But with Smart Phones with Vincent Tirado Paper Trail · Episode

On episode 18 of The Paper Trail, we chat managing creative focus during fascism, cover reveals and launching podcasts with the amazing Vincent Tirado 👀 open.spotify.com/episode/7j5e... #publishing

the horrors persist but I just pulled both of Caleb’s myth cards within 20 pulls so I think I’ve used up my luck this month 🥲

Many thanks for all the love & support 🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽 I couldn’t do this writing thing without this amazing community