Heather Kassner

Spellwright A plucky writer of spells must team up with a frustratingly charming magician to uncover the secrets of a dangerous grimoire—and maybe open her hea...

Hello! My YA romantic fantasy comes out 10/27 with S&S: In which a dust-fingered spellwright must team up with an insufferably charming (and rather sleepy) magician to uncover the secrets of a dangerous grimoire before its curse claims them both. www.simonandschuster.com/books/Spellw...

Thanks so much, Bayley! 💫

💫 Cover Reveal 💫 I'm absolutely delighted to share the cover for SPELLWRIGHT, which I have been marveling over for weeks! It's everything I could have hoped for, and it's all thanks to Mary Metzger for the beautiful illustration and Michael McCartney for the perfect design.

As a THANK YOU to future YOU'RE DEAD TO ME, REED WALKER readers & supporters who’ll be with me from the beginning I'm holding an ✨appreciation giveaway✨

On 10/21 a winner will be chosen at random & announced in my first newsletter! Link in my bio! 👻👻

#WritingCommunity #debut #newsletter #booksky

Publishers Marketplace Deal Report for THE BONE BRIDES, by Marley Rose-Teter. Imprint: Page Street. Marley Rose-Teter's THE BONE BRIDES, pitched as Howl's Moving Castle by way of Guillermo del Toro, in which a girl must save her changeling girlfriend from a terrifying faerie realm before they both end up trapped in skins not their own, to Lauren Knowles at Page Street, for publication in fall 2026, by Hannah Andrade at Bradford Literary Agency (world English). The PM announcement is decorated with a border image showing a moody autumnal forest and some cute skeleton bunnies.

Well, the rabbit's out of the PM bag! I have a lot of thoughts on what it means at last to be fulfilling the dream I've nurtured since I was 7 years old, but for right now I'm afraid all I have for you is the mental image of me flapping in a circle while I shout, I'M GOING TO BE A PUBLISHED AUTHOR!!

Oh, congratulations! And these comps! 🤩

It's a GOODREADS GIVEAWAY! Enter by October 10 for your chance to win one of 100 ARCs! Use the link below to enter: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/422667-the-iron-garden-sutra *US entrants only

it's a GOODREADS GIVEAWAY! 🔥

enter before October 10th to win!

@erewhonbooks.bsky.social and @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social are giving away 100 ARCs of The Iron Garden Sutra 🤯

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I don't know how it got to be the end of summer but...

Hi! I'm the book content editor for Reactor Mag and I'm looking for 2026 sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and crossover speculative books! If you've got an adult or YA SFFH book publishing next year please share the link/info here!

Hi! My YA cozy and curse-filled YA fantasy (Spellwright) is coming fall 2026 with Atheneum/S&S! 🖤

Such amazing news, Loretta!! 🎉

The cover of Bramble's edition of The Poet Empress by Shen Tao

So excited to share the beautiful cover of my debut fantasy, #ThePoetEmpress, which I am absolutely floored by! 🥰 It's comes out from Bramble 01.20.26 next year!

(Credits to artist Kelly Chong & designer Esther S. Kim!)

bit.ly/ThePoetEmpress

A million congratulations! 🎉

We’re going to GREECE!!

comic page in mostly purple and teal. the first panel has a black blotch appearing. The caption text reads "but when I moved my eyes, the blotch moved with my gaze--" in the second panel, a girl with a bob is peeking into a cubicle, asking "Hey Elisabeth, I think I need to go." to a blonde woman, who is looking over in surprise. In the third and final panel, the blond woman is shown from the front, but her face is obscured by an ink splotch. A caption text box reads "--and it was slowly growing larger."

a two page comic spread with vibrant, sunset colors. The first page is three panels, starting with a caption text box reading "Beacon's Landing, Sunset." Panel 1: a redheaded witch is flying towards a tower on a broom, with a magpie flying next to her. the sun is setting behind the tower. In the second panel, she's touching down from her broom onto a cobblestone street. The third panel shows some people in witches' hats walking, their shadows long in the sunset light. Page two is a single panel of the same redheaded witch looking up at a tall building. A second caption reads "Artificer's Square, Artisan District."

a character design layout of a man in a green three piece suit with tails. He has the expression of the criminally insane.

two girls stand back to back in front of a medieval style window set into a stone wall. The light coming in the window is cold and blue. On the left is a girl with elven ears and white hair, holding a sword. Her eyes are cast towards the girl behind her, and her expression is a mixture of angry and sad. On the right is a girl with long red hair. She is also looking back behind her at the other girl, but her expression is just sad

Hi #PortfolioDay !
I'm Lauren, a comic writer/illustrator and high school art teacher (teaching a comics course)

I'm eager to work on ya, genre fiction, and queer stories. I'm repped by @sknigge.bsky.social at High Line Literary 💖

you can find my work and commission info at
laurenanalepa.com

AH!! Happy Birthday, Mary!! 💜

I typed The End on SPELLWRIGHT!!! And it’s in my editor’s hands!!! 🎉

Sounds amazing!! Congratulations!!

This sounds SO fun!! ✨

Thank you!! And yes, please!!

Oh, hi! I’ve published in MG, but my YA debut was announced this month, and I’d love to be added! 🖤

Aw, Chloe!!! Makes me so happy!!! 🖤

PM official! I’m so excited SPELLWRIGHT, my debut YA, will be publishing with Atheneum/S&S in Fall 2026. It has:

💫 A cozy spellshop
🖤 Unbreakable curses
💫 A Howl-adjacent, sleepy-eyed magician
🖤 A dust-fingered spellwright
💫 A barefoot ball
🖤 A gargoyle-guarded library
💫 A spoiled marmalade cat

Just…I love writing. It’s like having a dream I actually remember in the morning.

She is! I love her so much! 🥰

My gram is the reason I love hummingbirds, fairy tales, and writing about magic. She’s also the reason I’m still on Facebook! 🤣 When I posted about SPELLWRIGHT, she was right there replying, saying she can’t wait for publication and my heart twinged. She’s 98, and that feels like magic too. ✨

I simply cannot wait for SPELLWRIGHT!! I tumbled headfirst into @heatherkassner.bsky.social ‘s delicious, sparkling, luminous world and fell utterly in love. This one’s good for what ails ya! A cozy warm heart hug, with the perfect dash of magic and smooches—what more could a gal ask for? ✨

Can’t wait to read!! 🖤

Photo of a hand holding the book The Ghosts of Bitterfly Bay by Mary Averling in front of a bookshelf.

Nothing better than book mail!!!! 🖤💜🤍 @maryaverling.bsky.social

Thanks so much, Francisca!! 💫

Thank you, Christiane!!! ♥️