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best of the net nominated writer of (mostly) speculative fiction 🍉 | repped by Katelyn Detweiler @ JGLM | hotpot aficionado & cat person TWIN TIDES, a YA speculative thriller out Fall 2025 (Delacorte) https://www.authorhien.com/quick-links

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Hien Nguyen (mostly updates) @authorhien.bsky.social · Nov 18

I suppose now's the time to post my book announcement here because I've turned in the final version of the manuscript to copy edits 🥂 #authors #books

Bria Ragin at Delacorte Press has acquired, in an exclusive submission, Twin Tides by Hien Nguyen, a YA speculative horror thriller inspired by Vietnamese mythology and pitched as The Haunting of Bly Manor meets The Parent Trap, in which long-lost identical twins Aria and Caliste are beckoned to Les Eaux, Minn., where they unravel the mystery behind their mother's death, discover a ghoul haunting the waters of the small town, and wade through the betrayal that ultimately separated them. Publication is set for fall 2025; Katelyn Detweiler at Jill Grinberg Literary Management sold world English rights.

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Hien Nguyen (mostly updates) @authorhien.bsky.social · 3d

brb turning my first critical trade review into a cute Fall sweatshirt 🍁🍂 (honesty 10/10 it’s v cozy) #writers

Hien in cream sweatshirt that says “plodding pacing and hackneyed dialogue”

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Hien Nguyen (mostly updates) @authorhien.bsky.social · 6d

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

Hien Nguyen (mostly updates) @authorhien.bsky.social · 10d

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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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 👀 …

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Hien Nguyen (mostly updates) @authorhien.bsky.social · 15d

*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 🥹

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Hien Nguyen (mostly updates) @authorhien.bsky.social · Aug 24

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

Hien Nguyen (mostly updates) @authorhien.bsky.social · Aug 20

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

Volunteer — WriteGirl

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

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Hien Nguyen (mostly updates) @authorhien.bsky.social · Aug 13

hudsonbooksellers.com/book/9798217...

Twin Tides

Long-lost twin sisters unravel the mystery behind their mother's disappearance and face the family betrayal that ultimately separated them in this breathtaking speculative young adult thriller.Heiress...

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Hien Nguyen (mostly updates) @authorhien.bsky.social · Aug 13

👀👀 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

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.

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Hien Nguyen (mostly updates) @authorhien.bsky.social · Jul 23

Gorgeous!! And so glad you enjoyed!

Hien Nguyen (mostly updates) @authorhien.bsky.social · Jul 15

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

Hien Nguyen (mostly updates) @authorhien.bsky.social · Jul 8

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...

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Hien Nguyen (mostly updates) @authorhien.bsky.social · Jun 23

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.

Hien Nguyen (mostly updates) @authorhien.bsky.social · Jun 17

Thank you!! 😭❤️

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Inner Worlds @innerworlds.bsky.social · Jun 12

"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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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...

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Hien Nguyen (mostly updates) @authorhien.bsky.social · Jun 17

Thank you!!

Hien Nguyen (mostly updates) @authorhien.bsky.social · Jun 1

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 💕

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Hien Nguyen (mostly updates) @authorhien.bsky.social · May 11

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

Finnian Burnett @finnwritesstuff.bsky.social · May 11

Just recorded such a fun panel on POV for the @writehive.bsky.social conference! @authorhien.bsky.social Tasneem Alam and Holly Ash who all have books I can't wait to read!

Hien Nguyen (mostly updates) @authorhien.bsky.social · May 9

Baby’s first blurb 🎉😭 #yabooks

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

Hien Nguyen (mostly updates) @authorhien.bsky.social · May 7

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 😭😭😭😭

Hien Nguyen (mostly updates) @authorhien.bsky.social · May 2

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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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…

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Hien Nguyen (mostly updates) @authorhien.bsky.social · May 1

🔔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!

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

Hien Nguyen (mostly updates) @authorhien.bsky.social · May 1

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

Hien Nguyen (mostly updates) @authorhien.bsky.social · May 1

Hehe so glad to see you again! 💖

Hien Nguyen (mostly updates) @authorhien.bsky.social · May 1

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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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

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Hien Nguyen (mostly updates) @authorhien.bsky.social · Apr 27

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 🫡