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Alie Dumas-Heidt, Author

@aliedh.bsky.social

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Author of the new detective novel, The Myth Maker, due out from Crooked Lane Books July 8, 2025. New tea drinker that still misses coffee. Wife, mom, dog mom, forest dweller. Forever Ally. Short but fierce. www.aliedh.com, aliedh.substack.com

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Alie Dumas-Heidt, Author @aliedh.bsky.social · Jun 28

The release day countdown has begun! You can follow the countdown for THE MYTH MAKER at www.aliedh.com!
#booksky #writingcommunity #crimewriters

Blurry image of a city street at night in the rain with a book and a phone with ear buds in front, both show the cover for the novel THE MYTH MAKER by Alie Dumas-Heidt. The book cover shows a stone bust of a Greek goddess with red showing through cracks in her throat and cheek. Text from top to bottom reads:
Detective Cassidy Cantwell is on the hunt for two killers - one currently stalking her city, the other from her past.
Find out more @ aliedh.com!
"Perfect for fans of Greek mythology." - Library Journal
Out July 8!
"A razor-sharp thriller that proves ancient myths still have teeth. In Dumas-Heidt's hands, Greek tragedy becomes something fresh, modern, and murderously good." - Reader review

Alie Dumas-Heidt, Author

@aliedh.bsky.social

G'night, Peeps.

At the top, in orange text reads: I love you California. Under that is an illustration of a bear standing on his hind legs, hugging a yellow form resemblance of the state of California, with the word "California" writing in the middle of the form. The image has a border of orange and yellow poppies.

November 5, 2025 at 6:40 AM

Alie Dumas-Heidt, Author

@aliedh.bsky.social

Good things are possible and we don't have to settle. 💙

🌸🌺Cindy Alexander Capaldo🌺 @cyn1422.bsky.social · 5d

Good things are possible and we don't have to settle.

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 5d

Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.

November 5, 2025 at 5:58 AM

Alie Dumas-Heidt, Author

@aliedh.bsky.social

This evening has been a good evening and it's not over yet.

November 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM

Alie Dumas-Heidt, Author

@aliedh.bsky.social

Already almost noon somehow...Hang on and have a good day!

a blue and white penguin with monday written on it

Alt: clip of a blue and white cartoon penguin getting knocked over by the word MONDAY hitting him in the face.

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November 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM

Alie Dumas-Heidt, Author

@aliedh.bsky.social

Torvi and her woobie sock. She actually now owns the pair, and she drags them around daily, cuddles when she needs them, and parades them around for guests. And unlike her other toys, she's never tried to tear them apart.

A fluffy black dog with white feet and a white tipped tail is in a pink and purple dog bed meant to look like an octopus, holding a thick sock printed with strawberries between her front paws, looking lost in thought.

October 29, 2025 at 10:54 PM

Alie Dumas-Heidt, Author

@aliedh.bsky.social

Writer Peeps! I will soon be accepting interview requests for writers who want to appear on my upcoming podcast - Where They Started - on the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network!

All genres welcome! Only requirement is that there is a recent book available for us to discuss! #writingcommunity

October 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM

Alie Dumas-Heidt, Author

@aliedh.bsky.social

#PNW Peeps! I'll be @ballastbookco.bsky.social Nov 7 for the First Friday Art Walk, signing copies of my award-winning novel, The Myth Maker! Come by and get copy signed for that book lover on your holiday shopping list!

October 27, 2025 at 11:56 PM

Alie Dumas-Heidt, Author

@aliedh.bsky.social

Was not expecting to wake up to this! THE MYTH MAKER won 2nd place in the detective/police procedural category at BookFest!!
#writingcommunity #booksky #bookfest #crimefiction

Image of a 2nd place silver medal award for the 2025 BookFest Awards

October 25, 2025 at 7:10 PM

Alie Dumas-Heidt, Author

@aliedh.bsky.social

You guys! I've requested my first batch of new releases to read for my upcoming podcast with Authors on the Air Global Radio Network, and I'm more excited than before! So many good reads coming!

#WritingCommunity #BookSky #Podcast #AuthorsontheAir

October 23, 2025 at 10:32 PM

Alie Dumas-Heidt, Author

@aliedh.bsky.social

Soup, it's what's for dinner. 🍽️🥣

Photo of a bowl of sweet potato soup with crushed nuts and chili powder sprinkled on top.

October 23, 2025 at 2:33 AM

Alie Dumas-Heidt, Author

@aliedh.bsky.social

Sad to see my home team Mariners lose, but I'll always be a Giants fan, so Go, Toronto! BEAT LA! ⚾

October 21, 2025 at 3:43 AM

Alie Dumas-Heidt, Author

@aliedh.bsky.social

It's too early in this game for me to be this worried...⚾
#Mariners

October 20, 2025 at 12:41 AM

Alie Dumas-Heidt, Author

@aliedh.bsky.social

A little protest and a little baking. G'night, Peeps.

Photo of two loaves of pumpkin bread on a cooling rack. (on the left is chocolate chip pumpkin bread, right is white chocolate chip and craisin pumpkin bread)

October 19, 2025 at 2:57 AM

Alie Dumas-Heidt, Author

@aliedh.bsky.social

Stay safe, stay peaceful, stay loud.

Yellow background with black text showing a drawing of a crow with a red X through it and the words NO KINGS underneath.

October 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM

Alie Dumas-Heidt, Author

@aliedh.bsky.social

Super excited to announce that I will be joining the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network! Details surrounding my podcast will be out soon, but I can say I will be sitting down with new and veteran authors alike to talk beginnings!

Find the full team in comments!

#writingcommunity #booksky

October 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM

Alie Dumas-Heidt, Author

@aliedh.bsky.social

🎵⚾AND IT'S ROOT, ROOT, ROOT, FOR THE HOME TEAM!⚾🎶

October 13, 2025 at 2:58 AM

Alie Dumas-Heidt, Author

@aliedh.bsky.social

Let's go, Mariners! ⚾

October 13, 2025 at 1:45 AM

Alie Dumas-Heidt, Author

@aliedh.bsky.social

This is Astrid's "Hi , squirrel!" face.

Grey and white poodle type dog with a big smile and her tongue hang out, looking out a window at a squirrel not in frame.

October 12, 2025 at 11:53 PM

Alie Dumas-Heidt, Author

@aliedh.bsky.social

Last night I did a book signing at Sig Brewing in Tacoma and a girl came in WITH HER OWN COPY! She'd already read The Myth Maker and came specifically to get it signed. It was the best moment.

October 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM

Alie Dumas-Heidt, Author

@aliedh.bsky.social

Tomorrow night sounds like a great time to stop by Sig Brewing in #Tacoma for some book talk and a pint!

Alie Dumas-Heidt, Author @aliedh.bsky.social · Oct 8

Hey #Tacoma Peeps! Come say hi, grab a pint and get a copy of The Myth Maker signed by me this Friday!

Sig Brewing in Tacoma, 10/10 from 6-9pm!

#BookSigning # BookSky

Curved banner reads: Pints & Pages, above a cartoon depiction of books and pint glasses. Text below image reads: Pints & Pages with Alie Dumas-Heidt, author of The Myth Maker. Come say hi, ask questions, have a pint, and get a signed copy!
October 10 from 6:00-9:00pm
Sig Brewing Co.
2534 Tacoma Ave S
Tacoma, WA 98402
Visit aliedh.com or Sig Brewing Co for more info!

October 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM

Alie Dumas-Heidt, Author

@aliedh.bsky.social

Hey #Tacoma Peeps! Come say hi, grab a pint and get a copy of The Myth Maker signed by me this Friday!

Sig Brewing in Tacoma, 10/10 from 6-9pm!

#BookSigning # BookSky

October 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM

Alie Dumas-Heidt, Author

@aliedh.bsky.social

Happy banned book week! And a special happy banned book week to @stephenking.bsky.social for the most banned books in schools for 2024-2025! Find what they don't want you to know!

SinCWorldWide @sincworldwide.bsky.social · Oct 5

It's Banned Books Week - Oct 5 - 11, 2025.
This year's theme is: Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights. It highlights that the right to read belongs to us all, censorship has no place in contemporary society, and we must defend our rights.

#bannedbookweek #SinC #BookSky #Writingcommunity