Amy S. Kaufman
@askaufman.bsky.social
author & medieval scholar | rep. by @sambfarkas.bsky.social
THE TRAITOR OF SHERWOOD FOREST is out now with Penguin Books!
Order links & more at https://linktr.ee/amyskaufman
THE TRAITOR OF SHERWOOD FOREST is out now with Penguin Books!
Order links & more at https://linktr.ee/amyskaufman
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Amy S. Kaufman
@askaufman.bsky.social
· Apr 29
ROBIN HOOD IS FINALLY HERE! 🦊🏹
It's publication day for THE TRAITOR OF SHERWOOD FOREST! If you're ready for a dark, twisty version of the Robin Hood legend, rich with medieval history and told through a woman's eyes, today is the day!
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/739965...
It's publication day for THE TRAITOR OF SHERWOOD FOREST! If you're ready for a dark, twisty version of the Robin Hood legend, rich with medieval history and told through a woman's eyes, today is the day!
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/739965...
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So honored to share that It’s All In Your Head got a Kirkus Starred Review!! ⭐️
![The full excerpt: “[A]n extremely slow burn that pays off exponentially. The sex is super hot. Because Skylar and Pike learn early to communicate about pain and limitations, they’re great communicators by the time they do eventually hook up, which makes for some steamy dirty talk. Together they learn that while chronic illness comes with restrictions, their desire for one another does not. A strong debut about characters who meet
in the pause between pain and hope.”
This one features pike from my cover standing with his cane leaning against the excerpt and a pair of his goggles. At the bottom it says it’s all in your head is out February 10](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kchkca3hszkdxbn6vn276xl6/bafkreialh6qm6zxfglkn7xjn7b3kfkysgkbljj5imedba6xwxzxrsudahm@jpeg)
January 15, 2026 at 12:45 AM
So honored to share that It’s All In Your Head got a Kirkus Starred Review!! ⭐️
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Mainstream Canadian media is not accurately reporting what is happening. Today, I've viewed several horrifying videos of people with proper papers being violently detained. Friends, when you next vote--in Canada or elsewhere--ask yourself if this is the world you want to live in.
I can’t emphasize enough how shocked my out of state friends and family are when I tell them what has happened in Minneapolis since Renee Good’s murder.
Without reliable media, most not-chronically-online people are completely in the dark. If you want to help Minnesota, tell people what you know.
Without reliable media, most not-chronically-online people are completely in the dark. If you want to help Minnesota, tell people what you know.
January 13, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Mainstream Canadian media is not accurately reporting what is happening. Today, I've viewed several horrifying videos of people with proper papers being violently detained. Friends, when you next vote--in Canada or elsewhere--ask yourself if this is the world you want to live in.
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This week, Historians At The Movies gets to talk about the South, Jim Crow, the Klan, music, and motherlovin’ VAMPIRES. Join us on Prime Video this Sunday, January 18th at 8pm eastern for SINNERS.
Keep #HATM growing by sharing and we’ll see you soon!
Keep #HATM growing by sharing and we’ll see you soon!
January 13, 2026 at 7:31 PM
This week, Historians At The Movies gets to talk about the South, Jim Crow, the Klan, music, and motherlovin’ VAMPIRES. Join us on Prime Video this Sunday, January 18th at 8pm eastern for SINNERS.
Keep #HATM growing by sharing and we’ll see you soon!
Keep #HATM growing by sharing and we’ll see you soon!
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I'm doing a Reddit AMA for the next couple of hours, along with a bunch of other 2025 debut authors from different age categories and genres. Pop in if you're curious what the debut process is like!
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#kidlit #amwriting #booksky
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#kidlit #amwriting #booksky
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January 9, 2026 at 6:01 PM
I'm doing a Reddit AMA for the next couple of hours, along with a bunch of other 2025 debut authors from different age categories and genres. Pop in if you're curious what the debut process is like!
www.reddit.com/r/PubTips/co...
#kidlit #amwriting #booksky
www.reddit.com/r/PubTips/co...
#kidlit #amwriting #booksky
Ooh, I did not expect Jodie Comer's character to be a daughter figure. Okay, I'm finally interested!
January 6, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Ooh, I did not expect Jodie Comer's character to be a daughter figure. Okay, I'm finally interested!
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We're so glad to be sharing our annual recap to reflect on another year of wonderful client news and accomplishments:
jillgrinbergliterary.com/2025-jglms-y...
Wishing everyone a safe and happy holiday season
jillgrinbergliterary.com/2025-jglms-y...
Wishing everyone a safe and happy holiday season
2025: JGLM’s Year in Review – Jill Grinberg Literary Management
jillgrinbergliterary.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
We're so glad to be sharing our annual recap to reflect on another year of wonderful client news and accomplishments:
jillgrinbergliterary.com/2025-jglms-y...
Wishing everyone a safe and happy holiday season
jillgrinbergliterary.com/2025-jglms-y...
Wishing everyone a safe and happy holiday season
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A paid writer's residency working with Nottingham Women's Centre and the Feminist Archive is open for applications. Share with anyone who might be interested.
#booksky #writer #nottinghamcityofculture #nottingham #eastmidlands
#booksky #writer #nottinghamcityofculture #nottingham #eastmidlands
Emerging Writer's Residency 2026 - Nottingham City of Literature
A paid residency for emerging writers. Applications are open to explore the feminist archive at the Nottingham Women's Library.
nottinghamcityofliterature.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
A paid writer's residency working with Nottingham Women's Centre and the Feminist Archive is open for applications. Share with anyone who might be interested.
#booksky #writer #nottinghamcityofculture #nottingham #eastmidlands
#booksky #writer #nottinghamcityofculture #nottingham #eastmidlands
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Medievalist friends! Applications are open until end of Feb for a fully-funded PhD in Arthurian Literature with the brilliant Louise D'Arcens @medievalafterlives.bsky.social and myself, based between Sydney (Australia) and Groningen (The Netherlands).
Please share widely!
tinyurl.com/f7su6urv
Please share widely!
tinyurl.com/f7su6urv
Global PhD on Middle English Arthurian romance
The University of Groningen and Macquarie are offering a co-funded scholarship to support a student undertaking doctoral research in medieval literature.
tinyurl.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Medievalist friends! Applications are open until end of Feb for a fully-funded PhD in Arthurian Literature with the brilliant Louise D'Arcens @medievalafterlives.bsky.social and myself, based between Sydney (Australia) and Groningen (The Netherlands).
Please share widely!
tinyurl.com/f7su6urv
Please share widely!
tinyurl.com/f7su6urv
Last newsletter of 2025 is up with 10 tips for anyone who wants to know what to expect from debuting!
amyskaufman.substack.com/p/lessons-in...
amyskaufman.substack.com/p/lessons-in...
Lessons in Debuting
10 things I know now that I didn't know then.
amyskaufman.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Last newsletter of 2025 is up with 10 tips for anyone who wants to know what to expect from debuting!
amyskaufman.substack.com/p/lessons-in...
amyskaufman.substack.com/p/lessons-in...
I was late seeing this, but thanks to Geek Mom (& Dad!) for adding The Traitor of Sherwood Forest to their holiday gift guide! ☃️
geekmom.com/2025/11/geek...
geekmom.com/2025/11/geek...
GeekDad/GeekMom Holiday Gift Guide 2025: Books
Books! Whether you've constantly got a book in progress (or two or three) or you read several books a night to your kids, books have a heavy presence in our liv
geekmom.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I was late seeing this, but thanks to Geek Mom (& Dad!) for adding The Traitor of Sherwood Forest to their holiday gift guide! ☃️
geekmom.com/2025/11/geek...
geekmom.com/2025/11/geek...
Behold: the stunning Hungarian edition of The Traitor of Sherwood Forest, coming in April 2026! I'm finally in the sprayed edges crew!! 😭
December 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Behold: the stunning Hungarian edition of The Traitor of Sherwood Forest, coming in April 2026! I'm finally in the sprayed edges crew!! 😭
I'm so excited to see that Library Journal has included The Traitor of Sherwood Forest in their Best Books of 2025!!!
www.libraryjournal.com/story/Stella...
www.libraryjournal.com/story/Stella...
December 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I'm so excited to see that Library Journal has included The Traitor of Sherwood Forest in their Best Books of 2025!!!
www.libraryjournal.com/story/Stella...
www.libraryjournal.com/story/Stella...
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The award-winning Vows & Valor Trilogy brings together the ultimate forged family & exquisite yearning in a high-stakes, page-turning saga. Perfect for readers who love the LOTR fellowship if led by a woman, the unfailing romance in The Princess Bride, and a cheese thief.
December 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The award-winning Vows & Valor Trilogy brings together the ultimate forged family & exquisite yearning in a high-stakes, page-turning saga. Perfect for readers who love the LOTR fellowship if led by a woman, the unfailing romance in The Princess Bride, and a cheese thief.
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As part of the Indie Fantasy Addicts FB group's Christmas, Majordomo is free this week. The response yesterday on Facebook was awesome. Now I'm sharing it here. Get this award-winning novella for FREE!
December 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
As part of the Indie Fantasy Addicts FB group's Christmas, Majordomo is free this week. The response yesterday on Facebook was awesome. Now I'm sharing it here. Get this award-winning novella for FREE!
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We're excited to share that ARCS for both IN THE NAME OF HONOR and IN THE NAME OF PRIDE are available to request with The NerdFam!
thenerdfam.com/inthe…
🏳️🌈queernorm
👨🏽🤝👨🏻found family
🛡️👑guard/princess MCs
💞slowww burn, spice that grows
💔so much betrayal
🥩unhealthy amount of stakes
🧀and a cheese thief
thenerdfam.com/inthe…
🏳️🌈queernorm
👨🏽🤝👨🏻found family
🛡️👑guard/princess MCs
💞slowww burn, spice that grows
💔so much betrayal
🥩unhealthy amount of stakes
🧀and a cheese thief
https://thenerdfam.com/inthe…
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
We're excited to share that ARCS for both IN THE NAME OF HONOR and IN THE NAME OF PRIDE are available to request with The NerdFam!
thenerdfam.com/inthe…
🏳️🌈queernorm
👨🏽🤝👨🏻found family
🛡️👑guard/princess MCs
💞slowww burn, spice that grows
💔so much betrayal
🥩unhealthy amount of stakes
🧀and a cheese thief
thenerdfam.com/inthe…
🏳️🌈queernorm
👨🏽🤝👨🏻found family
🛡️👑guard/princess MCs
💞slowww burn, spice that grows
💔so much betrayal
🥩unhealthy amount of stakes
🧀and a cheese thief
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Hugely grateful to @kellyluce.bsky.social for publishing this one in The Commuter!
A powerful poem about the unexpected payoffs of learning about blood and guts in science class.
Blood and Guts Were Our First Language - Electric Literature
“what i can teach you,” a poem by Eshani Surya
buff.ly
November 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Hugely grateful to @kellyluce.bsky.social for publishing this one in The Commuter!
Somehow, three interviews went up while I was travelling around New England!
First, here I am with Sheridan Sharp on "Am I Write", talking about how writing a practice book is actually completely normal:
www.buzzsprout.com/2031789/epis...
First, here I am with Sheridan Sharp on "Am I Write", talking about how writing a practice book is actually completely normal:
www.buzzsprout.com/2031789/epis...
54. From Academic Papers to Creative Fiction: Nothing You Write is Wasted | Amy S Kaufman - AM I WRITE?
What happens when a medieval scholar trades academic papers for storytelling? In this episode, Am I Write? Host Sheridan Sharp sits down with Amy S. Kaufman to talk about her bold leap from teach...
www.buzzsprout.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Somehow, three interviews went up while I was travelling around New England!
First, here I am with Sheridan Sharp on "Am I Write", talking about how writing a practice book is actually completely normal:
www.buzzsprout.com/2031789/epis...
First, here I am with Sheridan Sharp on "Am I Write", talking about how writing a practice book is actually completely normal:
www.buzzsprout.com/2031789/epis...
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Listen to @eshanisurya.bsky.social discuss the path to her debut novel, RAVISHING, over on the Debutiful podcast feed!
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6IF9...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6IF9...
November 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Listen to @eshanisurya.bsky.social discuss the path to her debut novel, RAVISHING, over on the Debutiful podcast feed!
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6IF9...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6IF9...
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IT'S HERE AND IT'S GORGEOUS??!!!!
We're ecstatic to share the cover reveal for the Vows & Valor Trilogy sequel, IN THE NAME OF PRIDE (January 27, 2026).
Cover designer: David Gardias
ARC sign ups are now OPEN for our series. Head to the link in our bio to sign up today!
We're ecstatic to share the cover reveal for the Vows & Valor Trilogy sequel, IN THE NAME OF PRIDE (January 27, 2026).
Cover designer: David Gardias
ARC sign ups are now OPEN for our series. Head to the link in our bio to sign up today!
November 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
IT'S HERE AND IT'S GORGEOUS??!!!!
We're ecstatic to share the cover reveal for the Vows & Valor Trilogy sequel, IN THE NAME OF PRIDE (January 27, 2026).
Cover designer: David Gardias
ARC sign ups are now OPEN for our series. Head to the link in our bio to sign up today!
We're ecstatic to share the cover reveal for the Vows & Valor Trilogy sequel, IN THE NAME OF PRIDE (January 27, 2026).
Cover designer: David Gardias
ARC sign ups are now OPEN for our series. Head to the link in our bio to sign up today!
This interview was so much fun! Thanks @tarotinterviews.com for the reading and the chat!
Finbarre caught up with Amy S. Kaufman
@askaufman.bsky.social Author of The Traitor of Sherwood Forest (Penguin, 2025) and co-author of The Devil’s Historians, Amy joined Tarot DMs to talk about leaving academia behind and rewriting the Robin Hood legend.
#tarot #booksky #writer #myth #folklore
@askaufman.bsky.social Author of The Traitor of Sherwood Forest (Penguin, 2025) and co-author of The Devil’s Historians, Amy joined Tarot DMs to talk about leaving academia behind and rewriting the Robin Hood legend.
#tarot #booksky #writer #myth #folklore
Chat #11 - Amy S. Kaufman
"Find your fellow weirdos"
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November 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This interview was so much fun! Thanks @tarotinterviews.com for the reading and the chat!
Boston talk is today, 5pm, Northeastern U!
Boston and Providence, I'm on my way! 📚💙
Book talk in Boston, Nov. 5, Northeastern U:
calendar.northeastern.edu/event/book-t...
Reading in Providence, Nov. 9, Riffraff bookstore & bar: riffraffevents.eventcalendarapp.com/amy-kaufman-...
Book talk in Boston, Nov. 5, Northeastern U:
calendar.northeastern.edu/event/book-t...
Reading in Providence, Nov. 9, Riffraff bookstore & bar: riffraffevents.eventcalendarapp.com/amy-kaufman-...
November 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Boston talk is today, 5pm, Northeastern U!
Boston and Providence, I'm on my way! 📚💙
Book talk in Boston, Nov. 5, Northeastern U:
calendar.northeastern.edu/event/book-t...
Reading in Providence, Nov. 9, Riffraff bookstore & bar: riffraffevents.eventcalendarapp.com/amy-kaufman-...
Book talk in Boston, Nov. 5, Northeastern U:
calendar.northeastern.edu/event/book-t...
Reading in Providence, Nov. 9, Riffraff bookstore & bar: riffraffevents.eventcalendarapp.com/amy-kaufman-...
November 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Boston and Providence, I'm on my way! 📚💙
Book talk in Boston, Nov. 5, Northeastern U:
calendar.northeastern.edu/event/book-t...
Reading in Providence, Nov. 9, Riffraff bookstore & bar: riffraffevents.eventcalendarapp.com/amy-kaufman-...
Book talk in Boston, Nov. 5, Northeastern U:
calendar.northeastern.edu/event/book-t...
Reading in Providence, Nov. 9, Riffraff bookstore & bar: riffraffevents.eventcalendarapp.com/amy-kaufman-...
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Thank you @debutiful.bsky.social!!
Here are the 8 best debuts we read that are publishing in November! Featuring titles from @himymcraig.bsky.social, @eshanisurya.bsky.social, and more!
Learn more about them 👉 debutiful.net/2025/11/03/8...
Learn more about them 👉 debutiful.net/2025/11/03/8...
November 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Thank you @debutiful.bsky.social!!
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Seattle, looking for the perfect book as a holiday gift? Come to the Phinney Center for the Holiday Bookfest, Sat 22 November: a mellow afternoon with 28 local authors, like me, who would love to chat and sign your books.
Holiday Bookfest!
Want to buy some lovely books as holiday gifts? Want to meet 28 local authors in a mellow afternoon local bookfest? Then the Seattle Holiday Bookfest, 22 November is for you!
nicolagriffith.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Seattle, looking for the perfect book as a holiday gift? Come to the Phinney Center for the Holiday Bookfest, Sat 22 November: a mellow afternoon with 28 local authors, like me, who would love to chat and sign your books.