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James Farner
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Associate Agent at JABberwocky Literary Agency | he/him | Open to Mystery/Thriller Queries: https://QueryManager.com/JamesFarner
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James Farner @jamesfarner.bsky.social · Nov 8
I'm done with the old site and will just be updating here going forward.

I'm currently open to Mystery/Thriller queries.

What I'm looking for: awfulagent.com/agents/james...
Where to Query Me: querymanager.com/JamesFarner

“Remember — hate is always foolish, and love is always wise.”
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dmoren.com
Oh and the ebook of my supernatural detective novel ALL SOULS LOST is currently just $4.99 at a variety of stores. It was a book of the year on The Verge!

Amazon: www.amazon.com/All-Souls-Lost...
Kobo: www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/all-...
Apple Books: books.apple.com/us/book/all-s...
DAN MOREN ALL SOULS LOST "A delicious mashup of old- fashioned noir, skin-crawling necromancy, and modern espionage, with a fistful of Boston attitude for good measure." -Helene Wecker, author of The Golem and the Jinni Available now!
February 13, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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dmoren.com
If you're at Boskone this weekend, you can come catch me on a variety of panels, talking about everything from magic to heists, and, of course, Star Wars. Here's my full schedule. Come say hi or bring a book to sign!
Did Andor Live Up to Your Expectations? Friday 2/13, 4PM Harbor II Magic: Wonder or Mechanics? Friday 2/13, 7PM Harbor II Best SF/Fantasy Movies/TV Productions Based on Published Speculative Fiction Sunday 2/15, 10:00AM Harbor III The Lure of the Heist Sunday 2/15, 11:30AM Burroughs
February 13, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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atrupar.com
If my followers have been inspired by the fierce resistance the Twin Cities has put up to ICE, you should make it a point to take a trip here (April through October 😬), enjoy the wonderful things MN has to offer and support our small businesses. It continues to be a really tough time for them.
February 12, 2026 at 12:49 AM
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dmoren.com
Hey, my book's on sale. Go grab a copy for cheap.
awfulagent.bsky.social JABberwocky Literary Agency @awfulagent.bsky.social · 5d
Then there's Dan's paranormal fantasy ALL SOULS LOST, which introduces readers to Mike Lucifer, spiritual consultant, and was named a 2023 Best Book of the Year by The Verge. awfulagent.com/ebooks/all-s...
February 11, 2026 at 9:46 PM
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davekarpf.bsky.social
Damn, @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social's got hands today.
"The only thing Big Tech is selling us is their own unprocessed trauma back to us. It's not a revolution. It's a comfort blanket for a managerial class that still can't fathom that all their tech and wealth couldn't protect them from the pandemic."
February 11, 2026 at 9:09 PM
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jmswallow.bsky.social
My complete #MarcDane action-thriller series is now available in the USA (thanks to Bolinda Audio & @awfulagent.bsky.social for bringing them to 🇺🇸!)
Get all 6 audios via Audible...
www.audible.com/series/Marc-...
...Amazon...
www.amazon.com/dp/B09PYPYJ8...
...or Kobo!
www.kobo.com/us/en/series...
February 11, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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awfulagent.bsky.social
JAB favorites @aahabershaw.bsky.social, @dmoren.com, and @leighperry.bsky.social will be appearing at @boskone.bsky.social this weekend! (Have you registered yet?) To celebrate, be sure to snag ebooks from each of them, currently on sale for $4.99 each. Links to follow!
February 11, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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aahabershaw.bsky.social
I'm at Boskone this weekend! Come and check it out! Come to me reading! Come to my signing!
aahabershaw.com/2026/02/10/i...
I’m at Boskone 63! Come see me!
Hi, everyone! Another year has passed, and here we are back at my favorite convention, Boskone! Granted, part of the reason this is my favorite convention is because I just have to get on the train…
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February 10, 2026 at 1:57 PM
jamesfarner.bsky.social
I'm very excited to be joining the @bklynbooksbooze.bsky.social Author Book Fair this weekend!

There's a Pitch an Agent event I'll be participating in, and I'm told there's still room for me to take some more pitches. So if you have a mystery pitch ready to go, consider dropping by this Saturday!
Poster for the Brooklyn Books & Booze Author Book Fair. Books for Sale! Pitch an Agent! Raffle! Attending Agent: James Farner Saturday February 7th 11am - 5pm Barrows Intense Tasting Room 86 34th St, Brooklyn, NY 11232
February 5, 2026 at 9:11 PM
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sketchesbyboze.bsky.social
The Washington Post is getting rid of its Books section. We’re losing the institutions—journalism, middle-class artistic and intellectual culture—that once made life bearable. Those things were a threat to the super-rich who increasingly govern us. Democracy dies in illiteracy.
February 4, 2026 at 8:19 PM
jamesfarner.bsky.social
The cover for GRACE & JO HAVE NEVER SOLVED A MURDER is now out for the world to see!!

Want to experience the humor and hijinks hiding behind this cover? Pre-order it today to enjoy it this fall!
jessmeywrites.bsky.social Jess Mey @jessmeywrites.bsky.social · 12d
"Grace & Jo Have Never Solved a Murder" is now available to pre-order! Check out this amazing cover by El Stanton!

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#coverreveal #mystery #cozymystery #booksky #amwriting
February 4, 2026 at 3:56 PM
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queensbookasylum.bsky.social
We at the Asylum are excited to host the cover reveal for @jessmeywrites.bsky.social's upcoming debut mystery novel, GRACE & JO HAVE NEVER SOLVED A MURDER! The expected publication is October 13, 2026, by @daturabooks.bsky.social.

queensbookasylum.com/2026/02/04/c...

#CoverReveal #ComingSoon
Cover Reveal: Grace & Jo Have Never Solved A Murder By Jess Mey - Queen's Book Asylum
We at the Asylum are excited to host the cover reveal for Jess Mey's upcoming debut mystery novel, GRACE & JO HAVE NEVER SOLVED A MURDER! The expected publication is October 13, 2026, by Datura Books.
queensbookasylum.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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dmoren.com
If Bezos had cared about the Washington Post’s mission, he could have just funded it at a loss. There’s no reason he had to make a profit off it. He could lose money all year every year and still have more than enough to last him for his entire life and more. Instead he gutted it.
robpegoraro.com Rob Pegoraro @robpegoraro.com · 12d
This is such fucking bullshit. How much do you have to suck at running a newspaper to not make money off sports coverage? And how do you "restructure" a metro section that's already been strangled into near-irrelevance? Just a complete betrayal of the Graham family's trust in Jeff Bezos.
nataliekorach.bsky.social Natalie Korach @nataliekorach.bsky.social · 12d
WaPo's Matt Murray told staff the paper is shuttering sports, moving remaining staff to features, shrinking foreign coverage, restructuring metro, closing books coverage, suspending Post Reports podcast

“Whole company now waiting for a live or die email” one staffer said

More in tonight’s Status
February 4, 2026 at 2:53 PM
jamesfarner.bsky.social
Our billionaire overlords don't want you reading. Period. Hard stop.

Books are good. Keep reading books.
leahmcelrath.bsky.social Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 12d
WaPo also closing Books section and downsizing International and Metro sections
Michael Calderone & • 26m Executive editor Matt Murray just announced a "strategic reset" and cuts in meeting with Washington Post staff going on now Michael Calderone & • 20m The Post will be closing sports "in its current form" Michael Calderone • 17m The Post is shrinking international, restructuring metro Michael Calderone @ @mlcalderone X.com The Post is eliminating Books section 7:44 AM • 2/4/26 • 461 Views
February 4, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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zenoagency.bsky.social
Great to see ESPERANCE on the @locusmag.bsky.social 2025 Recommended Reading List

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Published in the UK by @arcadiabooks.bsky.social
2025 Recommended Reading List
Welcome to the Locus Recommended Reading List… We saw some fabulous books come out last year and are so pleased to let you know about them! Our recommendations are compiled annually by the Locus re…
locusmag.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:06 PM
jamesfarner.bsky.social
Such a good time tonight listening to @emilynussbaum.bsky.social talk with @stephenfishbach.bsky.social about his novel, ESCAPE!

Best of all, I got to meet Stephen, babble incoherently in my excitement, and leave with a very special message in my book 🐟
ESCAPE! by Stephen Fishbach, autographed and personalized to say “To James, Fishy for you!”
January 31, 2026 at 3:25 AM
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jessmeywrites.bsky.social
ONE WEEK from today, I finally get to share the cover for "Grace & Jo Have Never Solved a Murder" with you! And better yet? YOU'LL BE ABLE TO PRE-ORDER IT!

My team knocked the design out of the park, and I know you'll love it as much as I do.

#mystery #cozymystery #debutnovel #graceandjo
January 28, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
I don’t think we should make concessions to the Masked Murderers Guild of America. I don’t think we should compromise so the Masked Murderers Guild of America stops using kidnapped kids from schools as bait. I thought this was already illegal. The Masked Murderers Guild of America should not exist.
January 27, 2026 at 3:06 PM
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valentinasainato.bsky.social
really really excited that ON SUNDAYS SHE PICKED FLOWERS is out in the world 🖤🥀 Yah Yah Scholfield is an exquisite writer and this book is just a tour de force all around

horror fans (yes YOU 🫵), do not miss this one!!!

www.simonandschuster.com/books/On-Sun...
On Sundays She Picked Flowers
“A ferociously talented writer. Scholfield writes with insight, beauty, and the wildness of real art.” —Victor LaValle In this sinister and surrea...
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January 28, 2026 at 1:11 AM
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jessmeywrites.bsky.social
I heard we're taking lines from our novels and making them into Valentine poems. 💌

#mystery #mysteryreader #sleuthers #cozymystery #cozymysteryreaders
January 27, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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awfulagent.bsky.social
When it comes to books, more is more — we have three client books publishing today! A very happy #bookbirthday to:

🥀 ON SUNDAYS SHE PICKED FLOWERS by Yah Yah Scholfield
❤️‍🔥 SABER-TOOTH by @robin-gow-poet.bsky.social
☕️ DEATH BY IRISH COFFEE by Alex Erickson
The book cover for ON SUNDAYS SHE PICKED FLOWERS by Yah Yah Scholfield. A portrait of a Black woman peers out at the reader; only part of her face is visible as colorful flora and fauna encompass her. The title is overlayed in white serif text. The book cover for SABER-TOOTH by Robin Gow. The illustration shows a young boy in the top third of the cover digging a hole near a tree in a backyard. The bottom two-thirds of the cover shows what lies in the dirt beneath his feet: a giant sabertooth tiger skeleton with glowing red eyes. The title is in yellow text between the boy and the skeleton. The book cover for DEATH BY IRISH COFFEE by Alex Erickson. As with the other Bookstore Cafe Mysteries, the cover features a black and white cat as well as the title drink. In this case, the cat is laying on a table wearing a green Irish hat and looking adorably grumpy. Next to the cat is a bottle with a skull and crossbones on it as well as a delicious-looking coffee with an Irish flag sticking out of the top of it. The bookstore in the background has some St. Patrick's Day decor, and the title is overlayed in white font at the top of the book.
January 27, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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awfulagent.bsky.social
The JAB team sends a BIG congratulations to @dirtbagqueer.rocks — her debut novel, ONE OF THE BOYS, is the 2026 Stonewall Award Winner! 🎉💖

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ONE OF THE BOYS Wins the 2026 Stonewall Book Award – JABberwocky Literary Agency, Inc
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January 26, 2026 at 11:06 PM
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thejordache.bsky.social
Y’all!!!!!! @dirtbagqueer.rocks won the Stonewall for ONE OF THE BOYS!!!!!!!

So proud of Victoria and this book! Huge thanks to @capaciousmood.bsky.social and @levinequerido.bsky.social for helping to bring this book to life!!!!

Let’s go!!!!!!
January 26, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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dawbooks.bsky.social
Esperance by Adam Oyebanji has been longlisted for the British Science Fiction Association for Best Novel 🥳 BookPage starred reviewed it, stating, "Lovers of sharp, fast sci-fi from the likes of Neal Stephenson will be right at home with Esperance."

Voting is open now:
Vote for the BSFA Awards
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January 26, 2026 at 4:15 PM