Jenn Bennett
@jennbenn.bsky.social
That author you like!
Latest book: PRINCE OF MOURNING
Next: SUMMER OF LOST THINGS (2026, New Adult)
Literary Rep: Laura Bradford @ Bradford Literary
TV/Film rep: Katrina Escudero @ Sugar23
www.jennbennett.net
Latest book: PRINCE OF MOURNING
Next: SUMMER OF LOST THINGS (2026, New Adult)
Literary Rep: Laura Bradford @ Bradford Literary
TV/Film rep: Katrina Escudero @ Sugar23
www.jennbennett.net
Pinned
Cover art for my next book, New Adult romcom!
The Summer of Lost Things is a college-age sexy treasure hunt for readers who like Outer Banks but want more romance. (Adult ALEX, APPROXIMATELY fans will absolutely love it!)
Coming May 2026. Pre-orders appreciated! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Summer of Lost Things is a college-age sexy treasure hunt for readers who like Outer Banks but want more romance. (Adult ALEX, APPROXIMATELY fans will absolutely love it!)
Coming May 2026. Pre-orders appreciated! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Authors, Beware! There's a firm called "ClaimsHero" doing aggressive social media outreach claiming to
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
"help" you file to get $ in the Anthropic class action. In fact, it's a bait-and-switch, they are luring authors to sign up with them, then OPTING THEM OUT of the class action so they'll get zilch.
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Should women be hated as witches or patronized as overgrown children? The paper of record debates the two available options.
November 6, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Should women be hated as witches or patronized as overgrown children? The paper of record debates the two available options.
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Maybe nobody in the great big world cares about this.
But the public libraries in tiny Jefferson County in Northern Appalachia were in danger of losing their tax funding thanks to right-wing book banners. And we won. The library's funding is safe!!!!!
But the public libraries in tiny Jefferson County in Northern Appalachia were in danger of losing their tax funding thanks to right-wing book banners. And we won. The library's funding is safe!!!!!
November 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Maybe nobody in the great big world cares about this.
But the public libraries in tiny Jefferson County in Northern Appalachia were in danger of losing their tax funding thanks to right-wing book banners. And we won. The library's funding is safe!!!!!
But the public libraries in tiny Jefferson County in Northern Appalachia were in danger of losing their tax funding thanks to right-wing book banners. And we won. The library's funding is safe!!!!!
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This is the second most promising set of results. We need progressives and leftists to run for these school board and LIBRARY BOARD seats. www.librariesforthepeople.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:45 AM
This is the second most promising set of results. We need progressives and leftists to run for these school board and LIBRARY BOARD seats. www.librariesforthepeople.org
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Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
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DecisionDeskHQ has already heard enough and projects Mamdani as the winner! (I'm going to keep holding my breath and watch the returns come in.)
November 5, 2025 at 2:11 AM
DecisionDeskHQ has already heard enough and projects Mamdani as the winner! (I'm going to keep holding my breath and watch the returns come in.)
Read the first 6 chapters of my latest YA book PRINCE OF MOURNING on my publisher’s site in November at simonteen.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Read the first 6 chapters of my latest YA book PRINCE OF MOURNING on my publisher’s site in November at simonteen.com
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They literally ruin everything they touch
October 31, 2025 at 3:44 AM
They literally ruin everything they touch
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✨NEW RELEASE✨
Raise your hand if you like your book boyfriends dark and mysterious! 🙋♀️Okay this new one by @jennbenn.bsky.social is for you 😉
A sizzling gothic romantasy that follows the forbidden romance between a young nurse and a mysterious young man imprisoned by a dangerous occultist.
Out now!
Raise your hand if you like your book boyfriends dark and mysterious! 🙋♀️Okay this new one by @jennbenn.bsky.social is for you 😉
A sizzling gothic romantasy that follows the forbidden romance between a young nurse and a mysterious young man imprisoned by a dangerous occultist.
Out now!
October 28, 2025 at 4:34 PM
✨NEW RELEASE✨
Raise your hand if you like your book boyfriends dark and mysterious! 🙋♀️Okay this new one by @jennbenn.bsky.social is for you 😉
A sizzling gothic romantasy that follows the forbidden romance between a young nurse and a mysterious young man imprisoned by a dangerous occultist.
Out now!
Raise your hand if you like your book boyfriends dark and mysterious! 🙋♀️Okay this new one by @jennbenn.bsky.social is for you 😉
A sizzling gothic romantasy that follows the forbidden romance between a young nurse and a mysterious young man imprisoned by a dangerous occultist.
Out now!
My latest YA book releases today! PRINCE OF MOURNING is a romantasy that PW calls: “serpentine occult mystery with a gothic atmosphere that delivers steamy romance and propulsive adventure” #books bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
October 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
My latest YA book releases today! PRINCE OF MOURNING is a romantasy that PW calls: “serpentine occult mystery with a gothic atmosphere that delivers steamy romance and propulsive adventure” #books bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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something good:
Downbound Books has installed its Richard Scary Busy People mini print automat!
www.downboundbooks.com
Downbound Books has installed its Richard Scary Busy People mini print automat!
www.downboundbooks.com
October 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
something good:
Downbound Books has installed its Richard Scary Busy People mini print automat!
www.downboundbooks.com
Downbound Books has installed its Richard Scary Busy People mini print automat!
www.downboundbooks.com
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Cover art for my next book, New Adult romcom!
The Summer of Lost Things is a college-age sexy treasure hunt for readers who like Outer Banks but want more romance. (Adult ALEX, APPROXIMATELY fans will absolutely love it!)
Coming May 2026. Pre-orders appreciated! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Summer of Lost Things is a college-age sexy treasure hunt for readers who like Outer Banks but want more romance. (Adult ALEX, APPROXIMATELY fans will absolutely love it!)
Coming May 2026. Pre-orders appreciated! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
October 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Cover art for my next book, New Adult romcom!
The Summer of Lost Things is a college-age sexy treasure hunt for readers who like Outer Banks but want more romance. (Adult ALEX, APPROXIMATELY fans will absolutely love it!)
Coming May 2026. Pre-orders appreciated! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Summer of Lost Things is a college-age sexy treasure hunt for readers who like Outer Banks but want more romance. (Adult ALEX, APPROXIMATELY fans will absolutely love it!)
Coming May 2026. Pre-orders appreciated! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Cover art for my next book, New Adult romcom!
The Summer of Lost Things is a college-age sexy treasure hunt for readers who like Outer Banks but want more romance. (Adult ALEX, APPROXIMATELY fans will absolutely love it!)
Coming May 2026. Pre-orders appreciated! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Summer of Lost Things is a college-age sexy treasure hunt for readers who like Outer Banks but want more romance. (Adult ALEX, APPROXIMATELY fans will absolutely love it!)
Coming May 2026. Pre-orders appreciated! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
October 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Cover art for my next book, New Adult romcom!
The Summer of Lost Things is a college-age sexy treasure hunt for readers who like Outer Banks but want more romance. (Adult ALEX, APPROXIMATELY fans will absolutely love it!)
Coming May 2026. Pre-orders appreciated! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
The Summer of Lost Things is a college-age sexy treasure hunt for readers who like Outer Banks but want more romance. (Adult ALEX, APPROXIMATELY fans will absolutely love it!)
Coming May 2026. Pre-orders appreciated! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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That’s the other thing that baffles me about AI and creative writing, actually.
The work IS the joy for me. I don’t want to be able to snap my fingers and have a completed “product.” I want to be transformed by the process. I’m an author but I do this because I enjoy the rigor of being a writer.
The work IS the joy for me. I don’t want to be able to snap my fingers and have a completed “product.” I want to be transformed by the process. I’m an author but I do this because I enjoy the rigor of being a writer.
In terms of process, I enjoy writing but revising????? Oh, that’s my real kink. A second or third draft???? A fourth???? Making tweaks on my desktop AND my phone???? *moans* I’m a WHORE for revision.
October 20, 2025 at 2:15 AM
That’s the other thing that baffles me about AI and creative writing, actually.
The work IS the joy for me. I don’t want to be able to snap my fingers and have a completed “product.” I want to be transformed by the process. I’m an author but I do this because I enjoy the rigor of being a writer.
The work IS the joy for me. I don’t want to be able to snap my fingers and have a completed “product.” I want to be transformed by the process. I’m an author but I do this because I enjoy the rigor of being a writer.
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A Texas District Has Just Banned Students from Secondary School Libraries | Book Riot
A Texas District Has Just Banned Students from Secondary School Libraries
In order to ban books from its libraries, New Braunfels Independent School District has just closed its libraries to middle and high schoolers.
buff.ly
October 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
A Texas District Has Just Banned Students from Secondary School Libraries | Book Riot
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Your Spooky Season reminder that John Steinbeck has a shunned werewolf novel
www.theguardian.com/books/2021/m...
www.theguardian.com/books/2021/m...
John Steinbeck’s estate urged to let the world read his shunned werewolf novel
Rejected and hidden away since 1930, an early murder mystery by the Nobel-winning author is ‘an incredible find’
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Your Spooky Season reminder that John Steinbeck has a shunned werewolf novel
www.theguardian.com/books/2021/m...
www.theguardian.com/books/2021/m...
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Just a reminder that Banned Books Week isn’t about selling more copies of 1984. It’s about keeping authors and teachers and librarians safe and making sure all of us have the freedom to read widely. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Children’s Authors on the Real-World Cost of Book Banning
Authors discuss how having their work targeted by censors has directly affected their livelihood and their well-being.
www.publishersweekly.com
October 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Just a reminder that Banned Books Week isn’t about selling more copies of 1984. It’s about keeping authors and teachers and librarians safe and making sure all of us have the freedom to read widely. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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after the 10th radioactive shrimp recall in 7 weeks, i decided to do some digging
little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...
little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...
What Is Really Going on With All This Radioactive Shrimp? - Consumer Reports
Here’s the latest on how shrimp and spices got contaminated with cesium-137, how the FDA has responded, and why consumers should not panic.
www.consumerreports.org
October 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
after the 10th radioactive shrimp recall in 7 weeks, i decided to do some digging
little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...
little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia
www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...
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Goddamn right.
It’s me. Your favorite #bannedbooksweek curmudgeon. Just popping in to rain all over your caution tape.
#tlsky #tlskychat #librarians #skybrarians #edusky
#tlsky #tlskychat #librarians #skybrarians #edusky
October 8, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Goddamn right.
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🌟 Pop! Goes The Reader's 28 Most-Anticipated Young Adult Books: October-December 2025 🌟
popgoesthereader.com/28-most-anti... #BookSky #YALit #KidLit
popgoesthereader.com/28-most-anti... #BookSky #YALit #KidLit
October 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
🌟 Pop! Goes The Reader's 28 Most-Anticipated Young Adult Books: October-December 2025 🌟
popgoesthereader.com/28-most-anti... #BookSky #YALit #KidLit
popgoesthereader.com/28-most-anti... #BookSky #YALit #KidLit
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**NEW**
Today, the ACLU of South Carolina filed a lawsuit on behalf of public school students and school librarians. They're challenging the constitutionality of the state's book banning law and a memo outlining the state's content censorship policy.
bookriot.com/aclu-sc-laws...
Today, the ACLU of South Carolina filed a lawsuit on behalf of public school students and school librarians. They're challenging the constitutionality of the state's book banning law and a memo outlining the state's content censorship policy.
bookriot.com/aclu-sc-laws...
October 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
**NEW**
Today, the ACLU of South Carolina filed a lawsuit on behalf of public school students and school librarians. They're challenging the constitutionality of the state's book banning law and a memo outlining the state's content censorship policy.
bookriot.com/aclu-sc-laws...
Today, the ACLU of South Carolina filed a lawsuit on behalf of public school students and school librarians. They're challenging the constitutionality of the state's book banning law and a memo outlining the state's content censorship policy.
bookriot.com/aclu-sc-laws...
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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
October 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
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Not an educator, but if you personally want to get back into reading books, here's what helped me (thread)
Honestly bless any educator doing battle with modern-day attention spans
I think we’re really going to have to do a lot more of this. A massive deprogramming so that people can read more than ten words at a time without anxiety.
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...?
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...?
October 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Not an educator, but if you personally want to get back into reading books, here's what helped me (thread)
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no no the publishing industry is doing fine, why do you ask
October 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
no no the publishing industry is doing fine, why do you ask
Want to read the 1st 6 chapters of my next YA book, THE PRINCE OF MOURNING? Head over to simonteen.com and read away! (It’s a dark Gilded Age romantasy that publishes later this month, Oct 28)
October 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Want to read the 1st 6 chapters of my next YA book, THE PRINCE OF MOURNING? Head over to simonteen.com and read away! (It’s a dark Gilded Age romantasy that publishes later this month, Oct 28)