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Molly O'Sullivan
@mollyobooks.bsky.social
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SFF writer, Cybersecurity engineer, Lover of tea.
Author of THE BOOK OF AUTUMN, (Kensington, October 2025)
Rep'd by Samantha Fabien at Root Literary

https://linktr.ee/mollyosullivan
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/218483960-the-book-of-autumn
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Today I'm officially a published author!!!!!!! 😭 😭 😭
picture of author holding the book of autumn
October 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
mollyobooks.bsky.social
sick of promoting my book, just want to go back to punishing myself in the hell that is trying to break out of short story slush piles
October 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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courtneymilan.com
Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!
arstechnica.com Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · Aug 27
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
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August 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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psychopomp.com
"The phrase dark academia evokes haunted halls on elite campuses, dusty libraries and dour dorms, and toxic type-A friend groups."

TODAY!!

Updating the Curriculum: 2025 SFFH Dark Academia Novels You Won’t Want to Miss by @courtney-floyd.com

FEATURING (cont')

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Updating the Curriculum: 2025 SFFH Dark Academia Novels You Won't Want to Miss - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
The phrase dark academia evokes haunted halls on elite campuses, dusty libraries and dour dorms, and toxic type-A friend groups. In fact, several of the books on this list contain one or more of those...
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July 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
mollyobooks.bsky.social
inside of you are two wolves. One wants to write weird experimental sff. The other has bills 😭
June 11, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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andreagstewart.bsky.social
Aaaand we're PM official! Ahhhhhhh!!!!!
Publishers Marketplace screenshot. Text: PAPER DOLLS By Andrea Stewart. Digital: Fiction: Thriller. June 5, 2025. Sunday Times bestselling author Andrea Stewart's PAPER DOLLS, following the estranged daughter of a Chinese-white Youtube family, whose entire childhood has been lived out online, who must return to the home she's tried to forget when a family friend and fellow influencer goes missing, presumed dead, to Jenna Jankowski at Sourcebooks, in a two-book deal, in a pre-empt, by Ginger Clark at Ginger Clark Literary, on behalf of Juliet Mushens at Mushens Entertainment (NA).Rights also to Rufus Purdy at Titan Books (UK), in a two-book deal, for publication in fall 2026, by Juliet Mushens at Mushens Entertainment; to Luebbe (Germany), in a pre-empt, by Mohrbooks; to De Fontein (the Netherlands), by Sebes & Bisseling; and to Psichogios (Greece), by Prava I Prevodi; all on behalf of Mushens. Entertainment.Film/TV: danny@gotham-group.com
June 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
mollyobooks.bsky.social
Goodreads Giveaway!!!

My publisher has a Goodreads giveaway going on for 100(!!) physical ARCs of my fever haze southwestern dark academia debut THE BOOK OF AUTUMN, which a reviewer called “if The Secret History wandered into a desert cult.” Lasts until 06/10!

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Fringed pants and boots over picture of canyons/desert with cover of The Book of Autumn and text that says Goodreads giveaway, 100 copies available ends 06/10 back cover copy for the book of autumn
May 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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askaufman.bsky.social
Something you might not know about book world: in the era of online shopping, not every book makes it to the shelf for you to browse. Here are a few great debuts you can request at your local B&N and indies to make sure everybody gets to see them! (Credit to @mossyair.bsky.social for the graphic!)
ALL THE NOISE AT ONCE by DeAndra Davis, THE SERPENT CALLED MERCY by Roanne Lau, THE SUMMERS BETWEEN US by Noreen Nanja, BLOOD SLAVES by Markus Redmond, SURVIVING PARIS by Robin Allison Davis.
May 19, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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roannelau.bsky.social
Good news, North Americans!

The Serpent Called Mercy’s ebook is on promo for just $4.99 — monster fights, political intrigue, and found family await.

Buy now: astrapublishinghouse.com/product/the-...

📚 Yoink it before the deal ends. Or gift a copy to a friend! Or an enemy, I’m not picky!
May 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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askaufman.bsky.social
I was so excited to talk to @herberthistory.bsky.social on his awesome Historians at the Movies podcast! We talked about being ex-Floridians and ex-academics--oh, and also about Robin Hood! 🦊
herberthistory.bsky.social Jason Herbert @herberthistory.bsky.social · May 15
Today @askaufman.bsky.social drops in to talk about the long history of Robin Hood and how we've seen him onscreen as well as her debut novel, The Traitor of Sherwood Forest.

Historians At The Movies Podcast drops NOW.
May 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
mollyobooks.bsky.social
The Book of Autumn was selected for Buzz Books Fall/Winter 2025!! Yay!! Thanks so much to Publishers Marketplace & @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social! You can check it out here (and read an excerpt from my book!) buzz.publishersmarketplace.com #BuzzBooks2025 #TheBookofAutumn #writingcommunity #booksky 💙📚
Graphic with The Book of Autumn cover in orange and black and text that says The Book of autumn was selected for Buzz books with colorful stars
May 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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courtney-floyd.com
Putting footnotes in my book promo like the absolute nerd I truly am.

Anyway! It’s graduation season and maybe you’d like some dark and magic academia in your lives? #BookSky #2025Debuts #BookRecs
A 19th century bookplate featuring an illustration of a library with a bust of Shakespeare alongside a portrait of Darwin, a copy of the Venus de Milo alongside a microscope. The Latin on the bookcase reads "books are friends, nature is God.” The image caption reads 2025 Dark Academia Debuts available to buy or pre-order now. There’s a footnote mark on the word Dark. A cropped banner version of the bookcase from the last image with the caption Dark Academia Debuts available to buy or pre-order now. A flag that reads adult precedes images of the covers of Higher Magic, The Book of Autumn, The Belles, and Doll Parts. On the next row, the covers of The Art of Exile, The Library of Lost Girls, Boys with Sharp Teeth, and Secrets of the Blue Hand Girls are followed by a flag that reads YA. The footnote beneath the books reads Footnote I. Because genres are mushy and darkness is a matter of perspective, light and magical academia have also been included. Happy reading!
May 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
mollyobooks.bsky.social
✨ ART REVEAL ✨ to celebrate my debut THE BOOK OF AUTUMN releasing in 6 months!!

Art cred @denizdaruga for my spooky dark academia set at an enchanted college in the rural southwest, where a pair of formidable magicians are summoned to pursue a killer
#art #characterart #writingcommunity #booksky💙📚
cowboy and girl dressed in dark academia aesthetic in a dark room with paintings hung on the wall of desert scenes, bird, and a crucifix
April 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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the jetlag i am experiencing is industrial strength jetlag.. i am on my 3rd coffee of the day and its 10:30.. i woke up at 11pm, went to bed at 12am then woke up 2 hours later. i feel like my jokes are really funny which probably means i should stop making jokes. is this hell? i think this is hell
April 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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roannelau.bsky.social
🎉 I AM OFFICIALLY A PUBLISHED AUTHOR!!! 🎉

My book The Serpent Called Mercy has officially hit shelves in North America (UK/Commonwealth tomorrow)! This is a dream come true for me, and I’m so grateful.

Here’s my very last unboxing video to celebrate:
March 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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saratogaishere.bsky.social
SKSG has been out in the world for a whole week now. it's been the best week of my life, hands down. two indie bookstore launches (one last night in NYC!), one SKSG tattoo event, nearly 100 copies signed, meeting my agent and writer friends IRL, and more. i am so grateful and so happy. 🥹
author Saratoga Schaefer posing with signed copy of SERIAL KILLER SUPPORT GROUP in Book Club Bar in NYC
March 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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reactorsff.bsky.social
We're charmed to reveal the cover for @mollyobooks.bsky.social's debut novel The Book of Autumn! A book about love, magic, and the charge between them, you can read an excerpt from chapter one now! 🍂🎃⭐

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Revealing The Book of Autumn by Molly O'Sullivan - Reactor
A book about second chances, the cost of ambition, and what we’re willing to do to our souls for love.
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March 19, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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askaufman.bsky.social
What a gorgeous cover!! I would have grabbed this even if I *didn't* already know that @mollyobooks.bsky.social's book is going to be amazing!!
reactorsff.bsky.social Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · Mar 19
We're charmed to reveal the cover for @mollyobooks.bsky.social's debut novel The Book of Autumn! A book about love, magic, and the charge between them, you can read an excerpt from chapter one now! 🍂🎃⭐

reactormag.com/cover-reveal...
Revealing The Book of Autumn by Molly O'Sullivan - Reactor
A book about second chances, the cost of ambition, and what we’re willing to do to our souls for love.
reactormag.com
March 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
mollyobooks.bsky.social
ahhhh thank you SO MUCH to Reactor for this reveal!!! Check out the cover & excerpt from my debut novel below!! 💕
reactorsff.bsky.social Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · Mar 19
We're charmed to reveal the cover for @mollyobooks.bsky.social's debut novel The Book of Autumn! A book about love, magic, and the charge between them, you can read an excerpt from chapter one now! 🍂🎃⭐

reactormag.com/cover-reveal...
Revealing The Book of Autumn by Molly O'Sullivan - Reactor
A book about second chances, the cost of ambition, and what we’re willing to do to our souls for love.
reactormag.com
March 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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wiswell.bsky.social
ANNOUNCEMENT: I am writing more books! THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS is follows a grumpy three-headed dragon posing as tame so he can eat for free at the local dragon riding academy. Unfortunately, his new rider is… *a lot*.

From @dawbooks.bsky.social in Spring 2026!
A Publishers Marketplace listing: THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS by John Wiswell, sold to the imprint DAW. The text "Nebula Award winner and author of SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN John Wiswell's THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS, about a dragon whose three heads bear three mismatched personalities--one who wants to rain fire upon humanity, one who wants to be petted and/or bite things, one under the delicate delusion that he's human--and the dragon rider trying to befriend all three heads in time for them to save the world together, to Aranya Jain at DAW, in a two-book deal, for publication in Spring 2026, by Hannah Bowman at Liza Dawson Associates (world). Rights: hello@2seasagency.com. Fiction: Sci-Fi/Fantasy. March 5, 2025."
March 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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🚨 STREET TEAM SIGN-UPS 🚨
Calling all bookish folks: I'm looking for help revealing the cover of my debut dark academia, The Book of Autumn, out October 28 from Kensington Books!! Signs up will get ARCs & early access to preorder goodies. #writingcommunity 💙📚 #BookSky

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Call for street team signups on black background with stars and flowers in corners description of dark academia fantasy novel the Book of autumn with stars and flowers surrounding it and the image of a truck's lights in the background
March 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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I love this book!!
February 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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I feel like i’m going nuts pingponging from platform to platform and missing everything on all of them…. someone please just tell me where we landin
February 14, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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🔥SALE🔥

The Foul Days and Monstrous Nights ebooks are both only $2.99 over in the US in the @torbooks.bsky.social's Valentine's Day sale. If you love a deal, head over to your preferred ebook reteiler.
February 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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veronicabane.bsky.social
Authors, publishers, and other bookish folks! I come to you with a specific ask for the book drive that I hope you will share widely.

Essentially, I need specific books to meet the needs of teachers/families who lost their books in the LA wildfires. 🙏

Here is that list: tinyurl.com/LAFireBookDr...
Los Angeles Book Drive Wishlist Information
Los Angeles Book Drive Wishlist Thank you for your kindness and your generosity! We have received so many donations to support those who lost their libraries in the Los Angeles wildfires, and we are ...
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February 11, 2025 at 11:52 PM