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Rainbow Rowell
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Yes! My mother named me this!

Author of Eleanor & Park, Slow Dance and the Simon Snow Trilogy. Writer of She-Hulk and Runaways. My next book is called Cherry Baby, and it comes out in April 🍒
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My next book is called 🍒CHERRY BABY🍒, and it's coming in APRIL 2026. @peoplemag.bsky.social has all the details. Preorder wherever you love to buy books!
'Eleanor and Park' Author Rainbow Rowell Is Back With Her ‘Most Ambitious’ Novel To Date— See the Cover! (Exclusive)
Author Rainbow Rowell, known for adult and YA hits like 'Eleanor and Park' and 'Slow Dance,' has a new novel, 'Cherry Baby,' set to publish in 2026. Rowell's publisher HarperCollins calls the book her...
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I got to read an early copy of 'Everybody's Perfect,' and it's wonderful. Like nothing I've ever read before.
I have the proofs for Everybody's Perfect, which means I have to stop writing my current novel, Sunlit Uplands, to work on this old thing, last year's book, which couldn't be more different if I tried. (Which I don't. It just happens.) It's good it's a step closer to you being able to read it but...
November 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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To echo much of what's been said:

Please don't pirate books.

If you can't pay for a book, there is already a solution for you: use a library.

Whatever you think authors, illustrators, and other book career people make, it's less than that. By a lot. Stealing from us isn't heroic, it's crushing.
November 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Is anyone from Syracuse? A few years ago, I did an event there and had the best Italian cookies I've ever tried in my life. Which bakery do you think they were from?
November 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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My Pick of the Week is Spider-Man: Holiday Spectacular #1!

The Marvel Universe can sometimes feel very large, but
@rainbowrowell.bsky.social and the rest of the team reminds us just how close these heroes really are.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB6c...
November 20, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Mechanic [sliding out from under Optimus Prime]: I think I see what the issue is. This truck is also a big guy somehow
November 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Anyway, pick this one up! It's a one-shot. There's no continuity to worry about. And you can 💯 percent share it with your kids.
This was an absolute blast to write, and I think it turned out really fun. AVAILABLE AT YOUR FAVORITE COMIC SHOP! 💛🕸️🎄
November 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
If you're familar with MY METHOD, you know I like to read/re-read everything I can around a character before I write. Just to get in voice and think about what characteristics stick over the years.

That was plainly impossible here. Which was maybe good for me. I had to trust myself.
November 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I've written Spider-Man a *little* bit before. (I did one short where he went to a wedding, and another where he took some good photos.) But this was the first time I felt like I was legitimately WRITING Spider-Man. Like, having to think like him in all of these relationships and scenarios. FUN!
November 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
THEY LET ME WRITE THE SPIDER-MAN HOLIDAY SPECIAL! In stores today! Featuring knockout art by @lucianovecchio.bsky.social, @robotjq.bsky.social, Paco Medina & @stockmannate.bsky.social; color by Matt Milla; and letters by Joe Sabino.

ALSO FEATURING EVERY* CHARACTER IN THE MARVEL UNIVERSE!

*almost
November 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I want you to know that today I'm editing my next novel, the one that comes after 'Cherry Baby,' and I'm actively hoping that some of you like it.
November 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
CHRISTMAS HAS ARRIVED! (... at least, the holiday Spider-Man special I wrote has arrived.) This is a kind and fun, spoiler-free review 🎄🕷️💛
Here’s a quick peek at the Spider-Man Holiday Spectacular from #MarvelComics! When Spidey’s holiday plans fall through, other heroes work to lift his spirits!

W: @rainbowrowell.bsky.social
A: @lucianovecchio.bsky.social
A: Paco Medina
A: @stockmannate.bsky.social
A: Bob Quinn

#comicbooks
November 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Sometimes I catch myself being TOO clever or TOO pleasant online, and then I think, "Not today, LLM. Eat somewhere else."
I hope that my social media followers enjoy my posts. I'm really working on "not being clever enough in public to mind when my words are fed directly into the maw of a large language model" and still "interesting in a pleasant way."
November 16, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I hope that my social media followers enjoy my posts. I'm really working on "not being clever enough in public to mind when my words are fed directly into the maw of a large language model" and still "interesting in a pleasant way."
November 16, 2025 at 11:16 PM
But Josh O'Connor in 'The Mastermind' ... sounds great. No notes.

(Though I guess the movie is set in Massachusetts. So maybe someone from Massachusetts would have some notes. Or someone from 1970.)
November 16, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I say this as an inexpert.
The mistake British and Irish actors make when they do American accents is to pitch their voices way too low and to flatten too many vowels.
November 16, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The mistake British and Irish actors make when they do American accents is to pitch their voices way too low and to flatten too many vowels.
November 16, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Most famous actors do ... well, frankly -- DREADFUL American accents.
November 16, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I use single quotes in tweet-like posts. I've decided they're like headlines.
November 16, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Josh O'Connor's American accent is uncommonly good in 'The Mastermind.'
November 16, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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It has been brought to my attention that people think that Harley & Ivy: Life and Crimes is a mini and its not!

I have many stories I'd love to tell and I'd love to get through all of them.
November 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Book giveaway! Jo Walton is one of my favorite novelists and thinkers about science-fiction and fantasy.
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
PRORDER CHERRY BABY ANYWHERE and get this cute cherry bag charm! Just submit your receipt here -- www.harpercollins.com/pages/cherry... And remember, if you preorder from the Bookworm in Omaha, I'll sign and personalize your book! www.bookwormomaha.com/rainbow-rowell
November 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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A little sequence i liked - Lois framing and conducting the newsroom with her trusty Montblanc pen.
From the wonderful story @rainbowrowell.bsky.social wrote, I drew and Romulo Fajardo Jr coloured in Superman Red & Blue - out now!
#supermanredandblue
October 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
THANK YOU, KAT!
My Pick of the Week is Runaways #5!

It's Runaways at it's best with hopefully promise for even more.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YYf...

@rainbowrowell.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 9:05 PM
IN STORES NOW: It's an honor to be part of SUPERMAN RED AND BLUE, a collection of short stories all told in 🎈and💎.
In "Red Letter Days," @ciantormey.bsky.social and Romulo Fajardo Jr. and I go back to The Daily Planet to see how Lois and Clark celebrate their anniversary. Lettering by Dave Sharpe.
October 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM