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Jessica Bryant Klagmann
@jessklagmann.bsky.social
Author & Illustrator
Lover of wild things & the mountains of NM
THIS IMPOSSIBLE BRIGHTNESS (2024)
NORTH OF THE SUNLIT RIVER (2025)
Rep: James McGowan, BookEnds Literary
https://www.thehillsdranktheriver.com/
It’s pub day for NORTH OF THE SUNLIT RIVER! ☀️ What a thing to finally have this book in the world! Thank you to the best agent ever, @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social and editor, Alicia Clancy! 🧡
September 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Pub day is tomorrow! There’s still time to pre-order! 🧡
September 8, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Thanks UAF for this nice web feature! Such special timing for my second book (2 weeks to go!) largely inspired by time in Alaska.
August 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
In love with this photo taken by @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social 🩵🧡 She’s a beauty!
August 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Blurb for NOTSR from Crissy Van Meter! Her novel, Creatures, is haunting & beautiful—full of heartbreak, forgiveness, grieving the loss of the natural world. All things that—if you’ve ready any of my work—are themes I’m constantly thinking about. It’s gorgeous & complex & I loved it so much.
June 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Full cover for North of the Sunlit River is here! I can’t stop looking at it—the colors, the sneaky little elements, the overall tone that matches the story perfectly. Just a little over 3 months to go! Have you pre-ordered yet? ☺️
June 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Some lovely advance praise for North of the Sunlit River from the one and only @suzykrause.bsky.social and I’m so honored.

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If you haven’t read Suzy’s books yet, you need to get on it! She’s kind of the best.
April 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
So excited to be part of the first ever literary festival in Los Alamos! Get your tickets now and let’s make this an awesome weekend!
April 17, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Advance Reader Copies have arrived and they’re gorgeous! #northofthesunlitriver #notsr
April 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
So excited to share the cover for North of the Sunlit River! It couldn't capture more perfectly the adventure this book has already been on. I can't wait for the next phase of its journey--getting into the hands of readers on 9.9.25!
April 1, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Beauty for today, February 6. #natureisamazing
February 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
“Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark.”

—Kate DiCamillo
February 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
This Impossible Brightness turns 1 today!

I’m so grateful to everyone who made this book a reality, but especially @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social for believing in me as a writer from day one, and Alicia Clancy for believing in Alma’s story from day one. So lucky to have crossed paths with you both! ✨🐋
February 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I'm late in saying that my first read of 2025 was a darn good one, as Seth Kantner books tend to be. Alaska, caribou, I'm always in.
January 28, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Hey Bluesky. I’m Jess, writer of novels, illustrator of games, and runner of trails. I write about lightness in life and magic in nature. What do I mean by lightness? I'm so glad you asked. One of my favorite essays on writing says it really well. It’s fittingly called “Lightness,” by Italo Calvino.
January 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Happy to report that some of the nicest places in NH still consider me a local. #washingtonnh #sheddfreelibrary
January 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM