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Jodi Meadows

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NYT bestselling author. Yarn enthusiast. Cat person. www.jodimeadows.com jodimeadows.substack.com *** Books: MY LADY JANE, BYE FOREVER, I GUESS, THE ORPHAN QUEEN See website for full list <3

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Jodi Meadows @jodimeadows.bsky.social · Nov 20

Intro post! I'm Jodi Meadows, author of 17 (so far!) books. I have a bunch of YA fantasy, YA historical fantasy, and my first contemporary MG just came out last month. You can see the various series here www.jodimeadows.com/books

I LOVE knitting, spinning, etc. I have two cats, Hush and Hildy.

All my books on shelves: Incarnate, Asunder, Infinite, The Orphan Queen, The Mirror King, Before She Ignites, As She Ascends, When She Reigns, Nightrender, Dawnbreaker, My Lady Jane, My Plain Jane, My Calamity Jane, My Contrary Mary, My Imaginary Mary, My Salty Mary, and Bye Forever, I Guess

A Canadian Production Wheel in the sunlight, in front of two bookcases.

Two tortie cats on a desk, one looking at the camera and one looking at the other. Hush is looking at the camera, Hildy is the shy one. :)

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Jodi Meadows @jodimeadows.bsky.social · 1d

There's also a cat.
If you liked Mean Girls, you'll like this book. :)

Preorder a copy!
One More Page (signed/personalized): www.onemorepagebooks.com/confessions-...
Bookshop: bookshop.org/p/books/conf...
BN: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/confession...
Amazon: www.amazon.com/Confessions-...

www.onemorepagebooks.com

Jodi Meadows @jodimeadows.bsky.social · 1d

CONFESSIONS FROM THE GROUP CHAT is about a popular girl who ✨spectacularly✨ implodes her friend group, only for them to humiliate her by posting every brutal text she ever wrote about other students--including the ones about the unpopular boy she has just begun to befriend . . . and fall for. 10/21

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Jodi Meadows @jodimeadows.bsky.social · 1d

Here's a direct link to my book: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/confession...

Confessions From the Group Chat|Hardcover

What happens in the group chat stays in the group chat… until it doesn’t.Virginia Vaughn just wants to fit in with her super-popular friend group. That means she doesn’t let them kn...

www.barnesandnoble.com

Jodi Meadows @jodimeadows.bsky.social · 1d

Big month for my little book! CONFESSIONS FROM THE GROUP CHAT is featured on @barnesandnoble.com's upcoming titles list! (Look at the week of 10/20.) This is a first for me! It seems like it should be a mistake, but it's too late! It's public! No takebacks!

www.barnesandnoble.com/b/coming-soo...

Kids Books Coming Soon for Ages 9 - 12

www.barnesandnoble.com

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Jodi Meadows @jodimeadows.bsky.social · 3d

Will my cats be able to sign a copy of my next book for you? Sadly, no. While they're very literary, they don't like mingling with the public.

Next best thing: I will sign one for you when you order from One More Page.

www.onemorepagebooks.com/confessions-...

Jodi Meadows @jodimeadows.bsky.social · 5d

Oh no I love it!!

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Escape Pod @escapepod.org · 6d

Sure, we all know Buckaroo Banzai's wisdom: "no matter where you go, there you are." In case you'd rather be somewhere else, this week we bring you part 1 of "Here Instead of There" by @matociquala.bsky.social, complete with grade-A cursing! Great for wherever in spacetime you find yourself.

Escape Pod 1013: Here Instead of There (Part 1 of 2)

Waking up sick in a punk house shouldn’t be a surprise to anybody so I don’t know why it always came as a surprise to me. My head throbbed so bad I couldn’t tell the difference between the hangover…

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Jodi Meadows @jodimeadows.bsky.social · 6d

Okay I asked my editor and she didn't say no. She did laugh, though. Anyway, I assume she's on top of it. Requesting tuna-scented ink, specifically. So many cats will read this book.

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Jodi Meadows @jodimeadows.bsky.social · 6d

Asking my agent to get me a deal with cat food for my next book, Confessions From the Group Chat. I mean why not.

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Jodi Meadows @jodimeadows.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks!! All my MGs so far have the anonymous romance trope. I love it so much.

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 7d

Someone You Can Build A Nest In is a UK Kindle Deal! Get my monster for just 99p.

Someone You Can Build A Nest In: A cosy fantasy as sweet as love and as dark as night

Someone You Can Build A Nest In: A cosy fantasy as sweet as love and as dark as night eBook : Wiswell, John: Amazon.co.uk: Books

www.amazon.co.uk

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Jodi Meadows @jodimeadows.bsky.social · 7d

Earlier today I accidentally saw someone announce they did not like one of my (older) books. I closed that right away and put it out of my mind. But it did make me briefly sad. So this was really nice news!

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Jodi Meadows @jodimeadows.bsky.social · 7d

I'm starting to think it actually might be! :D

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Jodi Meadows @jodimeadows.bsky.social · 7d

Preorder a copy for yourself!

One More Page (signed/personalized): www.onemorepagebooks.com/confessions-...
Bookshop: bookshop.org/p/books/conf...
BN: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/confession...
Amazon: www.amazon.com/Confessions-...

www.onemorepagebooks.com

Jodi Meadows @jodimeadows.bsky.social · 7d

Publishing gave me ANOTHER good news this week?? Wow. I need to go lie down.

But first, check out that banner CONFESSIONS FROM THE GROUP CHAT is sporting! She's an Amazon Editor's Choice/best book for ages 9-12! Probably because of the cat.

A screenshot from a listing on Amazon for Confessions From the Group Chat. Under the title, there's a black banner that reads "Editor's Choice. books ages 9-12." Followed by the flap copy for the book:
What happens in the group chat stays in the group chat… until it doesn’t.

Virginia Vaughn just wants to fit in with her super-popular friend group. That means she doesn’t let them know how much she loves the library, she never speaks a word about her massive crush on tragically unpopular Grayson, and she says nasty things she doesn’t actually mean. But only in the group chat, so it’s harmless, right?

But when she has a blowout fight with her clique—specifically, with the Queen Bee herself—her mean texts are posted online for the entire school to see! And, suddenly, Virginia has no one but her cat to talk to.

Cue "Knight Errant," a mystery boy at school who texts Virginia by accident—and who quickly becomes her closest confidante. Though they send messages back and forth for hours every night, Virginia doesn’t want him to know which classmate she is (because then he’ll connect her to the mean texts ALL OVER THE INTERNET). She likes him, but she really likes Grayson, too. Can she find the strength to tell Knight who she really is? And will Grayson—who has become her only ally at school—give up on her when the awful things she’s said about him are finally posted?

Confessions from the Group Chat is the second middle-grade romcom from New York Times bestselling author Jodi Meadow (Bye Forever, I Guess; My Lady Jane, now a streaming series). Sweet, funny, and authentically messy, this is an ultra-cute story about middle-school misbehavior, innocent first love, and the inner life of a repentant mean girl.

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

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Fran Wilde @franwilde.bsky.social · 7d

Book bub deal for A PHILOSOPHY OF THIEVES! www.bookbub.com/books/a-phil...

A Philosophy of Thieves by Fran Wilde - BookBub

Leverage meets Parasite meets Six of Crows in multi-award winning author Fran Wilde s thrilling, high-tech adventure heist wrapped in a gaslamp fantasy where thieves are entertainment for the wealthy....

www.bookbub.com

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Jodi Meadows @jodimeadows.bsky.social · 9d

Sadly, I have done this, too.

Yes, go to bed. You're done for the day.

Jodi Meadows @jodimeadows.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you!! I had *no* expectations for this book when I gave it to my agent, so I'm constantly surprised by how many other people love it as much as I do.

Jodi Meadows @jodimeadows.bsky.social · 9d

Want a copy of your own?

Bookshop: bookshop.org/p/books/bye-...
BN: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bye-foreve...
Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/0823456382

Bye Forever, I Guess

Check out Bye Forever, I Guess - Can a guarded gamer girl lower her shield for a new friend… or more-than-friend? "EARNEST AND LAUGH-OUT-LOUD... PITCH PERFECT."—Pu...

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Jodi Meadows @jodimeadows.bsky.social · 9d

It's royalty statement season and I just found out that BYE FOREVER, I GUESS sold through its advance!

I did not expect that, but obviously I'm THRILLED and so grateful to everyone who's taken a chance on my cozy book about misdirected texts, gaming, and book fandom. And knitting, of course. 💖

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Jodi Meadows @jodimeadows.bsky.social · 11d