Laini Taylor
@lainitaylor.bsky.social
NYT & Sunday Times bestselling author of Daughter of Smoke & Bone series and Strange the Dreamer duology. Inventor of gods, eater of mangoes, killer of darlings, mother of yetis, keeper of ghosts. Portland, OR.
Yes to the Constitution.
Yes to immigrants.
Yes to rule of law and due process.
Yes to human rights and civil rights.
No to fascism.
No to billionaires.
No to ICE.
No to kleptocracy.
NO KINGS IN AMERICA.
Yes to immigrants.
Yes to rule of law and due process.
Yes to human rights and civil rights.
No to fascism.
No to billionaires.
No to ICE.
No to kleptocracy.
NO KINGS IN AMERICA.
June 14, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Yes to the Constitution.
Yes to immigrants.
Yes to rule of law and due process.
Yes to human rights and civil rights.
No to fascism.
No to billionaires.
No to ICE.
No to kleptocracy.
NO KINGS IN AMERICA.
Yes to immigrants.
Yes to rule of law and due process.
Yes to human rights and civil rights.
No to fascism.
No to billionaires.
No to ICE.
No to kleptocracy.
NO KINGS IN AMERICA.
I really wanted this to be parody but it’s not 😭😭 Via @levernews.com
May 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I really wanted this to be parody but it’s not 😭😭 Via @levernews.com
If you see this, post a beach photo from your phone.
May 14, 2025 at 7:05 AM
If you see this, post a beach photo from your phone.
The best part of any festival is, of course, the readers—and the other authors!—and it was so cool to meet French fantasy readers and French fantasy authors at Echos & Merveilles ❤️ (Everyone is linked at my IG if you want to find them :)
May 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The best part of any festival is, of course, the readers—and the other authors!—and it was so cool to meet French fantasy readers and French fantasy authors at Echos & Merveilles ❤️ (Everyone is linked at my IG if you want to find them :)
Mother’s Day pics, include my mama and my kiddo, brunch pastries, and my parents’ enchanted garden ❤️❤️❤️
May 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Mother’s Day pics, include my mama and my kiddo, brunch pastries, and my parents’ enchanted garden ❤️❤️❤️
“Be an optimist, read the imaginary.” Good advice from a French bookshop window 👍🏻👍🏻
May 10, 2025 at 5:12 AM
“Be an optimist, read the imaginary.” Good advice from a French bookshop window 👍🏻👍🏻
A look at the Echos & Merveilles festival in France last week! It was so fun to get to chat with French readers—and French fantasy authors!! (And also eat pastries 🥐😛)
May 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
A look at the Echos & Merveilles festival in France last week! It was so fun to get to chat with French readers—and French fantasy authors!! (And also eat pastries 🥐😛)
There may have been a dinosaur sighting too…
May 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM
There may have been a dinosaur sighting too…
This species is especially gentle, as demonstrated by it not biting this Norwegian author’s hand! ❤️
May 6, 2025 at 12:44 PM
This species is especially gentle, as demonstrated by it not biting this Norwegian author’s hand! ❤️
The pet dragon showing at Echos & Merveilles festival was pretty fabulous ❤️❤️ (Has anyone seen these kind of dragons in the US? I hadn’t and now I need one…)
May 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The pet dragon showing at Echos & Merveilles festival was pretty fabulous ❤️❤️ (Has anyone seen these kind of dragons in the US? I hadn’t and now I need one…)
I spent the day in Toulouse, France yesterday. It was gorgeous ❤️
May 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I spent the day in Toulouse, France yesterday. It was gorgeous ❤️
This is Lilith, another one of the creatures at Halle de la Machine in Toulouse 😍😍 Imagine seeing her make her way through the city to rendez-vous with the Minotaur!
May 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
This is Lilith, another one of the creatures at Halle de la Machine in Toulouse 😍😍 Imagine seeing her make her way through the city to rendez-vous with the Minotaur!
An incredible thing that I saw yesterday in Toulouse! Behold the Minotaur, by La Machine, the incredible French company that make colossal creature machines—You can see the two “machinistes” in orange who are puppeteering it, and the passengers on its back!!
May 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
An incredible thing that I saw yesterday in Toulouse! Behold the Minotaur, by La Machine, the incredible French company that make colossal creature machines—You can see the two “machinistes” in orange who are puppeteering it, and the passengers on its back!!
Happy Independent Bookstore Day! Picked up a few things at Broadway Books and Cosmic Monkey in Portland today—including Blackwing’s 2025 Independent Bookstore Day pencils 🙌🏼
April 27, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Happy Independent Bookstore Day! Picked up a few things at Broadway Books and Cosmic Monkey in Portland today—including Blackwing’s 2025 Independent Bookstore Day pencils 🙌🏼
What we *could* have gotten for snacks… (look at the yellow olives flavor 😂) 😵😵
April 27, 2025 at 1:29 AM
What we *could* have gotten for snacks… (look at the yellow olives flavor 😂) 😵😵
Let’s do this! #sinners @jimdibartolo.bsky.social
April 27, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Let’s do this! #sinners @jimdibartolo.bsky.social
Hey guys! My writing community’s weekly Zoom is open to the public this Sunday for our April book club with author Jenni Howell, whose first novel, Boys With Sharp Teeth, debuted on the NYT bestseller list!!! Come join us at 11am Pacific:
www.patreon.com/posts/127302...
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April 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Hey guys! My writing community’s weekly Zoom is open to the public this Sunday for our April book club with author Jenni Howell, whose first novel, Boys With Sharp Teeth, debuted on the NYT bestseller list!!! Come join us at 11am Pacific:
www.patreon.com/posts/127302...
www.patreon.com/posts/127302...
(Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney = one of the best picture books of all time 🌟🌟🌟)
April 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
(Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney = one of the best picture books of all time 🌟🌟🌟)
These peonies always bloom way ahead of the rest and they’re so magnificent, I always feel a burst of gratitude to the unknown soul who lived in our house in the past and planted them ❤️
April 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
These peonies always bloom way ahead of the rest and they’re so magnificent, I always feel a burst of gratitude to the unknown soul who lived in our house in the past and planted them ❤️
The author lineup for Echos et Merveilles festival next week! If you’re in the Toulouse area (or want to be 😉) come out for live music, costumes, fantasy books, and more!
April 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The author lineup for Echos et Merveilles festival next week! If you’re in the Toulouse area (or want to be 😉) come out for live music, costumes, fantasy books, and more!
Next week!!! I’ll be in France for this magical festival Echos et Merveilles, just outside of Toulouse. There will be tons of music, crafts, costumes, food, kids stuff, and an author pavilion full of fantasy writers and books! Come see us ❤️❤️❤️
www.echosetmerveilles.com
www.echosetmerveilles.com
April 22, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Next week!!! I’ll be in France for this magical festival Echos et Merveilles, just outside of Toulouse. There will be tons of music, crafts, costumes, food, kids stuff, and an author pavilion full of fantasy writers and books! Come see us ❤️❤️❤️
www.echosetmerveilles.com
www.echosetmerveilles.com
I’m not a religious person, but I think it’s important to celebrate the beauty of our secular traditions too, so here you go. Happy Easter!
April 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I’m not a religious person, but I think it’s important to celebrate the beauty of our secular traditions too, so here you go. Happy Easter!
My parents ❤️❤️❤️
My dad was career Navy and I can’t tell you how lucky I feel that he and my mom shifted Left during the Bush years, unlike so many Americans of their generation. 🙌🏼
My dad was career Navy and I can’t tell you how lucky I feel that he and my mom shifted Left during the Bush years, unlike so many Americans of their generation. 🙌🏼
April 5, 2025 at 10:20 PM
My parents ❤️❤️❤️
My dad was career Navy and I can’t tell you how lucky I feel that he and my mom shifted Left during the Bush years, unlike so many Americans of their generation. 🙌🏼
My dad was career Navy and I can’t tell you how lucky I feel that he and my mom shifted Left during the Bush years, unlike so many Americans of their generation. 🙌🏼
A glimpse of the waterfront rally today, Portland OR 💪
April 5, 2025 at 9:57 PM
A glimpse of the waterfront rally today, Portland OR 💪
Anyone else got “We’d like to thank you, Herbert Hoover” stuck in their heads today for no reason at all, or is it just me…? 🤨🤨🤨
April 4, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Anyone else got “We’d like to thank you, Herbert Hoover” stuck in their heads today for no reason at all, or is it just me…? 🤨🤨🤨