Lauren Bomberger Fischer
@laurenbfischer.bsky.social
ORPHANLAND
🌟Shortlisted for the Letter Review prize🌟
Upper middle grade coming-of-age mystery 🌕 Available for presale 7/15 ✨
Repped by David Dunton
https://www.linktr.ee/laurenbfischer
🌟Shortlisted for the Letter Review prize🌟
Upper middle grade coming-of-age mystery 🌕 Available for presale 7/15 ✨
Repped by David Dunton
https://www.linktr.ee/laurenbfischer
The #opioidcrisis is ongoing but doesn’t get much coverage in the news. This is a great article in The New York Times with an introduction by Barbara Kingsolver.
The Opioid Crisis Never Ended. It Was Inherited by the Children. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Opioid Crisis Never Ended. It Was Inherited by the Children. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | In Appalachia, Children Inherited the Opioid Crisis
The pain of drug addiction continues to course through towns like Clarksburg, W.Va., where many babies are born withdrawing and have to be taken from their parents.
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The #opioidcrisis is ongoing but doesn’t get much coverage in the news. This is a great article in The New York Times with an introduction by Barbara Kingsolver.
The Opioid Crisis Never Ended. It Was Inherited by the Children. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Opioid Crisis Never Ended. It Was Inherited by the Children. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
🤫 Here’s a secret: Orphanland is available on #netgalley for a little while longer. I’m pleased to have gotten more than 50 ratings on Goodreads so far. #mglit
December 17, 2025 at 11:45 PM
🤫 Here’s a secret: Orphanland is available on #netgalley for a little while longer. I’m pleased to have gotten more than 50 ratings on Goodreads so far. #mglit
My book’s featured on this year’s #SCBWIBookStop! 📚✨
Stop by my page, explore the story, and grab a copy if it speaks to you. Let’s keep stories for kids shining bright. 💫
👉🏻 www.scbwi.org/bookstop/boo...
Stop by my page, explore the story, and grab a copy if it speaks to you. Let’s keep stories for kids shining bright. 💫
👉🏻 www.scbwi.org/bookstop/boo...
Orphanland
Willa Johnson moved to the Southern Ohio Children's Home after her mom died of an overdose. The old mansion is a haven for kids in the heart of the epidemic but teeters on the edge of financial ruin. ...
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December 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
My book’s featured on this year’s #SCBWIBookStop! 📚✨
Stop by my page, explore the story, and grab a copy if it speaks to you. Let’s keep stories for kids shining bright. 💫
👉🏻 www.scbwi.org/bookstop/boo...
Stop by my page, explore the story, and grab a copy if it speaks to you. Let’s keep stories for kids shining bright. 💫
👉🏻 www.scbwi.org/bookstop/boo...
This is so inspiring! #readinggoals “Sarah Jessica Parker’s Year of Judging the Booker Prize” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
Sarah Jessica Parker’s Year of Judging the Booker Prize
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This is so inspiring! #readinggoals “Sarah Jessica Parker’s Year of Judging the Booker Prize” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
Thank you @pendingplays.bsky.social for your lovely review of my #middlegrade mystery, Orphanland. 💛 Out tomorrow! 11/12/25. #kidlit #representationmatters #lgbtqbooks pendingplays.co.uk/2025/11/10/o...
Orphanland by Lauren Fischer
Orphanland follows the story of Willa, an eleven year old orphan whose children’s home is at threat of closure due to lack of funds.
pendingplays.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Thank you @pendingplays.bsky.social for your lovely review of my #middlegrade mystery, Orphanland. 💛 Out tomorrow! 11/12/25. #kidlit #representationmatters #lgbtqbooks pendingplays.co.uk/2025/11/10/o...
Yes, as a matter of fact, I did review my own #middlegrade book on goodreads. It comes out in 2 days. Spoiler alert: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
www.goodreads.com/author_blog_...
www.goodreads.com/author_blog_...
My Orphanland review (yes, I wrote this book)
Orphanland by Lauren FischerMy rating: 5 of 5 starsEVERY BOOK IS NOT FOR EVERYONE, BUT EVERY BOOK IS FOR SOMEONE.I thank every early reviewer who h...
www.goodreads.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Yes, as a matter of fact, I did review my own #middlegrade book on goodreads. It comes out in 2 days. Spoiler alert: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
www.goodreads.com/author_blog_...
www.goodreads.com/author_blog_...
A recent article in @publisherswkly.bsky.social featured local #indiebookstore Los Amigos Books—business has slowed because of ICE raids in #Chicago. You can support them and local K-8 schools by being a book fairy. 🧚 Click this link to donate. It’s a win-win! losamigosbooks.com/apps/giftreg...
Los Amigos Books
Books for kids in Spanish
losamigosbooks.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:18 PM
A recent article in @publisherswkly.bsky.social featured local #indiebookstore Los Amigos Books—business has slowed because of ICE raids in #Chicago. You can support them and local K-8 schools by being a book fairy. 🧚 Click this link to donate. It’s a win-win! losamigosbooks.com/apps/giftreg...
If you haven’t checked out Tonika Lewis Johnson’s folded maps project, you MUST. So well-deserved
Englewood is celebrating its MacArthur "Genius" Fellow, Tonika Lewis Johnson. blockclubchi.co/4hGhZYY
October 30, 2025 at 10:12 PM
If you haven’t checked out Tonika Lewis Johnson’s folded maps project, you MUST. So well-deserved
I’m grateful for this review from @booklife.bsky.social, and even though ORPHANLAND didn’t advance in the prize, I’m still very proud! #middlegradebooks #mglit booklife.com/project/orph...
Orphanland by Lauren Fischer | BookLife
Will buried secrets from a small town’s past help orphans of the opioid crisis build a brighter future? Willa Johnson moved to the Southern Ohio Children’s Home after her mom died of an overdose. The ...
booklife.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I’m grateful for this review from @booklife.bsky.social, and even though ORPHANLAND didn’t advance in the prize, I’m still very proud! #middlegradebooks #mglit booklife.com/project/orph...
Be a book fairy! ICE is decreasing foot traffic to small independent businesses in Chicago. Please help support them. #kidlit #independentbookstore losamigosbooks.com/apps/giftreg...
Los Amigos Books
Books for kids in Spanish
losamigosbooks.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Be a book fairy! ICE is decreasing foot traffic to small independent businesses in Chicago. Please help support them. #kidlit #independentbookstore losamigosbooks.com/apps/giftreg...
app.thestorygraph.com/giveaways/22... There’s no such thing as too many giveaways, right? #middlegradefiction
laurenbfischer's giveaway for Orphanland on The StoryGraph
Will buried secrets from a small town's past help orphans of the opioid crisis build a brighte...
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October 19, 2025 at 9:50 AM
app.thestorygraph.com/giveaways/22... There’s no such thing as too many giveaways, right? #middlegradefiction
cannonballread.com/2025/10/orph... I love an honest review! And Carl! 💛
Friend Carl might not have liked being a book prop, but I liked this book.
The story behind the book is better than the book, Orphanland by Lauren Fischer, and it is a good book. Or at least I think so, as it made a cozy memory to be connected to a book with a not so cozy th...
cannonballread.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
cannonballread.com/2025/10/orph... I love an honest review! And Carl! 💛
A powerful opinion piece by Beth Macy, author of Dopesick:
Why Can’t Working-Class Kids Make Their Way Out of Ohio? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
Why Can’t Working-Class Kids Make Their Way Out of Ohio? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
Opinion | Why Can’t Working-Class Kids Make Their Way Out of Ohio?
www.nytimes.com
October 5, 2025 at 12:46 AM
A powerful opinion piece by Beth Macy, author of Dopesick:
Why Can’t Working-Class Kids Make Their Way Out of Ohio? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
Why Can’t Working-Class Kids Make Their Way Out of Ohio? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
#louisvillebookfestival here I come! October 11 is only one week away. If you’re in or nearby Louisville, come check it out! It’s free! Hang out with book lovers all day. Every child who attends gets a free book to promote the festival’s mission of childhood literacy. 💜💜💜
October 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
#louisvillebookfestival here I come! October 11 is only one week away. If you’re in or nearby Louisville, come check it out! It’s free! Hang out with book lovers all day. Every child who attends gets a free book to promote the festival’s mission of childhood literacy. 💜💜💜
Reposted by Lauren Bomberger Fischer
The new novel “Orphanland” is a coming-of-age mystery set against the backdrop of the opioid crisis, ideal for teen readers, the unintended victims of this national epidemic.
Davich: At what age should children learn the dangers of opioids?
The new novel “Orphanland” is a coming-of-age mystery set against the backdrop of the opioid crisis, ideal for teen readers, the unintended victims of this national epidemic.
www.nwitimes.com
September 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The new novel “Orphanland” is a coming-of-age mystery set against the backdrop of the opioid crisis, ideal for teen readers, the unintended victims of this national epidemic.
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho... It’s the last day to enter my Goodreads giveaway for my middle grade novel Orphanland. 💛 #mglit
Book giveaway for Orphanland by Lauren Fischer Aug 16-Sep 15, 2025
Enter to win one of 5 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Aug 16-Sep 15, 2025. I'm giving away five signed copies of my debut middle grade novel, ...
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September 15, 2025 at 1:33 PM
www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho... It’s the last day to enter my Goodreads giveaway for my middle grade novel Orphanland. 💛 #mglit
Are you on #netgalley? My MG novel #orphanland is, for anyone who likes coming-of-age mysteries set in the midst of the opioid crisis. Sounds like a downer, but it’s not! Nonbinary representation is in the mix too. PW says #middlegrade is still struggling. Blargh! Let’s turn this category around!
September 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Are you on #netgalley? My MG novel #orphanland is, for anyone who likes coming-of-age mysteries set in the midst of the opioid crisis. Sounds like a downer, but it’s not! Nonbinary representation is in the mix too. PW says #middlegrade is still struggling. Blargh! Let’s turn this category around!
Enter my Goodreads Giveaway for Orphanland—I’m giving away 5 copies! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
August 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Enter my Goodreads Giveaway for Orphanland—I’m giving away 5 copies! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
My first ARC review. *This* is why I decided to self-publish with the help of Mission Point Press and not let another novel live only on my laptop.
July 15, 2025 at 12:07 AM
My first ARC review. *This* is why I decided to self-publish with the help of Mission Point Press and not let another novel live only on my laptop.
Positive vibes from the universe! ✨💛 My debut novel ORPHANLAND was shortlisted for the Letter Review prize for unpublished novels.
letterreview.com/the-letter-r...
letterreview.com/the-letter-r...
The Letter Review Prize Winners October – December 2024 - The Letter Review
It's always such an astonishing joy to publish the winning entries of The Letter Review Prize: We spend months with these works before we are able to experience the thrill of sharing them with our com...
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June 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Positive vibes from the universe! ✨💛 My debut novel ORPHANLAND was shortlisted for the Letter Review prize for unpublished novels.
letterreview.com/the-letter-r...
letterreview.com/the-letter-r...
I have book swag! 💛 I ordered these bookmarks for ORPHANLAND, my upper middle grade coming-of-age mystery, and I am perhaps TOO excited? 😍
June 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I have book swag! 💛 I ordered these bookmarks for ORPHANLAND, my upper middle grade coming-of-age mystery, and I am perhaps TOO excited? 😍
I live in the popest city.
I live in the dopest city.
@6figga-dilla.bsky.social
@6figga-dilla.bsky.social
Chicago is on to something.
May 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I live in the popest city.
