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Lauren Magaziner

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Internationally bestselling author of middle grade books: ⚡️ The Incorruptibles (coming 6/10/25), 🔎 Case Closed series, 🐙 Mythics series, 🐰 The Only Thing Worse Than Witches, 💰 Pilfer Academy, ✨ Wizardmatch. she/her 🌈

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Lauren Magaziner @laurenmagaziner.bsky.social · Mar 24

The first trade review came in for The Incorruptibles, and it’s a ⭐️ STAR ⭐️ from Kirkus!!!!!!

Read the whole beautiful thing below or here: www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews... )

Thank you, Kirkus!!! So grateful that the Buttercups, Thistles, and Clovers have been met with such warmth 💛💜💚

Canva graphic of The Incorruptibles book by Lauren Magaziner with a Kirkus star. The blurb from the review says: “Immersive worldbuilding, strong characters, and excellent pacing make for a breathless series opener with a big scope. A lightning blast of a futuristic fantasy.” Below the book cover, a caption says the book releases on June 10th.

Full text of the starred Kirkus review for The Incorruptibles by Lauren Magaziner. It reads:

A hundred years in the future, an orphaned tailor’s apprentice joins the resistance to fight sorcerers who wield unchecked power over the former United States.

Fiora’s parents were killed by sorcerers, but she doesn’t believe that the resistance group known as the Incorruptibles are real until she meets one of them in person. After a fight against the Radiance, the “nameless, faceless group” that rules over the sorcerers, Captain Quinn whisks Fiora and her uncle Randal to safety, but Fiora begs to join Inc Academy and earns a place on a trial basis—until the results of her background check come in—to mixed reactions from her new squad, the Thistles. When problems begin plaguing the Incs, Fiora promises herself that she’ll find the spy in their midst. Readers will wonder, as Fiora does, who she can trust, even as she builds relationships with the other Thistles, and her understanding of the world becomes more nuanced as she questions long-held ideas. The sorcerers and Incs ultimately clash in a high-intensity, fast-paced action battle that forces Fiora into making a big decision and sets up for the sequel. Immersive worldbuilding, strong characters, and excellent pacing make for a breathless series opener with a big scope. Curly-haired Fiora is “tall and plump,” is attracted to girls, and has Jewish heritage. Other characters are diverse in skin tone, ability, sexuality, and gender identity.

A lightning blast of a futuristic fantasy. (Fantasy. 10-14)

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Lauren Magaziner @laurenmagaziner.bsky.social · 12h

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN DAY!!! From these two baby gays! (And from me 🌈👋🏻)

The Incorruptibles is a middle grade book (ages 10–14), so the romance is very sweet and wholesome and kid friendly. 🥰 Hope you give it a chance if you’re looking for inclusive fantasy boarding school books!

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Katie McEnaney @katiemcenaney.bsky.social · 19d

Had an absolute blast sharing THE INCORRUPTIBLES by @laurenmagaziner.bsky.social for #FirstChapterFriday today in #5thgrade.

Mystery, sorcery, secret societies? What's not to like? ✨

The Incorruptibles by Lauren Magaziner on a bookshelf surrounded by other middle grade fantasy/adventure books.

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Lauren Magaziner @laurenmagaziner.bsky.social · 23d

This interview with ReadWonder just went live!!! I LOVED getting to talk all about Fiora, the protagonist of The Incorruptibles—hopefully you enjoy this too!

I posted half, but here’s the complete behind-the-scenes glance at the making of a main character: readwonder.blogspot.com/2025/09/auth...

Lauren Magaziner @laurenmagaziner.bsky.social · 24d

I still can’t believe that happened!!! 😅

Lauren Magaziner @laurenmagaziner.bsky.social · 24d

YAYYYYY!!!! I’m so glad it arrived safely!! Happy sorcerer-fighting to you and your students! 😊⚔️⚡️

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Lori Tecler @loritecler.bsky.social · 25d

Thank you @laurenmagaziner.bsky.social for sharing a copy of THE INCORRUPTIBLES with our school’s readers! The cover is gorgeous & I can’t wait to dive in! I know our school’s fantasy readers will be as excited about it as I am. #MGLit

Copy of THE INCORRUPTIBLES by Lauren Magaziner on a woodgrain table next to a stack of bookmarks featuring a picture of the book’s cover

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Lauren Magaziner @laurenmagaziner.bsky.social · 24d

(Listen to Rick Riordan and read this list for super fun and inclusive magic school books!!!)

(And if you wanted to start with The Incorruptibles, the entire marketing team behind the book keeps talking about how perfect it is for Percy Jackson fans actually 🥰🤭🤗)

Lauren Magaziner @laurenmagaziner.bsky.social · 24d

Remember that time Rick Riordan knew the name of my book???? And my name too??? I feel like it deserves a post because RICK RIORDAN!!!!! I’m such a huge Percy Jackson fan, omggggg!!! 😱🤯🥳🤩

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Lauren Magaziner @laurenmagaziner.bsky.social · 29d

Festival season is upon us—mark your calendars!!!

The perfect opportunity to get a signed and personalized copy of The Incorruptibles! I doodle in every book 🤗. Come say hello! You’ll be happy to be there, dancing through life!!

A list of festivals that Author Lauren Magaziner will be attending this autumn:
9.27 Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival
10.04 Collingswood Book Festival
10.11 Morristown Festival of Books
10.12 Warwick Children’s Book Festival
10.25 YO! book fest

Lauren Magaziner @laurenmagaziner.bsky.social · Aug 20

In this newsletter, you’ll find
1) Reflections (and panic) upon realizing that my debut came out 11 years ago, l sold my first book 14 years ago, and I have 12 books on shelves…????
2. A list of evidence that I might—in fact—be a publishing ancient 😳.
3. Thoughts on pace and time.

Lauren Magaziner @laurenmagaziner.bsky.social · Aug 20

Newsletter just dropped—

August 2025: “Wait. Am I a publishing old-timer?”
Link here: laurenmagaziner.substack.com/p/wait-am-i-...

Author Lauren Magaziner making a wide-eyed screaming face as she tries to hold up a leaning tower of her own books, in danger of toppling.

Author Lauren Magaziner smiling beside a stack of all twelve of the books she’s authored.

Author Lauren Magaziner peeking out from behind a stack of her own books. Her brown eyes are visible, but her face is blocked by the following books:
The Incorruptibles
The Mythics series (4 books)
Case Closed series (4 books)
Pilfer Academy
The Only Thing Worse Than Witches
Wizardmatch

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Lauren Magaziner @laurenmagaziner.bsky.social · Aug 19

Every single time I log onto social media, I see posts asking for recommendations for more inclusive, warmhearted alternatives to Harry Potter for middle grade readers (ages 8–14), and I’ve compiled a list of them here!!!

Please repost to spread the word:

Lauren Magaziner @laurenmagaziner.bsky.social · Aug 18

Around this time of year, I get ravenously hungry for magic school books… It’s both on-theme and escapist at the same time!!!!

Here are 18 delightful middle grade magic school books that are modern, fresh, exciting, and welcoming to all:

A canva graphic with cartoon pencils, books, and back to school supplies on it reads:
BACK TO (MAGIC) SCHOOL
Magic school books for middle grade readers with diverse characters in inclusive worlds.
[arrow pointing right]

A canva graphic with lined paper in the background, with a bunch of cartoon magic items around the edges: a spell book, a feather, crystals, a potion bottle, stars.

The heading reads: Magic school books for middle grade readers, featuring diverse characters in inclusive worlds.

The books on this slide are:
The Marvellers by Dhonielle Clayton
The Incorruptibles by Lauren Magaziner
Chloe Vega and the Agents of Magic by Leslie Adame
Where There Be Monsters by Alby C Williams
Vanya and the Wild Hunt by Sangu Mandanna
Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston

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Lauren Magaziner @laurenmagaziner.bsky.social · Aug 18

Evidence for the jury:

a cartoon character is holding a bowl of cactus juice and says drink cactus juice .

ALT: a cartoon character is holding a bowl of cactus juice and says drink cactus juice .

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Lauren Magaziner @laurenmagaziner.bsky.social · Aug 18

And here are 12 fabulous, inclusive middle grade fantasy books that take place outside of school, but we’ll allow it. (Hey, the dismissal bell has to ring sometime. 😉)

What I love about all 30 of the books in this thread is the way they include *every* kid in fantasy adventures!

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Lauren Magaziner @laurenmagaziner.bsky.social · Aug 18

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Lauren Magaziner @laurenmagaziner.bsky.social · Aug 16

You and me to publishing every single summer:

a woman sitting in a chair says by all means move at a glacial pace , you know how that thrills me

ALT: a woman sitting in a chair says by all means move at a glacial pace , you know how that thrills me

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Lauren Magaziner @laurenmagaziner.bsky.social · Aug 16

Thanks 🤩🥰!!! I’m actually putting a newsletter together with lots of thoughts about 11 years 🤯! Circling back around to that little throwaway line in my post hahaha!

Lauren Magaziner @laurenmagaziner.bsky.social · Aug 15

Mama Mags used to have a magnet that hung on my childhood fridge that read: “Excellence is not being the best, but doing your best.” Bringing that energy with me. 💟

Lauren Magaziner @laurenmagaziner.bsky.social · Aug 15

If there’s one piece of publishing advice I could give myself (even 11+ years in), it would be this: let go of the things you can’t control, and try your hardest at the things you can.

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Lauren Magaziner @laurenmagaziner.bsky.social · Aug 15

Currently, I’m waiting and wishing on something, and I won’t have the answers I’m looking for until September or October. In the meantime, I’m trying to find my calm throughout the rest of August.

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Lauren Magaziner @laurenmagaziner.bsky.social · Aug 15

Being a writer, my brain often jumps to “what if” and “worst case” scenarios, even when no news is NO NEWS. Worry is my natural state.

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Lauren Magaziner @laurenmagaziner.bsky.social · Aug 15

Patience, patience, patience, patience…. Yesterday was the 11th anniversary of my debut being published, and this is STILL a lesson I need to learn in this industry. 😅

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Lauren Magaziner @laurenmagaziner.bsky.social · Aug 12

Got a secret—juicy as a peach secret, bursting to share secret!!! The Perfect secret…

But alas. This is the last time you’ll hear about it until I’m allowed to say anything more, in like 803 thousand more years. 👀🤐🤫🤭⏳

Author Lauren Magaziner (curly brown-black hair, dark eyes, pale skin, red lipstick, thick brows, wearing a black dress with red flowers on it) looking straight into camera with a twinkle in her eye. She has a finger up to her lip like “shhhh it’s a secret.”

Lauren Magaziner @laurenmagaziner.bsky.social · Aug 10

Last chance to enter!!!!

Attn teachers, school librarians, and parents who want to enter on behalf of their kid’s teacher:

Lauren Magaziner @laurenmagaziner.bsky.social · Aug 5

15 classrooms or school libraries will get a copy of The Incorruptibles, a set of bookmarks, and a virtual visit with me!!!

US only. To win:
1️⃣ Comment with something fun you did this summer or what magic power you’d like to have
2️⃣ Repost/retweet this giveaway

I’ll select winners by August 11th!

Lauren Magaziner @laurenmagaziner.bsky.social · Aug 8

Ahh thank you so much 😊!!! Can’t take credit for it, though—it’s all @devinellekurtz.bsky.social’s genius!!

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