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MK England
@mkengland.bsky.social
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Author of books, player of games, grower of things. Queer country recluse. Ex-librarian. They/any. Repped by Eric Smith. Publishing updates only.

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Hey folks, I'm so sorry for the confusion: Tomorrow's event at Fountain Bookstore is at 6pm, NOT 6:30! I hope to see you there. RSVP at the link below:

withfriends.co/event/230546...
Cover of the book All Fired Up, which has a yellow background, red text, and two women lying together on the front: one a fireflighter and one in a lab coat
April 28, 2025 at 10:44 PM
mkengland.bsky.social
Okay I SHOULD have called it the STOP, DROP, & ROLL tour but I beefed it, my apologies. But hey, if you're in NC or VA, I'd love to see you in April! Reserve a copy at these stores or preorder a signed copy for shipping.

Booksellers, I'm scheduling for the rest of 2025—never hesitate to reach out 💜
A graphic featuring two books covers, ROLL FOR LOVE and ALL FIRED UP. Text reads: "the roll for fire tour! Wednesday, April 9, 6:30pm, Bookmarks Bookstore, Winston-Salem, NC. Tuesday, April 15, 6PM, Crozet Library (w/ Bluebird Bookstop), Crozet, VA. Tuesday, April 29, 6:30PM, Fountain Bookstore (w/ Sara Raasch), Richmond, VA. Details: mkengland.com/events"
March 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
mkengland.bsky.social
I'm writing another MG trilogy! ✨ Honored to be working with @caitlinrenata.bsky.social at Penguin Workshop to bring you Riley Dare, my spunky, bowtie-wearing, slightly magical puzzle master of a kid sleuth. Eternal thanks to @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social for believing in her! See you in Fall 2026 😉
The book announcement for Riley Dare: Slightly Witchy Sleuth. Text reads: "Caitlin O'Connell at Penguin Workshop has acquired world rights to Riley Dare: Slightly Witchy Sleuth and two sequels by M.K. England, a middle grade mystery in which Riley must solve a disappearance at the escape room she lives above, as well as uncover the truth of her small town’s most legendary crime, using her wits and just a touch of magic. Publication is scheduled for fall 2026; Eric Smith brokered the deal while at P.S. Literary Agency." The image is just some canva bs I threw together tbh, there's some keys and tarot cards and a lil stick figure running through a door because that somehow means escape room.
March 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
mkengland.bsky.social
Hey librarians, are you getting requests for Dungeons & Dragons-related fiction from your readers? Can I interest you in ROLL FOR LOVE, whose gorgeous cover is sure to grab them? And it's a JLG selection, so it should meet your collection development guidelines! I do free book club visits too ✌️
The cover of the book ROLL FOR LOVE, which features two teenage white girls on the bottom playing dungeons & dragons while making blushing eye contact, while above their D&D characters kiss in the fantasy world of the game. The title splits the two worlds. The Junior Library Guild gold standard seal is in the top corner of the graphic, and below it reads: "Roll for Love is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection."
March 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Did I almost set a book on fire completely by accident? Absolutely. Was it worth it? Absolutely.

Nic sets fires for a living—as a scientist who studies the chemistry and physics of fire.

Kira puts fires out for a living—as a firefighter in the same department where her father was fire chief.

(👇)
In the background is a lit fireplace with orange flames crackling. In front, two books lay flat, the spines reading ALL FIRED UP - M. K. England. One copy of the book stands face out on top of the stack, showing the yellow cover with red lettering. On it, two women lay in opposite directions, one nuzzling the other's forehead. One is wearing a firefighter uniform undershirt with bunker gear straps and the other wears a button down shirt with a white lab coat over it.
March 5, 2025 at 11:56 PM
mkengland.bsky.social
Giveaway! ✨ To celebrate the paperback release of The No-Girlfriend Rule and the upcoming release of Roll for Love, @bycrandall.bsky.social and I are doing a giveaway of our nerdy sapphic YA romances over on instagram!

www.instagram.com/p/DGlTOoPgYcw/

Enter for your chance to win the following: 👇
The background is a faded hand-sketched map like you might find in the front of a fantasy novel. Three polyhedral dice are scattered around the image: a d4, a d8, and a d12. Two book covers feature prominently in the middle: The No-Girlfriend Rule and Roll for Love. A maroon text box has the word "Giveaway!" in large white letters.
February 27, 2025 at 5:36 PM
mkengland.bsky.social
If y'all are still over on instagram at all, @bycrandall.bsky.social and I will be doing an IG Live this Sunday at 7pm Eastern! There'll also be a giveaway going live on IG running Thursday through Sunday.

Stay tuned! In the meantime... 👇
A purple sparkly background with two book covers on it: The No-Girlfriend Rule and Roll for Love. At the top is a blurb: "M. K. England invites you to the gaming table in this thoughtful, joyous, delightfully nerdy romance. Roll For Love perfectly captures the unique magic that happens when we step into character—and into our truths. So many queer kids are going to feel seen by this book."―Christen Randall, bestselling author of The No-Girlfriend Rule. At the bottom it says: "IG Live & Giveaway with Christen and MK! Sunday, March 2, 7pm Eastern. Winners announced live!"
February 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
mkengland.bsky.social
Hello, it's your local wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube man, back with more promo while the world burns!

Just over 2 months until ALL FIRED UP, my adult romance debut! Here’s what you can look forward to:

🔥Sapphic spice
🔥A separate slow burn romance happening in the background

(more 👇)
A graphic with the cover of ALL FIRED UP by M. K. England in the center. Arrows point to the book with various tropes/themes: Firefighter/firestarter, Friends who are family, only one bed, it's "casual," Grad school the great life delayer, saving their messy friend from herself via shenanigans. At the top is the release date: April 29, 2025.
February 13, 2025 at 6:26 PM
mkengland.bsky.social
I feel like a dancing bear talking about this now of all times but I guess it's MY JOB so hey:

2 months to go! ✨ What else can you find in ROLL FOR LOVE?

💜 an ace nonbinary dungeon master
💜 love for small rural towns
💜 two boys having their own oblivious romance across the table

(more below 👇)
February 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
mkengland.bsky.social
If you choose to pick up ROLL, then don't forget to submit your preorder and get some super cute free stickers!

mkengland.com/2025preorders

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Three adorably illustrated stickers: a barn with a rainbow painted on the front, a 20-sided die with banners above and below reading "Roll for Love", and a bust of an elven paladin and a human barbarian head cuddling surrounded by flowers.
February 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
mkengland.bsky.social
Welp it's time for the song and dance again: despite all the *gestures wildly*, please consider preordering this trio of very queer books to show Barnes & Noble that my books are worth stocking in stores after they come out.

mkengland.com/bnpreordersale
A background gradient of orange-pink-indigo with gold sparkles sits behind three book covers: ROLL FOR LOVE (April 8), ALL FIRED UP (April 29), and THIS IS HOW WE ROLL! (Sept. 16). The text reads: "25% off preorder sale! Use code PREORDER25 at bn.com for 25% all preorders! Sale runs February 5–7."
February 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
mkengland.bsky.social
International readers and library purchase suggesters, I now have an option for you for the ROLL FOR LOVE preorder stickers! Details at the link.

U.S./Can preorders, your info is in the same place. ♥

mkengland.com/2025-preorders

(It is SO HARD to not plaster my face with them all instead)
A pale-skinned hand holding three die-cut stickers: a bust of two fantasy characters head-cuddling together surrounded by flowers, a barn with a rainbow painted on the front, and a rainbow D20 with a banner that reads "Roll for Love"
January 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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For folks who have/work with littles, I updated the "My Kid's Favorite Books" list I keep over at @bookshop-org.bsky.social. She's four, but there's stuff that's good up to age 8 or so on there. She LOVED Hocus & Pocus as a read-aloud and can't wait for book 2.

bookshop.org/lists/my-kid...
The cover of the kids chapter book Hocus and Pocus and the Spell for Home, featuring two adorable puppies!
January 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
mkengland.bsky.social
I got this news on Friday and promptly cried for the next half hour: ROLL FOR LOVE is a JLG Gold Standard Selection! This is one of those kidlit milestones that I didn't think would ever happen for me. It's such an honor. I'm so proud of this book and grateful to everyone who made it happen. 💜
A pink graphic with the cover of the book ROLL FOR LOVE and the Junior Library Guild seal. The book cover features two white teen girls playing D&D while making eye contact and blushing. Above, their characters kiss. The text reads: "Roll for Love is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection."
January 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
mkengland.bsky.social
Hey folks, I'm offering another Sci-Fi Lover's Bundle for the Kidlit4Ceasefire auction with five signed books! Auction funds will benefit families in Gaza.

Bid here: www.32auctions.com/organization...

Book list 👇
A graphic that reads: Kidlit4Ceasefire Auction; Signed book set from M. K. England. Below the text is a headshot of the author (a white nonbinary person with short brown hair, glasses, and a plaid shirt) and a grid with the five books on offer: Guardians of the Galaxy: No Guts, No Glory, The Disasters, Spellhacker, A Twisted Tale Anthology, and Firefly: What Makes Us Mighty
January 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
mkengland.bsky.social
Running Press Kids has this exclusive preorder offer going on for ROLL! You’ll get all three of these stickers, drawn by @rbessaaa.bsky.social, the same artist who did the book cover that I’m so in love with. Can’t wait to put them on everything, possibly including my face.

Here’s how you get 'em:
The preorder campaign stickers for the book ROLL FOR LOVE, featuring a d20 with banners reading "ROLL FOR LOVE", a barn with a rainbow painted on the front, and the two D&D characters head-cuddling in a wreath of flowers with their eyes closed. Next to it is an image of the book cover, featuring two country girls playing dungeons and dragons on the bottom while making Gay Eye Contact, while above the title their characters kiss. The release date on the image is April 8, 2025.
January 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
mkengland.bsky.social
It's just their *characters* falling in love... right? Get ready for my geeky Dungeons & Dragons-themed rom-com featuring a big gay barn, gratuitous farm animals, and country girls falling in love across the gaming table! Coming Spring 2025 from Running Press Kids.

More info in the thread!
Britny Perilli at Running Press Kids has bought The Rules as Written by Remi K. England (The One True Me and You), a queer YA romantic comedy in which two nerdy girls in rural Virginia find their characters falling in love in a D&D game, only to discover those feelings outside of the fantasy realm as well, in a celebration of tabletop gaming, finding your people, and claiming the space you deserve. Publication is scheduled for winter 2025; Eric Smith at P.S. Literary Agency negotiated the deal for world rights.
August 31, 2023 at 9:07 PM
mkengland.bsky.social
WELP just had a little morning cry because the brilliant and kind Tom Hoeler, editor of the Star Wars RotJ FACPOV anthology, had this (img+alt) to say about my story.

Funny, full of heart & love, pedal to the metal: this is my brand. It's what I strive for. #starwars
August 30, 2023 at 12:07 PM
mkengland.bsky.social
Today, I think I’ll celebrate by sharing this lovely empowering Star Wars book with my kid. May the force be with you all.
August 29, 2023 at 9:43 PM
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This story won’t be for everyone. I’m certain it won’t be the most interesting, or thought-provoking, unique or daring in this collection. It is, quite simply, the story I always wished existed, the one I knew I would write if I ever had the chance. (1/?)

#starwars #fromacertainpovreturns
August 29, 2023 at 9:39 PM
mkengland.bsky.social
Hellooo screeching reminder that I have stories in these two absolute dream anthologies, both out SO SOON?

8/29 - Star Wars: Return of the Jedi: From a Certain Point of View - sapphic X-wing pilot!

10/3 - Disney's A Twisted Tale Anthology - my Treasure Planet "What If!"

www.mkengland.com/writing
August 17, 2023 at 12:11 AM
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Chapter 8 is live and free to read on StoryLoom! It's your FIRST DATE—how'd it go? And who did you choose: the baker, the bard, or the librarian/paladin/libraradin?

Read the story: https://storyloom.com/stories/96c34a73-9ef9-78c3-7707-f83d2ddee0d9
Download the app: https://bio.site/storyloom
Cover for the interactive story CURE FOR THE COMMON CULT: A COZY FANTASY. It's purple and has some stars and small decorative line elements on it, but is otherwise just the title.
July 26, 2023 at 1:46 PM
mkengland.bsky.social
A whole long weekend of playing Pathfinder with good friends has cleansed my soul.
A pathfinder character sheet and cheat sheet for an ancestors-mystery Oracle, a set of polyhedral dice, and a custom dice box engraved with "roll initiative" and a sword-wielding bunny
July 24, 2023 at 5:30 PM
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HELLO, please meet my adult sapphic rom-com featuring a professional fire starter and a firefighter! I can't wait for you to meet these two and their giant friend group of absolute disasters, I love them ALL.

Coming to you in Spring of 2025 from Canary Street/Harlequin Books!
A screenshot of a deal announcement from Publishers Marketplace: “M. K. England’s ALL FIRED UP, a rom-com debut in which two women, a professional fire-starter (AKA research scientist) and a second-generation firefighter, collide when they try to stop their ill-fated social media influencer best friend from moving away, and find themselves falling for one another in the process, to Cat Clyne, in a two-book deal, for publication in Spring 2025, by Eric Smith at P.S. Literary Agency (World English).”
July 18, 2023 at 2:35 PM
mkengland.bsky.social
I still have no idea what’s going on here, so let’s just call this my pinned tweet and hope for the best.

Hi! I write books, grow vegetables, and play a lot of games!
July 3, 2023 at 11:59 PM