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Molly Harris

@mollyharris.bsky.social

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Author of stories for young’uns THE BIG SQUEEZE (HarperCollins out now!) WHIRBY (HarperCollins 2/17/2026) I NEED SPACE (McElderry fall 2026) Rep’d by @writeloudly.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/mollyharrisbooks

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Molly Harris @mollyharris.bsky.social · Jun 26

✨ COVER REVEAL✨
Plug into your charging base and get ready to battle… WHIRBY is now available for preorder! Written by me and illustrated by Jacob Souva, this bedtime story is full of clinking, clanging, beeping, banging, and the most gorgeous, rich robot world you could imagine.
OUT 2/17/26!

Cover for WHIRBY by Molly Harris and Jacob Souva. It features a colorful robot with lots of gadgets and gizmos.

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The Oatmeal @theoatmeal.bsky.social · 1d

Let’s talk about AI art.

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A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

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Molly Harris @mollyharris.bsky.social · Aug 17

My children: *refusing to wear shoes outside*
Also my children: *stepping on rocks* OWWWWWW

Molly Harris @mollyharris.bsky.social · Aug 15

I find it soooo hard to DNF a book. 60% through one and feel like I gotta see it through, to get credit towards my Goodreads count.

Molly Harris @mollyharris.bsky.social · Aug 4

Thank you!! My own quirky mug collection is still a work in progress 😉

Molly Harris @mollyharris.bsky.social · Aug 3

Where?!?

Molly Harris @mollyharris.bsky.social · Jul 29

… but I’m going to slog through it anyway because that’s what writing is!

Molly Harris @mollyharris.bsky.social · Jul 29

I want to finish the first draft of my romcom so baaaad but it takes so looooong

Molly Harris @mollyharris.bsky.social · Jul 17

#romancewriters, what is your ideal chapter length?

Molly Harris @mollyharris.bsky.social · Jul 16

Been kicked in the teeth a lot since March, and as we deal with our latest (hand foot & mouth disease), I’d just like to put it out there that a win would be really nice. And if not a win, then a draw. And if not a draw, then maybe I could just sit this game out for a little while.

Molly Harris @mollyharris.bsky.social · Jul 11

Thank you for the lovely review! 💛💛💛

Ronna Mandel @ronnawriter.bsky.social · Jul 11

Check out this #SEL picture book starring a sponge, a big job, + a great BIG SQUEEZE. @mollyharris.bsky.social’s in debut (w/ Alison Hawkins illustrating) is a hit! Watch Sponge go from a mess to sparkling w/help from pals. Reviewed on blog by author Roxanne Troup. #booksky #kidlit
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The Big Squeeze by Molly Harris and Alison Hawkins

In The Big Squeeze a dedicated sponge tasked with a big, dirty job learns that accepting help from friends can make a sparkling difference!

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Molly Harris @mollyharris.bsky.social · Jul 7

I need to update my author website, and as a web developer I’m usually happy to, but I’m finding Squarespace templates to be clunky and kinda ugly. Anyone LOVE their Squarespace theme?

Molly Harris @mollyharris.bsky.social · Jun 26

Published by @harperkids.bsky.social
Written by @mollyharris.bsky.social
Illustrated by @jacobsouva.bsky.social
Edited by Luana Horry
Art design by @joncorbyart.bsky.social
Represented by @writeloudly.bsky.social and @jenrofe.bsky.social

#picturebooks #kidlit #coverreveal #whirby

Molly Harris @mollyharris.bsky.social · Jun 26

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Molly Harris @mollyharris.bsky.social · Jun 25

And then, when the evening opportunity finally arises… I freeze up!

Molly Harris @mollyharris.bsky.social · Jun 25

There is no time I’d rather write than when I’m in my day job.

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Molly Harris @mollyharris.bsky.social · Jun 24

There are a million important things happening in the world. But if I may, for just one moment, throw my coin into Bluesky like a wishing well: please, please, please can I have some good news soon? The long silences of publishing is so deafening and it’s weird we accept it.

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Sera Rivers @writeloudly.bsky.social · Jun 23

Happening THIS Thursday!!!!

Sera Rivers @writeloudly.bsky.social · Jun 18

NEXT THURSDAY! Let's talk about writing #dialogue SIGN UP HERE: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #amwriting #amquerying #amrevising #webinar #writingworkshop

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Molly Harris @mollyharris.bsky.social · Jun 6

I’m 70,000 words into my adult fiction book and finally starting to really love it, which I think is a death-knell, right? If I love it then it’s rubbish? Do all writer brains work this way? 🙃

Molly Harris @mollyharris.bsky.social · May 20

Very true—and while it’s not a nonfiction, it is a story where facts are relevant, so I do think I’ll rework some of the species.

Molly Harris @mollyharris.bsky.social · May 20

So true! Yeah I think I’ll have to rework some of these characters that don’t quite fit… pity, as I had such cute names for them! 😆

Molly Harris @mollyharris.bsky.social · May 20

#kidlit writers: I’m writing a dinosaur PB set during the extinction event. I want to use dinosaur characters that weren’t technically alive for the event (they’d gone extinct in other eras)… because they’re more recognizable. Do you think it matters if it’s not scientifically accurate?

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Molly Harris @mollyharris.bsky.social · Feb 12

At what point in my life will I outgrow getting excited by an email I JUST forwarded to myself?

Molly Harris @mollyharris.bsky.social · Jan 20

Thrilled to be one of the mentees! Now, to face my fear of live events 😬

Books Ireland @booksireland.bsky.social · Jan 20

Congrats to Eilish Fisher, Isla McGuckin, Judith McQuoid and Molly Harris who are mentees on Patricia Forde's Live Literature Mentorship Programme!

@pforde123.bsky.social @eilishfisher.bsky.social @mollyharris.bsky.social @childrensbooksireland.ie

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Artists announced for inaugural Live Literature Mentorship Programme - Books Ireland

Eilish Fisher, Isla McGuckin, Judith McQuoid, and Molly Harris have been announced as the mentees on the Live Literature Mentorship Programme which launches next month.

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Molly Harris @mollyharris.bsky.social · Jan 18

3rd family member down with a stomach bug here… I’m the last one standing (so far). Please send healing thoughts to my sweet 4yo who is so stoic but so exhausted.

Molly Harris @mollyharris.bsky.social · Jan 7

I’m doing it, you guys. I’m writing the shitty first draft!! Normally I always edit as I go, but I’m trying something new this time. I plotted everything, wrote up a full chapter by chapter synopsis, and now I’m just… writing it! And it sucks!! 🙃

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