Robin Wasley
@robinwasley.bsky.social
DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR (S&S BFYR) | William C. Morris Award finalist
rep’d by Janine Kamouh at WME Books
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rep’d by Janine Kamouh at WME Books
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SHE’S AN AWARD WINNER!! Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear is the 2025 Mass Book Award winner for YA/MG.
I wrote a weird genre mashy story about a Korean American adoptee with no special skills who just happened to be there when a magical zombie apocalypse hit. And now, it’s an award winner 🥹
I wrote a weird genre mashy story about a Korean American adoptee with no special skills who just happened to be there when a magical zombie apocalypse hit. And now, it’s an award winner 🥹
September 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
SHE’S AN AWARD WINNER!! Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear is the 2025 Mass Book Award winner for YA/MG.
I wrote a weird genre mashy story about a Korean American adoptee with no special skills who just happened to be there when a magical zombie apocalypse hit. And now, it’s an award winner 🥹
I wrote a weird genre mashy story about a Korean American adoptee with no special skills who just happened to be there when a magical zombie apocalypse hit. And now, it’s an award winner 🥹
Ah yes, my annual PSA: Hello. I am Asian.
This AANHPI Heritage Month, if you're in the mood for a voicey action-packed YA fantasy full of humor, horror, and romance...DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR is available wherever books are sold (now in paperback)!
This AANHPI Heritage Month, if you're in the mood for a voicey action-packed YA fantasy full of humor, horror, and romance...DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR is available wherever books are sold (now in paperback)!
May 2, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Ah yes, my annual PSA: Hello. I am Asian.
This AANHPI Heritage Month, if you're in the mood for a voicey action-packed YA fantasy full of humor, horror, and romance...DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR is available wherever books are sold (now in paperback)!
This AANHPI Heritage Month, if you're in the mood for a voicey action-packed YA fantasy full of humor, horror, and romance...DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR is available wherever books are sold (now in paperback)!
DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR has been longlisted for the 2025 Mass Book Awards! I’m so honored to be among these brilliant books! 📚📚📚
May 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR has been longlisted for the 2025 Mass Book Awards! I’m so honored to be among these brilliant books! 📚📚📚
📚HAPPY PAPERBACK DAY TO DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR📚
It’s been over a year and it’s still wild that something I wrote has multiple formats and has (and will be) read by people other than me. Thank you to all past and future readers for picking up this story 🥹💜
It’s been over a year and it’s still wild that something I wrote has multiple formats and has (and will be) read by people other than me. Thank you to all past and future readers for picking up this story 🥹💜
April 22, 2025 at 11:39 AM
📚HAPPY PAPERBACK DAY TO DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR📚
It’s been over a year and it’s still wild that something I wrote has multiple formats and has (and will be) read by people other than me. Thank you to all past and future readers for picking up this story 🥹💜
It’s been over a year and it’s still wild that something I wrote has multiple formats and has (and will be) read by people other than me. Thank you to all past and future readers for picking up this story 🥹💜
Me: Wait…when are my paperbacks coming out again? (Checks date) Oh. It’s tomorrow. Maybe I should check the mailroom (Checks mailroom)
ANYWAY the DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR paperback is out tomorrow, April 22nd!! 💀
ANYWAY the DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR paperback is out tomorrow, April 22nd!! 💀
April 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Me: Wait…when are my paperbacks coming out again? (Checks date) Oh. It’s tomorrow. Maybe I should check the mailroom (Checks mailroom)
ANYWAY the DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR paperback is out tomorrow, April 22nd!! 💀
ANYWAY the DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR paperback is out tomorrow, April 22nd!! 💀
🎉It’s my birthday 🎉
🌸AND the first day of spring!!!🌸 I think we should all do something nice for ourselves to celebrate. I will be doing absolutely nothing today. For you, DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR is right there… 💜
🌸AND the first day of spring!!!🌸 I think we should all do something nice for ourselves to celebrate. I will be doing absolutely nothing today. For you, DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR is right there… 💜
March 20, 2025 at 2:11 PM
🎉It’s my birthday 🎉
🌸AND the first day of spring!!!🌸 I think we should all do something nice for ourselves to celebrate. I will be doing absolutely nothing today. For you, DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR is right there… 💜
🌸AND the first day of spring!!!🌸 I think we should all do something nice for ourselves to celebrate. I will be doing absolutely nothing today. For you, DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR is right there… 💜
📚DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR is on YALSA's Best Fiction for Young Adults list for 2025📚
Librarians have given so much love to this book. As a kid who spent countless hours among the shelves of my own library, I can't express how much that means to me.
Librarians have given so much love to this book. As a kid who spent countless hours among the shelves of my own library, I can't express how much that means to me.
February 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
📚DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR is on YALSA's Best Fiction for Young Adults list for 2025📚
Librarians have given so much love to this book. As a kid who spent countless hours among the shelves of my own library, I can't express how much that means to me.
Librarians have given so much love to this book. As a kid who spent countless hours among the shelves of my own library, I can't express how much that means to me.
🎉Happy 1st Anniversary to DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR🎉 It has officially been one year since I released this book into the wild, hoping for the best and expecting the worst 😂
Today: One Year Ago:
Today: One Year Ago:
February 13, 2025 at 1:33 PM
🎉Happy 1st Anniversary to DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR🎉 It has officially been one year since I released this book into the wild, hoping for the best and expecting the worst 😂
Today: One Year Ago:
Today: One Year Ago:
Did you know the paperback for Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear is out April 22nd? NOW YOU DO. And it’s time for the ⭐️B&N PREORDER SALE⭐️
From 2/5 -2/7, use the code PREORDER25 for 25% off your paperback (with William C. Morris Finalist sticker ☺️)!!
From 2/5 -2/7, use the code PREORDER25 for 25% off your paperback (with William C. Morris Finalist sticker ☺️)!!
February 5, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Did you know the paperback for Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear is out April 22nd? NOW YOU DO. And it’s time for the ⭐️B&N PREORDER SALE⭐️
From 2/5 -2/7, use the code PREORDER25 for 25% off your paperback (with William C. Morris Finalist sticker ☺️)!!
From 2/5 -2/7, use the code PREORDER25 for 25% off your paperback (with William C. Morris Finalist sticker ☺️)!!
She’s all dressed up 😊
February 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
She’s all dressed up 😊
New promo: My book has holographic foil and a sticker 😊
January 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
New promo: My book has holographic foil and a sticker 😊
The usual New Year’s tteok mandu guk (+ highlight album)!
Something authors always say: Celebrate your wins. So. I present my 2024 Highlights.
⭐️Publishing my first novel after decades trying
⭐️Being a JLG Gold Standard Selection
⭐️Being a William C. Morris Award finalist? Still weird.
Something authors always say: Celebrate your wins. So. I present my 2024 Highlights.
⭐️Publishing my first novel after decades trying
⭐️Being a JLG Gold Standard Selection
⭐️Being a William C. Morris Award finalist? Still weird.
January 1, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The usual New Year’s tteok mandu guk (+ highlight album)!
Something authors always say: Celebrate your wins. So. I present my 2024 Highlights.
⭐️Publishing my first novel after decades trying
⭐️Being a JLG Gold Standard Selection
⭐️Being a William C. Morris Award finalist? Still weird.
Something authors always say: Celebrate your wins. So. I present my 2024 Highlights.
⭐️Publishing my first novel after decades trying
⭐️Being a JLG Gold Standard Selection
⭐️Being a William C. Morris Award finalist? Still weird.
It has been awhile 😂
But I’ve come to say that DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR is a William C. Morris Award finalist.
I had actually planned to write a whole post today, in the last month of my debut year, to talk about what DTACTTA means to me.
But I’ve come to say that DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR is a William C. Morris Award finalist.
I had actually planned to write a whole post today, in the last month of my debut year, to talk about what DTACTTA means to me.
December 6, 2024 at 7:11 PM
It has been awhile 😂
But I’ve come to say that DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR is a William C. Morris Award finalist.
I had actually planned to write a whole post today, in the last month of my debut year, to talk about what DTACTTA means to me.
But I’ve come to say that DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR is a William C. Morris Award finalist.
I had actually planned to write a whole post today, in the last month of my debut year, to talk about what DTACTTA means to me.
🎉🎉Annnnd Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear is OUT TODAY🎉🎉
After writing this for a decade, losing the entire thing when my laptop got stolen, quitting, writing it all over again from scratch, then getting hundreds (literally hundreds) of rejections on it…I’m here now.
After writing this for a decade, losing the entire thing when my laptop got stolen, quitting, writing it all over again from scratch, then getting hundreds (literally hundreds) of rejections on it…I’m here now.
February 13, 2024 at 1:39 PM
🎉🎉Annnnd Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear is OUT TODAY🎉🎉
After writing this for a decade, losing the entire thing when my laptop got stolen, quitting, writing it all over again from scratch, then getting hundreds (literally hundreds) of rejections on it…I’m here now.
After writing this for a decade, losing the entire thing when my laptop got stolen, quitting, writing it all over again from scratch, then getting hundreds (literally hundreds) of rejections on it…I’m here now.
📚Obligatory author photo with stacks of my own book📚
I'm not sure what to say on Pub Day Eve. This has been 20 years in the making. Thanks to everyone who read and believed in and supported this book and thanks to everyone who will 💜
I'm not sure what to say on Pub Day Eve. This has been 20 years in the making. Thanks to everyone who read and believed in and supported this book and thanks to everyone who will 💜
February 13, 2024 at 12:49 AM
📚Obligatory author photo with stacks of my own book📚
I'm not sure what to say on Pub Day Eve. This has been 20 years in the making. Thanks to everyone who read and believed in and supported this book and thanks to everyone who will 💜
I'm not sure what to say on Pub Day Eve. This has been 20 years in the making. Thanks to everyone who read and believed in and supported this book and thanks to everyone who will 💜
IN ONE WEEK…Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear will be out.
To mark the occasion, I’m taking another selfie in which I’m totally fine about it*
*I’m screaming internally.
Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear. Feb 13, 2024.
bit.ly/3Ctbdla
To mark the occasion, I’m taking another selfie in which I’m totally fine about it*
*I’m screaming internally.
Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear. Feb 13, 2024.
bit.ly/3Ctbdla
February 6, 2024 at 2:28 PM
IN ONE WEEK…Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear will be out.
To mark the occasion, I’m taking another selfie in which I’m totally fine about it*
*I’m screaming internally.
Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear. Feb 13, 2024.
bit.ly/3Ctbdla
To mark the occasion, I’m taking another selfie in which I’m totally fine about it*
*I’m screaming internally.
Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear. Feb 13, 2024.
bit.ly/3Ctbdla
🚨DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR IS ON NETGALLEY🚨
Also on Edelweiss but I’ve been on there for months 😂 GO RIGHT NOW! REQUEST IT & REVIEW! AND ADD ON GOODREADS! AND PREORDER! Or just one of those things, I’m not picky 😂
Also on Edelweiss but I’ve been on there for months 😂 GO RIGHT NOW! REQUEST IT & REVIEW! AND ADD ON GOODREADS! AND PREORDER! Or just one of those things, I’m not picky 😂
January 2, 2024 at 6:35 PM
🚨DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR IS ON NETGALLEY🚨
Also on Edelweiss but I’ve been on there for months 😂 GO RIGHT NOW! REQUEST IT & REVIEW! AND ADD ON GOODREADS! AND PREORDER! Or just one of those things, I’m not picky 😂
Also on Edelweiss but I’ve been on there for months 😂 GO RIGHT NOW! REQUEST IT & REVIEW! AND ADD ON GOODREADS! AND PREORDER! Or just one of those things, I’m not picky 😂
It is ✨2024 ✨ and officially my debut year... I present the rare photo that doesn't feature some kind of food. Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear comes out this year... DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR COMES OUT IN SIX WEEKS. I'm excited!*
*I am literally terrified.
*I am literally terrified.
January 1, 2024 at 5:54 PM
It is ✨2024 ✨ and officially my debut year... I present the rare photo that doesn't feature some kind of food. Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear comes out this year... DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR COMES OUT IN SIX WEEKS. I'm excited!*
*I am literally terrified.
*I am literally terrified.
2nd trade review--this one from Publishers Weekly! Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear is out 2/13/24. If you like voicey fantasy with humor, romance, unlikely heroes & misfit ensembles, bitch cats, & magical zombie apocalypses, preorder here 😊: bit.ly/3Ctbdla
November 20, 2023 at 2:49 PM
2nd trade review--this one from Publishers Weekly! Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear is out 2/13/24. If you like voicey fantasy with humor, romance, unlikely heroes & misfit ensembles, bitch cats, & magical zombie apocalypses, preorder here 😊: bit.ly/3Ctbdla
⭐️MY FIRST KIRKUS REVIEW⭐️
And it's a STAR? This book is extremely close to my heart. So thrilled that this REALLY WEIRD BOOK is making its way out into the world and finding people who love it.
And it's a STAR? This book is extremely close to my heart. So thrilled that this REALLY WEIRD BOOK is making its way out into the world and finding people who love it.
November 17, 2023 at 5:09 PM
⭐️MY FIRST KIRKUS REVIEW⭐️
And it's a STAR? This book is extremely close to my heart. So thrilled that this REALLY WEIRD BOOK is making its way out into the world and finding people who love it.
And it's a STAR? This book is extremely close to my heart. So thrilled that this REALLY WEIRD BOOK is making its way out into the world and finding people who love it.
Um…apparently DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR has been chosen as a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection!!??!!?
THANK YOU JLG for getting my book into the hands of librarians who will get it into the hands of the readers who need it most.
Preorder: bit.ly/3Ctbdla
THANK YOU JLG for getting my book into the hands of librarians who will get it into the hands of the readers who need it most.
Preorder: bit.ly/3Ctbdla
November 17, 2023 at 2:22 PM
Um…apparently DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR has been chosen as a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection!!??!!?
THANK YOU JLG for getting my book into the hands of librarians who will get it into the hands of the readers who need it most.
Preorder: bit.ly/3Ctbdla
THANK YOU JLG for getting my book into the hands of librarians who will get it into the hands of the readers who need it most.
Preorder: bit.ly/3Ctbdla
✨GOODREADS GIVEAWAY✨
So this is happening lol! You have 14 days—go get your copy of DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR!!
Going on now until Nov 27th
www.goodreads.com/book/show/17...
So this is happening lol! You have 14 days—go get your copy of DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR!!
Going on now until Nov 27th
www.goodreads.com/book/show/17...
November 13, 2023 at 3:11 PM
✨GOODREADS GIVEAWAY✨
So this is happening lol! You have 14 days—go get your copy of DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR!!
Going on now until Nov 27th
www.goodreads.com/book/show/17...
So this is happening lol! You have 14 days—go get your copy of DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR!!
Going on now until Nov 27th
www.goodreads.com/book/show/17...
To celebrate finishing 2nd pass pages on Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear, I’m doing my first ARC Giveaway on Instagram! Closing in on 4 months out and I’m not panicking or anything…
Link to Instagram post:
www.instagram.com/p/CyLelyxLX1...
Link to Instagram post:
www.instagram.com/p/CyLelyxLX1...
October 9, 2023 at 1:27 PM
To celebrate finishing 2nd pass pages on Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear, I’m doing my first ARC Giveaway on Instagram! Closing in on 4 months out and I’m not panicking or anything…
Link to Instagram post:
www.instagram.com/p/CyLelyxLX1...
Link to Instagram post:
www.instagram.com/p/CyLelyxLX1...
Just bullying my nieces in the family group chat
September 10, 2023 at 5:09 PM
Just bullying my nieces in the family group chat
It's been a lot of mind blowing firsts recently and it's just starting to hit home that this is actually happening. If you like voicey fantasy with humor, romance, unlikely heroes & misfit ensembles, bitch cats, & magical zombie apocalypses, get ready.
September 10, 2023 at 2:26 PM
It's been a lot of mind blowing firsts recently and it's just starting to hit home that this is actually happening. If you like voicey fantasy with humor, romance, unlikely heroes & misfit ensembles, bitch cats, & magical zombie apocalypses, get ready.