Shana Youngdahl
@shanayoungdahl.bsky.social
Novelist and poet, latest book: A Catalog of Burnt Objects (Dial/Penguin Teen), teacher of writing.
If you or your dog likes signed books, order mine from my local indie Main Street Books St Charles today and they will ship to you.
If you want them PERSONALIZED, make a note to whom they should be signed, and allow a few extra days to ensure I can drop in the store.
If you want them PERSONALIZED, make a note to whom they should be signed, and allow a few extra days to ensure I can drop in the store.
November 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
If you or your dog likes signed books, order mine from my local indie Main Street Books St Charles today and they will ship to you.
If you want them PERSONALIZED, make a note to whom they should be signed, and allow a few extra days to ensure I can drop in the store.
If you want them PERSONALIZED, make a note to whom they should be signed, and allow a few extra days to ensure I can drop in the store.
Friends! I'll be in upstate New York next week! Come say hi!
October 28, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Friends! I'll be in upstate New York next week! Come say hi!
So happy to be seeing stars. If you read it, you can give it some too.
Consider leaving a review on Goodreads and Amazon.
Thank you!
Consider leaving a review on Goodreads and Amazon.
Thank you!
October 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
So happy to be seeing stars. If you read it, you can give it some too.
Consider leaving a review on Goodreads and Amazon.
Thank you!
Consider leaving a review on Goodreads and Amazon.
Thank you!
Yesterday attended a school event with @jodywrites4kids.bsky.social as a board member of the MSB Literacy Foundation. We gave away copies of PANDAS to all the K and 1st graders & after I was as inspired & joyful as the kiddos! Thanks, Jody!
October 9, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Yesterday attended a school event with @jodywrites4kids.bsky.social as a board member of the MSB Literacy Foundation. We gave away copies of PANDAS to all the K and 1st graders & after I was as inspired & joyful as the kiddos! Thanks, Jody!
the birds leave when the camera comes out so you have to imagine!
August 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
the birds leave when the camera comes out so you have to imagine!
Come see me in Minneapolis June 26th where I will be talking with the fantastic Selina Li Bi!
June 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Come see me in Minneapolis June 26th where I will be talking with the fantastic Selina Li Bi!
I love visiting bookclubs! And what a joy to get to talk about As Many Nows As I Can Get, my debut novel, after several months of talking about my new book. If your book club is interested in reading one of my books please feel free to reach out and discuss a visit.
May 31, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I love visiting bookclubs! And what a joy to get to talk about As Many Nows As I Can Get, my debut novel, after several months of talking about my new book. If your book club is interested in reading one of my books please feel free to reach out and discuss a visit.
Check out the fear-mongering being used in Missouri to get folks to try and give up their First Amendment rights and bend the truth about the goals of Mahmoud v. Taylor. This was a direct email to constituents
April 26, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Check out the fear-mongering being used in Missouri to get folks to try and give up their First Amendment rights and bend the truth about the goals of Mahmoud v. Taylor. This was a direct email to constituents
Happy Independent Bookstore Day! Support your local indie today! And did you know, personalized copies of my books are available from Main Street Books St Charles? Note who I should sign it to when you purchase, and they'll tell me to drop by the store, I'll sign and add a postcard and bookmark!
April 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Happy Independent Bookstore Day! Support your local indie today! And did you know, personalized copies of my books are available from Main Street Books St Charles? Note who I should sign it to when you purchase, and they'll tell me to drop by the store, I'll sign and add a postcard and bookmark!
So excited for my first California event--Thursday, April 10th 4:30 Scripps College Margaret Fowler Garden.
April 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
So excited for my first California event--Thursday, April 10th 4:30 Scripps College Margaret Fowler Garden.
Still glowing from some amazing events in Maine @printbookstore.bsky.social and in Farmington with the Thursday Island Reading Series! Next up, California.
March 31, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Still glowing from some amazing events in Maine @printbookstore.bsky.social and in Farmington with the Thursday Island Reading Series! Next up, California.
Join Me On Tour!
March 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Join Me On Tour!
Book launch in a week and a half! Please join me!
March 7, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Book launch in a week and a half! Please join me!
I'm thrilled to share this blurb from the great @jeffzentner.bsky.social. Let's hold onto love and hope (and make our phone calls, do all we can to rise). A Catalog of Burnt Objects is out 3/18/25.
February 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I'm thrilled to share this blurb from the great @jeffzentner.bsky.social. Let's hold onto love and hope (and make our phone calls, do all we can to rise). A Catalog of Burnt Objects is out 3/18/25.
A little PAPERBACK ONSALE promotion: order a paperback of As Many Nows As I Can Get, PM me the proof of purchase and your address and I will
1. send you a postcard
2. enter you in a chance to win an ARC of A Catalog of Burnt Objects
3. Add a $1 to my donation to WNDB Emergency Fund
ends 3.10.25
1. send you a postcard
2. enter you in a chance to win an ARC of A Catalog of Burnt Objects
3. Add a $1 to my donation to WNDB Emergency Fund
ends 3.10.25
February 4, 2025 at 12:36 AM
A little PAPERBACK ONSALE promotion: order a paperback of As Many Nows As I Can Get, PM me the proof of purchase and your address and I will
1. send you a postcard
2. enter you in a chance to win an ARC of A Catalog of Burnt Objects
3. Add a $1 to my donation to WNDB Emergency Fund
ends 3.10.25
1. send you a postcard
2. enter you in a chance to win an ARC of A Catalog of Burnt Objects
3. Add a $1 to my donation to WNDB Emergency Fund
ends 3.10.25
The first trade review of A Catalog of Burnt Objects had me tearing up for only good reasons. . .
November 23, 2024 at 6:51 PM
The first trade review of A Catalog of Burnt Objects had me tearing up for only good reasons. . .
Oh! Fun that so many of you are here now! By way of an introduction, this is my cat and his lemon tree. . .
November 20, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Oh! Fun that so many of you are here now! By way of an introduction, this is my cat and his lemon tree. . .
Another day left of this sale! Check out my new book and the new paperback of my debut novel, As Many Nows As I Can Get
July 16, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Another day left of this sale! Check out my new book and the new paperback of my debut novel, As Many Nows As I Can Get
Check it out! The cover for my new novel A Catalog of Burnt Objects and the stunning paperback of my debut As Many Nows As I Can Get
June 20, 2024 at 9:05 PM
Check it out! The cover for my new novel A Catalog of Burnt Objects and the stunning paperback of my debut As Many Nows As I Can Get
I started a newsletter! If you're interested in talking creativity/process/mess follow me over on substack.
May 2, 2024 at 10:41 PM
I started a newsletter! If you're interested in talking creativity/process/mess follow me over on substack.
We decked the halls. Willow approved.
December 4, 2023 at 2:07 AM
We decked the halls. Willow approved.
We had an excellent time at the CD Wright Women Writers Conference talking poetic inheritance and connection!
November 6, 2023 at 9:37 PM
We had an excellent time at the CD Wright Women Writers Conference talking poetic inheritance and connection!
This is happening tonight! STL area folks come celebrate Chloe Gong's new book Foul Heart Huntsman with me! I'm so excited!
October 5, 2023 at 1:36 PM
This is happening tonight! STL area folks come celebrate Chloe Gong's new book Foul Heart Huntsman with me! I'm so excited!