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Emily Thiede @ektwrites.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

ICYMI! My upcoming romantic fantasy, GIODED WINGS— a charming newsie with ✨secrets✨ and an idealistic factory girl who masquerade as Gilded Age socialites to uncover the truth about the dragons hunting the skies over NYC— is available on Netgalley!

Book cover for GILDED WINGS:
A colorful historical city skyline with smoke taking the form of dragons, and a young man in suspenders and a newsie cap facing a young woman in a ballgown with a tiny dragon tiara

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Emily Thiede @ektwrites.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

It’s that time again! You can pre-order GILDED WINGS, my next romantic fantasy—where Newsies x Dragons, and love sparks a revolution—for 25% off in the BN pre-order sale! (And if you’re looking for a signed copy, you can pre-order via my linktree from Bluebird Books and Fountain Books! 📰) 🔗 below!

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Emily Thiede @ektwrites.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

It’s here, it’s here! COVER REVEAL for my next YA romantic fantasy, GILDED WINGS! Thank you so much to designer Anto Marr and to Gabrielle Gallo Canono for illustrating this absolute stunner! I can’t wait to share Stella and Gentry’s story with readers!

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Emily Thiede @ektwrites.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Remember when I promised that my next book would bring real “eat the rich” energy? Well, these dragons are coming at you in 2027 and we’re going on strike! 📰 #GildedWingsBook

Book deal announcement: Vicki Lame at Wednesday Books has bought, in an exclusive submission, North American rights to Gilded Wings by Emily Thiede (This Vicious Grace), a YA fantasy romance pitched as for fans of The Buccaneers, Newsies, and The Gilded Wolves, in which a young woman runs away to a reimagined New York City, only to discover danger beyond the dragons circling above as she and a handsome, streetwise newsie go undercover among the wealthy elite to expose what—or who—is conspiring to control the city. Publication is set for winter 2027; Chelsea Eberly at Folio Jr./Folio Literary Management did the two-book deal while at Greenhouse Literary Agency.

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Emily Thiede @ektwrites.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Hello Baltimore! I’ll be at the Baltimore Book Festival on Saturday so come on by and say hello!

Baltimore Book Festival Panels:
Peabody Heights Stage, Sat Sept 13
12-1 PM: Neurodivergence and Creativity in Speculative Fiction
7-8pm: SFWA After Dark

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Emily Thiede @ektwrites.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Charlottesville VA says We Are Tired of This Shit Total Population: 100k % Protesting: A LOT #NoKingsDay

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Emily Thiede @ektwrites.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

The kind that’s small and black and made me scream “Reeee!!!” while running away?

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Emily Thiede @ektwrites.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Regardless of how you feel about TikTok this should send chill downs your spine. This kind of shameless groveling before a political figure should be an ominous warning for everyone and every aspect of society.

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Emily Thiede @ektwrites.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Rewatching Hook with my kids and realized the lost boys all wear clothes from the time when they came to Never Land and THAT’S why the littles who knew him and thus believe that Peter is Pan are all dressed like 1900 newsies while the “older” cooler boys who look like 1980s TV characters don’t 😭😭😭

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Emily Thiede @ektwrites.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

NEWS: I signed something bookishly exciting this week! 💛 I’m very excited to tell you all about it soon—and you can join my newsletter via linktree to be the first to know!—but until then, it’s safe to say you can expect to see me wearing this hat quite often in the days to come! 😘

Photo of the author carrying a newspaper and wearing a Baker Boy/Newsboy cap

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Emily Thiede @ektwrites.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Tomorrow!! Roanoke, VA, come see us!

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Emily Thiede @ektwrites.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Post the cover of a book you read way before you were ready for it. (No regrets! The original horny telepathic dragons changed my brain chemistry forever)

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Emily Thiede @ektwrites.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Follow the yellow brick road

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Emily Thiede @ektwrites.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

This Vicious Grace and This Cursed Light are also available from Hodder/Hachette in the UK:

Book Cover
Title: This Vicious Grace by Emily Thiede
Text in copper lettering on a beige background, with an illustrated border of lemon trees, books, swords, and mountainous islands.
Tagline: Her gift can save or it can kill

Book Cover
This Cursed Light by Emily Thiede
Text in blue lettering on a beige background, with an illustrated border of gondola ferro, sinking buildings, swords, ship steering wheels, and mountainous islands.
Tagline: What would you sacrifice for love?

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Emily Thiede @ektwrites.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Hello Bluesky! I’m Emily Thiede, author of fantasy novels featuring characters who love ✨bantering, bickering, innuendo, and falling in love while saving the world ✨ My debut, THIS VICIOUS GRACE was chosen by Indie Next, BN Book Club, and Fairyloot, and the sequel, THIS CURSED LIGHT ⚔️ is out now!

Book cover
Title: This Cursed Light by Emily Thiede
Tagline: What would you sacrifice for love?
Image: A man’s hand stabs a dagger through a lemon to prick the tip of a woman’s finger. Both the lemon and the finger drip a single drop of blood

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Emily Thiede @ektwrites.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Whoops, I missed this one so I ran to GoodReads to see what everyone else loves most, and my readers are on the same page: #SFFtalk #bookquotes

Screenshot from Goodreads

“Keep your gods and goddesses on their pedestals if you want, but the rituals, the rules, the isolation? You know that isn’t really from them, right? That’s written by mortals. Men, mostly. We have a bad habit of locking up people who scare us, and the thing that scares men with power most is a woman with more of it.”

“Cry. Rage. You deserve to. You’re angry, and you should be, but you get to choose whether it will make you bitter or make you better.”
-Emily Thiede, This Vicious Grace (The Last Finestra, #1)

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Emily Thiede @ektwrites.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Hi butterflies! I’m Emily Thiede, author of romantic YA fantasy full of banter, innuendo, and messy found families saving the world🍋 My debut duology, This Vicious Grace and This Cursed Light, is available everywhere books are sold and the Nerd Daily says it all in the final line here:

NERD DAILY: This immersive fantasy features an incredibly dynamic backdrop and it is imbued with magic that just breathes life into the characters. Much like its cover, it’s rich with beautiful storytelling, compelling characters that will sear themselves to your very soul by the end. There’s betrayal, forbidden romantic entanglements, found family, political machinations, and so much to love about this book. Despite the fact this story is fantasy fiction, I think many will identify with Alessa, because, at her core, she’s a young woman with the weight of the world thrust upon her shoulders and essentially trying to figure it out before the world goes to hell. Literally. Currently, I think most of us feel the same. I would definitely say to add this to your TBR, but if you’re someone who really enjoys listening to your books, listen to this one. The narration is phenomenal, and keeps you on the edge of your seat until the very end.

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Emily Thiede @ektwrites.bsky.social · 24/09/2023

I missed #BiVisibilityDay because we lost internet and then we lost power so it’s a day late but please enjoy Alessa from This Vicious Grace 🍋 recapping her first bi panic moment in This Cursed Light

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Emily Thiede @ektwrites.bsky.social · 06/09/2023

It’s the @bnbuzz Pre-Order sale— last chance to grab This Cursed Light for 25% off (plus an additional 10% if you’re a premium member! AND you’ll automatically be entered into a very cool sweepstakes! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/this-curse...

Image of cover and discount code PREORDER25

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Emily Thiede @ektwrites.bsky.social · 06/09/2023

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Emily Thiede @ektwrites.bsky.social · 30/08/2023

This kitty belleh is made of clouds and rainbows and it’s softer than you can possibly comprehend (yes she lets us pet the belly)

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Emily Thiede @ektwrites.bsky.social · 16/08/2023

Going to ignore time zones and sneak in a “Happy UK paperback pub day to me!” 💛

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Emily Thiede @ektwrites.bsky.social · 11/08/2023

✨BN BOOK HAUL! ✨ Last chance for 1/2 off the BN exclusive hardcover of This Vicious Grace before This Cursed Light comes out in December (pre-order now!) OR get an extra of each, save receipts for signed bookplates, and TADA! Holiday gift for your fav bookworm! 😍

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Emily Thiede @ektwrites.bsky.social · 05/08/2023

Oh this is some bullshit and I want my book OFF this site (which isn’t even accurate bc I *know the wordcount* and theirs is WRONG

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Emily Thiede @ektwrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2023

Tonight we discovered that the ancient “radio” in our new house is actually a creepy intercom system where we can spy on every room so the upcoming teen years will be exiting!

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Emily Thiede @ektwrites.bsky.social · 21/07/2023

We’re moving in two days and he disassembled our bed. Odds that I get crushed by a rogue headboard in my sleep???

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Emily Thiede @ektwrites.bsky.social · 06/07/2023

Oh hey hi this is fine and I’m very chill about it!

This Cursed Light is available for request on Edelweiss

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Emily Thiede @ektwrites.bsky.social · 05/07/2023

I made a new friend. He shows up every day to watch me clean the pool

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Emily Thiede @ektwrites.bsky.social · 05/07/2023

I often forget birthdays, holidays, and anniversaries (blame adhd) but there’s one date I’ll never forget and jt will be 3 years ago tomorrow. I’m grateful that my clumsy attempt to capture that special kind of grief has resonated with readers but also so sorry that anyone can relate 💜

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