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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#DVParty Day 4: my book as a meme When you travel to Ireland to face your haunted past but end up being haunted for real 😑

Ben Affleck smoking a cigarette and looking annoyed meme.

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#DVParty Day 3: First line The roar of the ocean welcomes me back, familiar and haunting, the sound of a past I can't forget. 🌊🖤

The roar of the ocean welcomes me back, familiar and haunting, the sound of a past I can't forget - first line for DV Party Day 3

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

#DVParty Day 2 Rosie has spent years pushing people away, struggling with her mental health, haunted by her friend's death, and denying the fact that she sees ghosts. One trip to Ireland changes everything.

DV Party Day 2: Introduce your main character, with faded out collage images in the background

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#DVParty Day 1 Excited to share a mood board for YOU HAVE TO GO BACK, my upmarket romantic horror about a woman who travels to Ireland to find the truth about her friend's death but instead finds a terrifying presence out for revenge. THE GUEST LIST + THE HAUNTING OF PAYNES HOLLOW

A collage of dark Gothic photos including the Irish coast, an old church window, a ghost in a chair, the ocean, and a woman and man looking worried

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Excited to share that I have 3 local book events for Across the Earth & Sky coming up this fall! 📚Sept. 29: Book Launch, KO Lee Aberdeen Library, 5-7 p.m. 📚Oct. 15: Author Fair, KO Lee Aberdeen Library, 5-7 p.m. 📚Nov. 7: Author Signing, Novel Ideas Bookstore, 10 a.m.-noon Hope to see you there!💖

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Me, an author on pub day: Maybe I'll get a nice email from a reader or good publishing news! My inbox:

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

🌠Exciting news🌠 Across the Earth and Sky is now available on Kindle Unlimited! www.amazon.com/Across-Earth... If you've read ATEAS, please consider leaving a review. 📚 THANK YOU for supporting my new release that's Station 11 meets Thelma & Louise with chronic illness rep! ❤️

Across the Earth and Sky book cover: Now available on Kindle Unlimited! Please leave a review!

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

It's release day for Across the Earth and Sky! 🎉 ✨ End-of-the-world adventure ✨ Station 11 + Thelma & Louise ✨ Chronic illness rep ✨ Ride-or-die friendship ✨ Found family ✨ Available in Kindle Unlimited! 📚 Get your copy here: www.amazon.com/Across-Earth...

Across the Earth and sky - available now!

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

No big deal, just all of my dreams come true in one picture. 😭🥰💖

All three of my kids holding all three of my books.

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Thank you! My new book, Across the Earth and Sky, comes out Tuesday! It's Station 11 meets Thelma and Louise with chronic illness rep - only $2.99 for the ebook! www.amazon.com/dp/B0HBYXBS5W

Across the Earth and Sky book cover with starry night sky, dark trees, and the moon.

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

✨New agent/editor guide for the novel I'm querying!✨ 🖤Haunted Guest List+Leap Year 🖤Enemies to lovers 🖤Murder mystery 🖤Gothic vibes 🖤Toxic friendships 🖤Book club appeal I'm excited about the agents/editor who have the full & upcoming pitch opportunities! 📚Agents/editors, feel free to reach out!📚

You have to go back agent and editor guide

The pitch: when a woman travels to Ireland for a reunion to find the truth about her friends death, she must team up with a grumpy but handsome local man to solve the murder - and escape the vengeful presence stalking them across the green fields and boglands of the Irish countryside. Querying now, agent and editor interest

The comps: supernatural elements of the new couple in 5b, atmospheric suspense of the guest list, horror crossover of haunting of Maddy clare, enemies to lovers romance of leap year

Mood board with atmospheric photos including a creepy ghost in a chair, couple embracing, foggy resort, and the Irish coast

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Across the Earth & Sky is now available for preorder in paperback!🎉 ✨Station 11+Thelma & Louise ✨Chronic illness rep ✨End of the world adventure ✨Found family ✨Ride or die friendship ✨I'd find you in any universe vibes Coming September 8! 📚Preorder here: www.amazon.com/Across-Earth...

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

🚨It’s happening🚨 You can now preorder my new book, Across the Earth and Sky! 🎉📚 And it's only $2.99 for a limited time! ✨ Thrilling near-future adventure ✨ Found family ✨ Ride-or-die friendship ✨ Romance ✨ Chronic illness rep Coming September 8! ➡️ Preorder here: www.amazon.com/dp/B0HBYXBS5W

Preorder now coming September 8 - found family, end of the world adventure, chronic illness rep, ride or die friendship

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE+LEAP YEAR I (39F) think a ghost is haunting my college reunion at a sprawling Irish coastal inn, but the only person who believes me is a grumpy (40M) local man I can't decide if I love or hate. AITA? #Questpit #A #H #T #R #Q ✨Recently revised✨agent/editor interest✨

a collage of dark photos including a beach, a ghost in a chair, women dancing, a Gothic window, a couple embracing, a woman looking scared and a woman in the water

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

THE HUNTING PARTY + KNIVES OUT, but make it haunted A reunion on the Irish coast. A 20-year-old murder. One angry entity out for justice - and revenge. 🖤 Toxic friendships 🖤 Enemies to lovers 🖤 Gothic vibes 🖤 Murder mystery 🖤 Isolated setting #Questpit #A #H #T #R #Q

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I’m so excited to share the beautiful cover for my new book, Across the Earth and Sky! 🥳😍📚 It is absolutely gorgeous and I’m so thrilled! A huge thank you to designer Erica Lucke Dean and Red Adept Publishing! ✨ Coming September 8, 2026! ✨ redadeptpublishing.com/product/acro...

Cover reveal for across the Earth and Sky coming September 8 with cover image of Starry sky and moon and trees

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I sent out my first newsletter and included #DisabilityPrideMonth book recs! Check out these amazing books: 📚It's All in Your Head 📚Seven Days in June 📚Always Only You 📚Get A Life, Chloe Brown 📚The Kiss Quotient 📚We Are Made of Scars and Starlight elissagrosselldickey.substack.com/p/why-the-ne...

Disability Pride Month Book Recs: seven Days in June, it's all in your head, always only you, the kiss quotient, we are made of scars and starlight, get a life Chloe Brown

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

It's true: I'm starting an author newsletter! 📚 I'm excited to share book recommendations and other fun stuff... and I might have an exciting update to share soon. 👀 ➡️ Subscribe here: elissagrosselldickey.substack.com/subscribe

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

A 1990s style #UnhingedPit: FATAL SECRETS + FALL INTO DARKNESS 🖤 Romantic thriller-horror crossover 🖤 Murder mystery 🖤 Dual timeline 🖤 Enemies to lovers 🖤 A vengeful ghost chasing them across the Irish countryside 📚 #agents & #editors ~ #AmQuerying now #A #H #T #R #Q

Book cover image of Fatal Secrets by Richie Tankersley Cusick

Book cover image of Fall into Darkness by Christopher Pike

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Did you know I have a book coming out this year? 🎉 You can now add it on Goodreads! 📚 Across the Earth and Sky is thrilling, romantic speculative women's fiction with chronic illness rep. I'm so excited - stay tuned for more updates! 💖 ➡️ Add it here: www.goodreads.com/book/show/25...

A collage of images relating to the book Across the Earth and Sky, including a shuttle, a sad woman, a couple, a lonely highway, a woman with a gun, a dark forest, and a hand reaching for the moon.

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

LEAP YEAR, but creepy Rosie’s trip to Ireland has everything: 👻 A vengeful ghost 🖤 A grumpy-but-handsome local man 💀 A twenty year old secret that needs to be unburied. ✨Querying now • revised for pacing✨ #QuestPit #Q #A #T #H #R #U #DIS #S #MY

Mood board: images of a woman, a man, the ocean, a ghost, a spooky house and an old crumbling building and. The Irish coast

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

THE NEW COUPLE IN 5B+THE GUEST LIST 🖤Atmospheric Thriller 🖤Horror Crossover 🖤Enemies to lovers 🖤Supernatural elements Rosie returns to Ireland to face her haunted past—and a real haunting—as she teams up with a mysterious local man to solve a murder. #QuestPit #Q #A #T #H #R #DIS #AgentGuide

20 years after a study abroad trip ended in tragedy, Rosie Hopkins returns to Ireland and must face her haunted past - and a real haunting - as she teams up with a mysterious local man to solve a murder.

The comps: supernatural elements: new couple in 5b; atmospheric thriller: guest list; romantic subplot: leap year; horror crossover: haunting of Maddy clare

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Had so much fun yesterday at the Huron Public Library Author Fair! Libraries are the best. 📚💖🥰

An author at her book table at a library author fair

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

GUEST LIST+HAUNTING OF MADDY CLARE Twenty years after a study abroad trip ended in tragedy, Rosie returns to Ireland to face her haunted past - and a real haunting - as she teams up with a local man to solve a murder. 🖤Enemies to lovers 🖤Gothic vibes 🖤Murder mystery #PosterPit #Q #A #H #R #Dis

To find the truth, she must face the past that comes back to haunt her. YOU HAVE TO GO BACK. Newly revised; querying now; full manuscript with multiple agents.

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

It's March 1, which means it's the first day of MS Awareness Month, and also the book birthday for my debut novel, The Speed of Light! 📚 I can't believe it's been 5 years...thank you to everyone who has read, reviewed, and supported my book! 🧡 elissadickey.com

5 years of The Speed of Light, 9000 reviews, holiday romance, chronic illness rep, thrilling suspense, dual timeline, with quote from the book: one moment can change everything. A shooter. A devastating diagnosis. A handsome stranger. The terrifying truth about life is you never know which one you're going to get. What a terrifying, beautiful truth.

A compelling and provocative debut novel told in intersecting timelines over a tumultuous, defining year in one woman’s life.

Simone is trying her best not to think of what she’s lost. Diagnosed with MS, she awaits the results of another anxiety-inducing MRI. She’s just walked away from Connor, “a fixer” but possibly the love of her life. And nearing the holidays, the sights and sounds of winter in South Dakota only prick memories of better years gone by. Then, on a December morning at the university where she works, jarring gunshots pierce the halls. In a temporary safe place and terrified, Simone listens and pretends this will all be over soon.

As she waits for silence, her mind racing, Simone’s past year comes into focus. Falling in love and missing it. Finding strength in family and enduring friendships. Planning for the future, fearing it, and hoping against hope in dark places. Her life has been changing at the speed of light, and each crossroad brought Simone here, to this day, to endure the things she can’t control and to confront those that she can.

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

For #UnhingedPit, here's my gothic romantic horror in X-Files memes: 🖤 A Mulder-and-Scully-esque duo trying not to fall for each other while 👻Ghost-hunting and solving a murder in Ireland SPOOKY MULDER + SKEPTICAL SCULLY #A #H #R #Q

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

LEAP YEAR + THE HAUNTING OF MADDY CLARE When Rosie returns to Ireland, she must face her haunted past—and a real haunting—as she teams up with a grumpy-but-handsome local man to solve a murder. 🖤 Enemies to lovers 🖤 Gothic 🖤 Murder mystery #Cupit #A #Q #HOR #GR

Collage of photos including an Irish cottage, a face, church, the sea - you have to go back

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Rosie's trip to Ireland is to die for. To survive, she needs to: ❤️ Solve a murder ❤️ Try not to fall for a handsome stranger. ❤️ Escape the vengeful ghost stalking her across the Irish countryside. THE HAUNTING OF MADDY CLARE + THE GUEST LIST #Cupit #A #Q #HOR #GR

A vengeful ghost. A 20 year old murder. A mysterious stranger. Finding the truth might cost her life. Now querying.

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

THE HAUNTING OF MADDY CLARE + THE GUEST LIST Twenty years after a study abroad trip ended in tragedy, Rosie returns to Ireland and must face her haunted past—and a real haunting—as she teams up with a grumpy-but-handsome local man to solve a murder. 🖤 #MuPPit #Q #A #Goth #R #P #Sup

Haunting images of a face, church, the sea and Irish coast - you have to go back

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Rosie's trip to Ireland is to die for. To survive, she needs to: 🖤 Solve a murder 🖤 Try not to fall for a handsome stranger. 🖤 Escape the vengeful ghost stalking her across the Irish countryside. THE HAUNTING OF MADDY CLARE + THE GUEST LIST #MuPPit #Q #A #Goth #R #P #Sup

A vengeful ghost. A 20 year old murder. A mysterious stranger. Finding the truth might cost her life. Now querying Gothic romantic horror.

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

GUEST LIST+HAUNTING OF MADDY CLARE+LEAP YEAR Haunted by her past, Rosie must team up with a handsome local man to solve a murder—and outrun the monstrous presence stalking them across the Irish countryside. 🖤Gothic 🖤Enemies to lovers 🖤Murder mystery 📚Querying #agents now! #QuestPit #A #H #Dis #Q

Book cover of ocean waves crashing against the shore – You have to go back; enemies to lovers; the haunting of maddy clare + the guest list; gothic vibes; murder mystery; pitch: Twenty years after a study abroad trip ended in tragedy, Rosie returns to Ireland to ind the truth and must face her haunted past—and a real haunting—as she teams up with a handsome local man to solve a murder.

A collage of book-related images including a woman in the water, the Irish coast, a cottage, and a couple embracing.

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

LEAP YEAR, but haunted Rosie's travel to-do list: 🇮🇪 Return to Ireland 💀 Solve a murder 💚 Try not to fall for the mysterious local man 🧟‍♀️ Escape the monstrous presence stalking her 📚 Querying now - #agents, please reach out if you'd like to see it! 📚 #QuestPit #A #H #Horromance #R #Dis #Gothic #Q

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

THE HAUNTING OF MADDY CLARE+THE GUEST LIST Twenty years after a study abroad trip ended in tragedy, Rosie returns to Ireland and must face her haunted past—and a real haunting—as she teams up with a grumpy-but-handsome local man to solve a murder. #QuestPit #A #H #Gothic #Horromance #R #Dis #Q

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

✨New book update✨ I finished content edits for Across the Earth and Sky! 🎉 Thrilled to be one step closer to getting this book out in the world! It has romance, ride or die friendship, and chronic illness rep, and I can't wait for you all to read it. 📚 Stay tuned for more updates! elissadickey.com

Collage of book related images including a shuttle launching, two women walking together, a deserted highway, a forest, the moon, and a couple embracing.

Across the Earth and Sky is a thrilling, romantic story set in a dangerous near future Midwest that follows two best friends who find their way back to each other at the end of the world, coming next year from Red Adept Publishing.

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

LEAP YEAR, but make it haunted 👻 Rosie's travel to-do list: 🇮🇪 Return to Ireland 💀 Solve a murder 💚 Try not to fall for the mysterious local man 🧟‍♀️ Escape the monstrous presence stalking her #QuestPit #A #H #R #Dis #Horromance #Gothic #Q

Mood board with images of the Irish coast, couple embracing, ghostly figure, woman in the water

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

The HAUNTING OF MADDY CLARE + THE GUEST LIST 🖤Horromance 🖤Gothic vibes 🖤Enemies to lovers When Rosie returns to Ireland, she must team up with a handsome local man to find her friend's killer—and escape the terrifying presence that's stalking her. #QuestPit #A #H #R #Dis #Q

Mood board with images including the Irish coast, a cottage, a woman in the water, a couple embracing, and a ghostly figure.

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

An #AgentsGuide to my gothic horromance! 🖤 THE HAUNTING OF MADDY CLARE + THE GUEST LIST Rosie's travel to-do list: 🇮🇪 Return to Ireland 💀 Solve a murder 💚 Try not to fall for the mysterious local man 🧟‍♀️ Escape the monstrous presence stalking her #QuestPit #A #H #R #Dis #Q

Pitch: haunted by the memory of her friend's tragic death, Rosie returns to Ireland to search for answers and must team up with a grumpy but handsome local man to uncover the truth-and escape the terrifying presence that's stalking her. Blurb: "Like moonlight on a storm tossed sea, YOU HAVE TO GO BACK captivates with haunting secrets hidden just below the surface." - Paulette Kennedy, bestselling author of The Devil and Mrs. Davenport

Comps: the guest list, haunting of Maddy Clare, leap year (but haunted); enemies to lovers, horromance, Gothic vibes, a haunting in ireland

Mood board including the Irish coast, a cottage, woman in the water, a ghostly figure, and a couple embracing

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

THE HAUNTING OF MADDY CLARE + THE GUEST LIST 🖤 Horromance 🖤 Gothic vibes 🖤 Enemies to lovers When Rosie returns to Ireland, she must team up with a handsome local man to find her friend's killer—and escape the terrifying presence that's stalking her. #GhostPit #A #H #Horromance #R #Dis #Q 👻

Collage of black and white book related images including the Irish coast, a couple embracing, a ghostly figure, a cottage, and a woman in the water.

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

LEAP YEAR, but make it haunted 👻 Rosie's travel to-do list: 🇮🇪 Return to Ireland ☠️Solve a murder 💚Try not to fall for the mysterious local man 🧌Escape the monstrous presence that's stalking her #GhostPit #A #H #R #Horromance #Dis #Q

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Tonight's regional author fair was so much fun! I had great conversations with readers, writers, and friends. ❤️ Thank you to everyone at KO Lee Library - we seriously have the best local library ever! 📚 And thank you as always to my amazing husband, who is so supportive and always there for me. 🥰

A stack of The Speed of Light paperbacks

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Very late to the #DVParty, but I hope it's still okay to jump in and share my mood board for my romantic horror! 🖤

A collage of photos including a ghostly figure, the Irish countryside, the ocean, and a couple embracing.

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

I had so much fun at my author visit at Vermillion Public Library! Thank you for having me! 📚

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Three years of Iris in the Dark! 📚 Thank you to everyone who has read, reviewed, and supported my second book. 💙 bookshop.org/p/books/iris...?

A copy of Iris in the Dark held up with an iris in the background.

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

It's #MSAwarenessWeek, and this month marks four years since The Speed of Light, my debut about a woman living with MS, published! 🎉📚 Four years and almost 10,000 reviews later, I'm so grateful for each and every reader. 🧡 #ThisIsMS #BookSky

Copies of The Speed of Light in paperback, on ebook, the Estonian version, audiobook on a phone, a coffee cup and lit candle with necklace

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

✨BOOK NEWS✨ I'm thrilled to share that my third book, Across the Earth and Sky, has found a home with Red Adept Publishing!🎉 So grateful to Red Adept and excited to bring this thrilling, romantic story with MS rep into the world. I'll share more as I can so stay tuned!📚

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Book news: ACROSS THE EARTH AND SKY by Elissa Grossell Dickey, following two best friends who find their way back to each other at the end of the world, will be published by Red Adept Publishing. Coming in 2026! elissadickey.com

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Thank you so much to the S.D. Association of Towns and Townships Spouse's Program for inviting me to speak with them! This was such a wonderful group of people, and I'm so grateful that I got to talk to them about my path to publishing and my journey with MS. 🧡📚

A group photo including an author holding her books

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 20/10/2024

Hi, agents and editors! I created an #AgentGuide for my completed manuscripts. If you like thrilling, romantic upmarket fiction with chronic illness rep, take a look! (And please share!) ⬇️📚🧵 First up, SURFACING: #AmQuerying #AmWriting #WritingCommunity

An agent/editor's guide to

SURFACING

By Elissa Grossell Dickey/@elissadickey

What readers can expect/Tropes:

DUAL TIMELINE

Enemies to lovers

toxic friendships

gothic vibes

MURDER MYSTERY

beautiful irish setting

REVENGE

Pitch:

When Rosie Hopkins returns to Ireland and learns the tragic death of her classmate twenty years ago was no accident, she must team up with a handsome local man to find the truth of what happened—even if it means unearthing dark secrets from her closest friends.

Comps:

for fans of:

Big Little Lies

The Guest List

IN A dARK, dARK WOOD

THE BODYGUARD

LEAP YEAR

KNIVES OUT

HOZIER’S LIKE REAL PEOPLE DO

NOVEL AESTHETIC: with photos of the ocean, Irish landscape, couple embracing, a dark tree, and text: The past is close, clawing up through the dirt, surfacing whether I’m ready or not.

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 17/07/2024

July is Disability Pride Month, so it's a great time to check out my debut, The Speed of Light! It has: ✨ Multiple sclerosis rep ✨ Swoony romance ✨ Page-turning suspense 📚 Links: elissadickey.com #DisabilityPrideMonth #ThisIsMS 🧡

Paperback copy of The Speed of Light, with a cover that's a dark blue frosted windshield with snowflakes, sitting on a bunch of red, white, and purple flowers.

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Elissa Grossell Dickey @elissadickey.bsky.social · 16/07/2024

Me after scrolling way back to find my date of birth. (But yay, I'm finally joining Bluesky! 👋🏻)

Meme of a tired Pedro Pascal from The Last of Us

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