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India Holton

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USA Today, Indie, and international bestselling author of the DANGEROUS DAMSELS and LOVE'S ACADEMIC series. More scared of heights than someone who wrote about flying houses ought to be.

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India Holton @indiaholton.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Look at the stunningly beautiful cover for my upcoming cozy cottagecore romantasy Wishspun! The artist is the wonderful Runa Mareuty. I adore her work and am so incredibly grateful that she created such a gorgeous cover for my book!
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India Holton @indiaholton.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
I come here so seldom, it takes me a minute to find the post button. But what lovely conversations go on here. It feels like the place for artists and dreamers.
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Sabie🍄‍🟫🍂🤎 @cozysabie.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Join us in here to potentially build a Cottagecore imprint for fantasy, sci-fi and horror one day: cozysabie.binderybooks.com
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India Holton @indiaholton.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
New book announcement!! I am over the moon to introduce WISHSPUN, a cozy, cottagecore fantasy romance coming 2027. This is truly the book of my heart and I'm having the most wonderful time writing it.
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India Holton @indiaholton.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
It's here! I'm completely in love with the cover for THE ANTIQUARIAN'S OBJECT OF DESIRE!! This cozy fantasy romcom features bff history professors, fake hating, magical antiques, and a hero who's blond but I hope you'll love him despite that. It's available to prėorder and add on Goodreads now.
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India Holton @indiaholton.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
I know I'm never here, I find it too unintuitive for me personally, but I'm popping in to let you know that I'm thinking about starting a private online reader's group for my books. If that's something you'd be interested in, there's a poll in my instagram stories. instagram.com/india.holton 💙
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India Holton @indiaholton.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
I'm so very glad you enjoyed it!!
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India Holton @indiaholton.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Want your room to smell like the fancy parlour in a lady pirate's flying house? Or maybe like the English countryside sparkling with magic? @briarwickcandles.com has made these gorgeous candles inspired by the Dangerous Damsels and Love's Academic series!!! Aaaahhhh!!!
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India Holton @indiaholton.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
On World Autism Day, I'm thinking in particular about these two, who are so very dear to me. All my books feature neurodiversity, but Daniel and Alice (along with Gabriel in The Geographer's Map to Romance) touched my heart in a way I can never forget.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 26/03/2025
Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know
Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know
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Olivia Dade @oliviawrites.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
🌊 Ahoy! SHIP WRECKED is $1.99 right now! 🌊 AMZ: go.oliviadade.com/SWamz B&N: go.oliviadade.com/SWbn Kobo: go.oliviadade.com/SWk Apple: go.oliviadade.com/SWi Google: go.oliviadade.com/SWgp Bookshop.org: go.oliviadade.com/SWbs
The illustrated cover of SHIP WRECKED by Olivia Dade, featuring a line drawing of a jagged cliff over a calm sea, all in cerulean blue. Against that background are an embracing man and woman, close to a kiss, both fat and hot. She's in Viking costume, and he's in a dark gray suit, and he's dipping her back slightly for the upcoming kiss.
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India Holton @indiaholton.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
If you like the sound of: - a dreamy, sunshiney, Anne Shirley coded heroine - a grumpy Mr Darcy coded hero - a story with Twister vibes, but about earth magic - a book Julia Quinn calls "funny" and "cozy" then you might like The Geographer's Map to Romance. Details below ...
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India Holton @indiaholton.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Just got a mail notification that I'm pretty sure means my author copies for The Geographer's Map to Romance are on their way across the ocean. Yay! It's always such an * a m a z i n g * moment to hold the finished book. I can't wait to put her on a shelf with her sisters.
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India Holton @indiaholton.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
"Weird shit" is basically the tagline for The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels. Can I interest anyone in flying houses and a heroine who is excited that she has a contract on her head?
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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Voting for the Locus Awards is OPEN! 🌟 As a non-profit, Locus Magazine champions authors of all kinds, from big names to indies and small press. Subscribers votes count double! Voting ends April 15—make your voice heard! 🚀 Vote here: poll.voting.locusmag... #LocusAwards
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India Holton @indiaholton.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
They say you should write what scares you, but I've always written what brings me joy. Lady pirates in flying houses...professors running after enchanted birds...idiots arguing in the middle of a dangerous magical storm...My hope is that they bring readers some joy too, along with making them think.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Pass it on. #StandWithUkraine
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annetastic @annetasticthoughts.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Another romance-inspired feb manicure, "The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels" by @indiaholton.bsky.social. Proper ladies who are also ruthless pirates with flying houses instead of boats. Pure joy to read. #TheWisteriaSocietyOfLadySoundrels #booksky #nailart
“The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels” book cover, light blue with purple title and wisteria vines around all the edges“The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels” manicure. Base color on all finger light blue. Left thumb has a free-hand skull and crossbones, right thumb has a free-hand teacup. All other fingers have free-hand wisteria bunches
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Dana Fraedrich, Steampunk Fantasy Author (she/her) @danafraedrich.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Y’all, I finished reading this book last week and it was SO GOOD! I resented anything that interrupted my reading of it. I need to dive into @indiaholton.bsky.social ‘s other books IMMEDIATELY.
The book cover for The Orthinologist’s Field Guide to Love
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Briarwick Candles @briarwickcandles.com · 14/02/2025
💐 HISTORICAL ROMANCE 💐 ⁠ 📖 The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton @indiaholton.bsky.social 📖 A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adriana Herrera @adrianaherrera.bsky.social 📖 Ana Maria and the Fox by Liana De La Rosa @lianainbloom.bsky.social
Yellow HISTORICAL ROMANCE Book Bouquet with these books: 
📚 The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton
📚 A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adriana Herrera
📚 Ana Maria and the Fox by Liana De La Rosa
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India Holton @indiaholton.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
What summer does to my brain: I just spent ten minutes wishing I had a cup of tea, only to realise that one had been sitting in front of me the whole time.
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India Holton @indiaholton.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Every now and again I hear people talking about how awesome this place is, so I pop back, block the bots who have followed me in the meanwhile, hunt yet again for the post button, say something inane like this, then leave again. Hugs to everyone!! (Except the bots.)
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Bookish Cat Co @bookishcatco.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
So excited about everything @indiaholton.bsky.social writes! #BookSky
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India Holton @indiaholton.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
69 days until The Geographer's Map to Romance - my Anne of Green Gables meets Twister fantasy romcom - comes out. Just saying. :)
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Eric Palicki @ericpalicki.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
THE meme of 2025 for me.
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India Holton @indiaholton.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Being an anxious introvert is a professional plus for me, since writing is basically overthinking, just with chapters and a three act structure.
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India Holton @indiaholton.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Jonathan Bailey ★★★★★ Jonathan Bailey with nerdy scientist glasses ★★★★★★★★★★
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Jenny L Howe @jennylhowe.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Romance books can be "literary" af. They can be beautifully written. They can be insightful & explore complex issues. They can make important observations. They can change minds. They can save lives. If you only see them as smut, you've never read one. Either that or your misogyny is hanging out.
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India Holton @indiaholton.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
One of the best things about loving the Anne of Green Gables books is that, when you mention this to other people, almost always they answer with how much they love them too, and there follows a moment of shared delight that I know Anne herself would adore.
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Helen Macdonald @hjm.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
My favourite was having dinner with a bunch of Oxford ornithologists. "Braveheart was RUINED for me about halfway through. Everyone knows black-headed gulls didn't nest inland in Scotland until the 1950s"
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India Holton @indiaholton.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
I was supposed to tell you this tomorrow, but I couldn't wait. I'm adding an Ornithologists short story to my preorder incentive pack for The Geographer's Map to Romance.
Bonus Epilogue. Preorder The Geographer's Map to Romance and get a free short story featuring Beth and Devon on an adventure! PLUS a file of exclusive annotations and behind the scenes details for Geographers.In this fun short story, Beth and Devon hunt a very special magical bird, but get more than they bargained for! Exclusive to those who preorser The Geographer's Map to Romance before April 8th.
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India Holton @indiaholton.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
If you enjoyed The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love, stay tuned for a small but hopefully special announcement tomorrow. 💙🐦
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India Holton @indiaholton.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Sometimes when I'm trying to come up with a new story to write, I find a picture on pinterest of someone reading who has my favourite personal aesthetic (since I am my own ideal reader), and I imagine what the book they're holding is about.
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India Holton @indiaholton.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
I handed in The Antiquarian's Object of Desire today. This one's my homage to Howl's Moving Castle (yes, again!) and dark academia, and I had THE BEST time writing it. Also today, I finished writing a special little something I hope to tell you about soon! :) :) :)
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 13/01/2025
Fred Rogers does seem to have been a genuinely decent human being and also he would probably be the first to tell you not to idolize him, but to find in yourself what is beautiful and special and hold that up to the light so that you can see it clearly, and can everyone else.
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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 13/01/2025
I love this and I know I am not adding anything to Tobias' very wise thread, but this is why I usually say "conflict, tension, mystery, and/or uncertainty" when I do writing talks or classes. If a story is moving, it can move because of any of those things.
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India Holton @indiaholton.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
The most Australian thing I've ever read is that the country used to be home to a giant bird known as "the demon duck of doom."
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India Holton @indiaholton.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
ME: hurrah, I've finished my work for now, and can take a short holiday! TWO HOURS LATER: I may just be going mad THREE HOURS LATER: oops, writing a new thing
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India Holton @indiaholton.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
I am here, and ought to put more effort into it, but so far its been very quiet for me, whereas Threads is interesting, busy, and diverse. I'll keep checking in though when I remember.
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India Holton @indiaholton.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Sending love and best wishes to everyone in Los Angeles right now. xx
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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Why do my cats pose for photographs like they’re 18th-century aristocracy?
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India Holton @indiaholton.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Have I ever recovered from Wren Ohmsford and Triss not becoming lovers in The Talismans of Shannara? No, absolutely not, and I never will.
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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 01/01/2025
So hey, let’s start off 2025 maybe making somebody’s life better in a small tangible way. What is a small practical thing—object, lifehack, whatever—that solved a small annoyance for you? For me, did you know you can buy clips with elastic specifically to hold the corner of your fitted sheet on?
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Jimmer Cork-Bottle @jimmerthatisall.bsky.social · 04/01/2024
I have neither the space nor the time for your continuum.
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India Holton @indiaholton.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
What is the most fun feeling in the world and why is it falling in love with a new set of characters in your writing?
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India Holton @indiaholton.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Random fact based on my current re-re-re-read of The Night Circus (probably add a couple more re's in there): the name of Cecilia in The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels took root in my love for that book.
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India Holton @indiaholton.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Just typed "The End" on my 2026 dark academia romcom. Considering it's the afternoon of December 31st here, the timing feels magical. Which, considering the book itself is filled with magic, is just right. :)
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Noemi @noemi87.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Despite having many books on my TBR pile, tonight I decided to reread one of my 5⭐️ books of the year! I've loved all @indiaholton.bsky.social's novels, but The Ornithologist's Field Guide to Love is my favorite 💕
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Still the best two sentences on climate action.
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