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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 02/10/2026

I am so beyond thrilled to announce my next title, THE DAFFODIL WITCH, a cozy, young adult fantasy with just a taste of horror, inspired by Howl's Moving Castle and Kiki's Delivery Service, and perfect for fans of Witch Hat Atelier! It is already up on Goodreads, the link is in the comments!

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 03/06/2026

Preorder Raffle! Share this post to spread the word! The more it's shared, the higher chance we have at unlocking even more prizes! Just upload the screenshot of your preorder of the North American edition! Winners will be chosen at random, announced on release day. 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ forms.gle/sHHp3ta5HHkP...

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 23/04/2026

I saw @rhysiedarby.bsky.social on Friday, and I had such a fun time! I managed to give him an A Prince Among Pirates PR box! I didn't get to tell him was that he was the first person to make me laugh genuinely after losing my son. His performance in #OFMD was what inspired me to write this book.

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 10/04/2026

Today is @menapitch.bsky.social . I feel honored to join in a pitch event geared specifically toward SWANA authors, especially now during #arabheritagemonth. SWANA authors make up less than .5% (A HALF OF A PERCENT) of published authors. #menapit #ag #hf #LGBTQ

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 09/02/2026

New art & character(s) reveal!! Thank you so much to the incredibly talented @myameam.bsky.social for this perfect likeness of two of my favorite members of the crew—teenage twins Tristan & Trevor! It was such a delight working with Meam & watching this drawing come to life!! 😍 Thank you so much!

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 05/02/2026

PUB DATE UPDATE?! Thank you all SO MUCH for your support! Your efforts—the comments, shares, preorders, etc, HAVE NOT GONE UNNOTICED!! It really has made such a huge difference, I am so grateful and relieved!

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 03/02/2026

I haven't posted on here much, but I would really love some help boosting this video! I forgot to say it in the video, but please don't forget to add A PRINCE AMONG PIRATES On Goodreads! linktr.ee/kaitlynabdou

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 21/10/2025

COVER REVEAL DAY!! Huge thank you to @frostbitestudios.bsky.social for this insanely gorgeous cover, to @featherfully.bsky.social for making it happen, and @keiralekseii.bsky.social for making my dreams come true!

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 20/10/2025

Exclusive cover reveal going out with my newsletter at 5:00 PM Eastern Time!! If you want to see my cover, and read the Prologue to A PRINCE AMONG PIRATES, sign up for my newsletter now! :) tinyurl.com/4mu37zp3

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 18/10/2025

A Prince Among Pirates Releases June 2026 With @simonandschuster.bsky.social and @harpercollins.bsky.social UK. US cover reveal and preorder links coming SOON!!! 💙📚

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 17/10/2025

Oh...? What's this, then? 👀 Could it be a... cover reveal? 💙📚 Sign up for my newsletter to get an exclusive EARLY peek before it goes live!

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 25/09/2025

IS THAT A COVER IN MY INBOX!? ‼️🏴‍☠️

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 24/09/2025

And that's a wrap!!! The re-write of THE DAFFODIL WITCH, the first book I ever wrote is done! It feels so weird to not have to sit down and get like 5,000 words in tonight.

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 22/09/2025

Ever since getting this necklace, I have connected with so many other Arabs. As a white-passing Arab, it's hard for me to make connections with people who share my heritage, because I don't "look" Arab. This small thing has opened so many conversations, which leads to understanding, and I love that.

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 10/08/2025

My 20 year high school reunion was tonight, and I was actually really looking forward to going. I've been looking forward to it for months. The event was made on Facebook, and it said 8-11 PM. Apparently, it actually started at 5 and ends in 20 minutes and I fucking missed it. What the fuck?

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 02/08/2025

Hi, so, my book isn't technically fantasy... but fantasy-adjacent, since "pirates in a made-up version of history" doesn't have a shelf. 😂 It comes out June 2026.

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 04/07/2025

Who needs a man when I have him?

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 01/07/2025

😭 My first real review for A Prince Among Pirates. ARCs aren't out yet, @suzannealbanis.bsky.social is in my writer's group and I let her finish the manuscript since they read almost the whole thing anyway. Anyway, add my book on Goodreads, maybe: www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 30/06/2025

Hi, sorry I've been quiet. I am happy to report that Binx has made a full recovery. What started as heat stroke turned into a severe adverse reaction to the anti-nausea medication the vet gave him. In the end it cost me about $5k total, which HURT... but he is home and he is healthy!

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 28/06/2025

Binx is up and about. He is my shadow at the moment, and has eaten half a can of tuna so far. I suspect it'll be a few days before he feels totally back to normal again, but I'm happy to see him on the rebound after a scary week.

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 28/06/2025

Finally got a little something in his belly. Mostly tuna water, but he ate a little of the meat, too. 6:30 am. We havent slept yet. But maybe soon.

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 28/06/2025

My poor baby Binx is so sick. He's so, so sick. The heatwave hit him hard, and even after an overnight at the emergency vet, he is so incredibly sick. 😭 Please send him well wishes and healing thoughts. I hate seeing him suffer like this. He just keeps crying, and it's destroying me.

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 11/06/2025

My son's footprint, taken on the day I lost him, with Montressor Spaceport. ♡

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 10/06/2025

Sat down to do some writing. The cats had other plans. 🥲

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 30/05/2025

It not only pulled me from a bad depression after I lost my son, but inspired me to write my book, which landed a six-figure deal with Simon & Schuster and comes out in just one year!

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 29/05/2025

Last summer, I was in so much pain, I could barely walk. I got very little done in the gardens because of it. This year, my pain is finally being managed. It's not gone by any means, but I can at least function. And with my 14 year old nephew's help, I've managed to get back into gardening.

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 18/05/2025

Who needs to make reels advertising my book when they already exist? 😂 Anyway, if you like this video, add A Prince Among Pirates on GoodReads. www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 09/05/2025

Excuse you, sir... I am trying to edit. 🤨

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 07/05/2025

Help, some of @featherfully.bsky.social's notes in my edit letter literally have me wheezing. "Talking like a low-class pirate makes Renard sound like an old man with no teeth" Meanwhile this is Kit's first impression of him. I'm crying 😂

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 07/05/2025

Thanks, Jenn! 😂 It's actually the full title of the book.

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 07/05/2025

Okay, I'll play! A PRINCE AMONG PIRATES An entirely true account of 18th century piracy in which everything is totally made up. - or - How I cleverly became a pirate by accident. Maybe add it on Goodreads? www.goodreads.com/book/show/22... #questpit #P #AG #YA #LGBT

An image of an 18th century seaport with text over that says: "A Reader's Guide to A PRINCE AMONG PIRATES, by: Katie Abdou - Coming to Port Summer 2026"

A faded image of a seaside town with artwork by Tasia MS of two men--a brown-skinned pirate captain with dark brown locks and a charming smile, and a bronze-skinned gentleman in blue finery looking at him with admiration.

The text says "Back Cover Blurb

Kit Davenport is in trouble—not that this would surprise anyone who knows him. Headstrong, reckless, and utterly unsuited for the stodgy House of Lords, Kit has spent years dodging his father’s stern disapproval and delighting in clandestine rendezvous. But time is running out. With an arranged marriage looming and the confines of white wigs and stiff decorum closing in, Kit is desperate to escape a life that feels completely wrong for him.

His solution? A wildly impulsive decision that lands him aboard the Deliverance, a galleon captained by the infuriatingly charismatic Reggie Sharpe. With a devil-may-care attitude and a delicious grin, Captain Sharpe commands the waves with his crew of misfits . . . who all turn out to be pirates. Before Kit can say “wrong ship,” he’s trading ballroom etiquette for rum-soaked camaraderie, explosive gunfights, and, perhaps most excitingly, heart-stopping kisses under the stars.

But life at sea holds just as many secrets as treasures. And when Kit’s past catches up with him, he’ll have to decide who he truly wants to be: a gentleman, or a pirate?"

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He bumps his nose against mine, and I know without him saying a word that he’s waiting for my permission. I could cry. Perhaps I do. My whole face is so hot I’m not sure I could tell either way, but I can’t bring myself to speak, so I nod and bring my hand up to rest on his neck, just under his ear where I might brush my thumb along the stubble at his jaw.

And then our mouths collide, and I am lost in him. It isn’t a slow, gentle kiss like the first time I kissed Katherine. It’s fierce, and intense, and wonderful. For a moment, I imagine this is exactly how it feels to be drawn into the ocean by a siren’s kiss and drowned as they steal the breath from your body.

When we finally break away, we are both panting. He presses his jaw to my temple and holds me tight to his body, his fingers massaging at that tender spot on the back of my neck in a protective, possessive way. I know in this moment I would give myself to him without hesitation, and without regret."

A faded image of a seaside town with text that says "If you liked these...
1. Our Flag Means Death
2. A Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue
3. Treasure Planet

Then Add A PRINCE AMONG PIRATES on Goodreads today!"

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 03/05/2025

Today is the 1 year anniversary of my signing with @keiralekseii.bsky.social! And look at all we've done in that time. I can't believe it!

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 29/04/2025

@noahmedlock.bsky.social look what I spied facing out at my local bookstore!

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 21/04/2025

One year ago today, I got my first agent offer on A PRINCE AMONG PIRATES, just 48 hours after sending my first query. 🥹 And now, a little over one year from now, the world will be able to meet Kit and his captain.

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 15/04/2025

In case you need another reminder that Twitter has become just and absolute cesspool...

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 14/04/2025

🥰🥰🥰 Dole whip floats before bed! I am 1/3rd of the way through my rewrite of The Daffodil Witch. I'm a couple days behind my self-imposed one-month schedule for the rewrite, but I think I can actually catch up if I get a couple quiet days to work on it.

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 13/04/2025

My office this morning. Getting words in on my rewrite of The Daffodil Witch before we open for tours. Could there be a better atmosphere than this for a historical cottagecore fantasy?

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 12/04/2025

the writer || the ship (lol get it.)

And then our mouths collide, and I am lost in him. It isn’t a slow, gentle kiss like the first time I kissed Katherine. It’s fierce, and intense, and wonderful. For a moment, I imagine this is exactly how it feels to be drawn into the ocean by a siren’s kiss and drowned as they steal the breath from your body.

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 11/04/2025

Today, I got a little over 3,100 words in between work and having my niece over for dinner, and an Epic viewing party and then playing Baldur's Gate 3 with friends. 😅

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 10/04/2025

🥹 Rewarding myself with some Dole Whip before bed.

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 10/04/2025

Accountability update: 2,451 words so far. Time to break for dinner and meds... then back to it! I definitely think I'll surpass my goal of 3,000 words tonight. 🙌🙌🙌

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 09/04/2025

First order of business for today was touching up my roots cause they were like 4 inches long. Now, I am freshly purple and feel ready to ignore the pain and attack this manuscript. ...after I pick my niece up from school. Anyway, present word count: 18,996. I would love to surpass 22,000. 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

A photo of me cheesing in the sun with my hair freshly dyed purple.

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 31/03/2025

Pumpkin pie oatmeal with sliced banana, granola, and vanilla Greek yogurt for breakfast! 🥰

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 31/03/2025

Kids are SO observant! I gave my nephew (7) and niece (3) each a bookmark today since they're very into bookmarks right now... and my niece instantly clocked the fact that the charm was her earring.

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 24/03/2025

10 years ago. I still had this purple hair and these glasses. 😂😂😂 but most weekends, I was in full princess regalia because I ran a party princess company.

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Katie Abdou @kaitlynabdou.com · 22/03/2025

Cocoa and chocolates break.

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