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Sean Murphy @bullmurph.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

K. Ancrum on Adam, Mine—bold Frankenstein reimagining exploring creation, desire, identity, what it means to be human. When machines imitate creation's surfaces: why do we make things at all? Watch the episode at the link in my bio! #SomeThingsConsidered #podcast #yaauthor #authordiscussion

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Kayla Ancrum @kaylaancrum.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I am so excited that ADAM, MINE, my love letter to Frankenstein, is out today!! Thank you to everyone who pre-ordered (the annotated chapters will still be up and available until the end of the week) It is now available wherever books are sold!

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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

K. Ancrum on Retellings, Reimaginings, and More buff.ly/iVnJpZK

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P.S. Literary Agency @psliterary.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

9/22/26 — THE CORRUPTION OF HOLLIS BROWN by @kaylaancrum.bsky.social This award-winning YA queer romantic thriller is coming to paperback! There's bound to be friction when Walt's wandering spirit takes possession of teen Hollis' body, but sparks also? www.harpercollins.com/products/the...

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The Corruption of Hollis Brown

From acclaimed author K. Ancrum comes a queer romantic thriller in which the lives of Hollis, a boy in search of meaning, and Walt, a spirit with unfinished...

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Kayla Ancrum @kaylaancrum.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Join me and my friend the illustrious Don Martin at Anderson’s Bookshop to celebrate the release of ADAM MINE, on Monday, September 14th at 6:00 pm in their Downers Grove store! (School night, I know but I promise I'll make it worth your while 👀) Link below!

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Kayla Ancrum @kaylaancrum.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I don't even have words. Thank you so so much!! This is such an incredible honor, truly I am so grateful to have landed on their radar.

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Kayla Ancrum @kaylaancrum.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

NEW BOOK NEW COVER NEW BOOK NEW COVER!!! Coming January 2027! (this is the selkie book)

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Kayla Ancrum @kaylaancrum.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

FIFTY Copies this time!!! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/ent... Enter to win a free copy!!

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Kayla Ancrum @kaylaancrum.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Thank you so much for this incredible honor, @oklibs.bsky.social Oklahoma Library Association. This is truly one of the greatest triumphs of my career. From a daughter of the prairie to the people of the plains, I won't ever forget this.

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Kayla Ancrum @kaylaancrum.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗴𝗼!! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/adam-mine-... 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘁? Frankenstein retelling. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝘁? Incredible mercurial violence, philosophical conversations, alchemists, trains and strange love. Summary Below:

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Rachel(le) Tremblay | author @racheltremblay.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Squee!! Another blurb, this one by the fabulous @kaylaancrum.bsky.social She’s rocked my world since The Wicker King and I love reading everything she writes. Her new book ADAM, MINE. is out this September! LAVENDER SPIKE is up for preorder now, out June 23rd with @ecwpress.bsky.social 💙

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P.S. Literary Agency @psliterary.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Congratulations going out to @kaylaancrum.bsky.social! THE CORRUPTION OF HOLLIS BROWN was named to the 2026 Rainbow Book List by the American Library Associations’s Rainbow Round Table! 🌈📚 Check out all of the winners ⤵️ chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/list…

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Kayla Ancrum @kaylaancrum.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

I’m so happy to share the cover of ADAM, MINE with you all! My sweet little FRANKENSTEIN thriller. I know some of you have been waiting for this and I’m extremely excited for it to be out this September! my deepest thanks to the lovely artists Designer: Jenna Stempel-Lobell Artist: Peter Strain

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Kayla Ancrum @kaylaancrum.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

This year has been absolutely buckwild. The only thing I can feel is deep gratefulness. Thank you to my team at @harpercollins.bsky.social to all my beta readers and to @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social for walking this path with me! Happy New Year's Eve to all!

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5 foot Home Depot skeleton @redderbeanpaste.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

This artists name is grandma Moses and she didn’t start painting until age 78

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Kayla Ancrum @kaylaancrum.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

I wrote a mean letter on behalf of The Chicago Public Library because I care maximum that their budget might be getting slashed. Give it a gander if you give a fuck about public libraries: thetriibe.com/2025/12/opin...

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OPINION: The Chicago Public Library budget is under threat. Let’s remember what libraries do for us • The TRiiBE

Cutting less than one day of the Chicago police would cover the $4.5M needed to ensure there are no cuts to library staffing and resources.

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Kayla Ancrum @kaylaancrum.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

NEW WORK NEW WORK NEW WORK for people who are fans of that! Dipping my toe back into soft-scifi with this one and I'm so excited to be working with my same team who brought you THE CORRUPTION OF HOLLIS BROWN @harpercollins and @ericsmithrocks get ready for DEAD END DARYL!

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Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · 04/10/2025

🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Young Adult: Icarus by K. Ancrum! @kaylaancrum.bsky.social @epicreads.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉 #Lammys2025 #LammyAwards

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P.S. Literary Agency @psliterary.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

So incredibly proud to announce that @kaylaancrum.bsky.social’s ICARUS has won the 2025 @lambdaliterary Award in the LGBTQ+ Young Adult category!

Image reads &quot;Congratulations! K. Ancrum&rsquo;s Icarus has won the 2025 Lambda Literary Award in the LGBTQ+ Young Adult category.&quot; and features the book ICARUS by K. Ancrum. The cover art is an etching of a the bottom half of a carved bust with a white figure falling from the sky above it. The P.S. Literary Agency appears at bottom.

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Kayla Ancrum @kaylaancrum.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

working on my first adult book!! anxious about it!

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Strong Women, Strange Worlds @swsworlds.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Our next event is coming up on August 21st. Click the link to register and get reminders and the Zoom link! Everyone is welcome (and it's FREE!). share.google/qJYOjdWehsBk...

Strong Women Strange Worlds presents

Third Thursday QuickReads of Sci Fi, Fantasy, and Horror by

Felicia Martínez

Justine Manzano

Jen Mierisch

K. Ancrum

Christy Climenhage

Angel Leal

August 21, 7pm EDT Free On Zoom

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Kayla Ancrum @kaylaancrum.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

In honor of my lil Lammy Nomination, I’m selling 20 signed copies of Icarus ✨HARDCOVER✨ version! If you read it audiobook style and have been thinking about getting a physical copy, now’s a great opportunity! SHOP HERE: kancrum.com/product/icar...

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Kayla Ancrum @kaylaancrum.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

FERAL GIRL BOOKS is having a SALE! My wonderful previous agent Amy Tipton's home flooded and she needs a bit of a marketing boost! She's also the person who helped me edit THE WICKER KING and sold it with me, so please treat her sweet! amy-tipton.com/services-rates

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Kayla Ancrum @kaylaancrum.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

I don't even know how to express the way this makes me feel. Thank you @lambdaliterary.org for this incredible honor, I am utterly overcome. I wouldn't be here without the support of my wonderful agent @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social and team at @harpercollins.bsky.social

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Lee Jae-myung, the South Korean politician who climbed the fence of the parliament to get inside and vote against martial law, has been elected president. Pretty cooool

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Kayla Ancrum @kaylaancrum.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Cleaning out my stock! I have 15 signed copies of Icarus ✨PAPERBACK✨ version! It's much lighter than the hardcover and honestly, I'm kind of a sucker for paperback. Ships with a little treat! kancrum.com/product/icar...

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Good Boy @goodboy.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

A horrible story but god bless this woman so accurately reading the ICE goons for filth here

Marisa said she is eft with nothing BUt questions.
"What if I would have been armed," she 2 said. "You're breaking in. What am 1 supposed to think? My initial thought was we were being robbed-that my daughters, being females, were being kidnapped. You have guns pointed in our faces. Can you just reprogram yourself and see us as humans, as women? A little bit of mercy. Care a little bit about your fellow human, about your fellow citizen, fellow resident. We bleed too. We vork. We pleed justlike anybody else bleeds. We're scared. You could see our faces that we were terrified. What makes you so much more worthier of your peace? What makes you so much more worthier of protecting your children? What makes you so much more worthy of your citizenship? What makes you more worthy of safety? Of being given
the ight t that they took from me to protect my daughters?"

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Kayla Ancrum @kaylaancrum.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Just a quick reminder for any duckies who want to meet me and hear me talk about Hollis! There are still a few tickets left! Tickets and info here: andersonsbookshop.com/event/2025-0...

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Bethany @bethanyrobison.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Found @kaylaancrum.bsky.social newest release on display at the front of my local B&N, cuddling with Sunrise at the Reaping 💙📚

K Ancrum's newest release The Corruption of Hollis Brown on a Barnes and Noble display table beside Suzanne Collins Sunrise at the Reaping (among other YA books as well)

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Kayla Ancrum @kaylaancrum.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

#1 Orange Banner day for my new son. Hollis Brown, bully of jocks (who then kick his ass) was such a fun concept to write. They’re all like “Bro why is he so mean 🙁”

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Niamh Ní Tuathail @niamhn.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

The Corruption of Hollis Brown by @kaylaancrum.bsky.social is out today and so is my review! This book would have become my whole personality if I had read it in high school. It’s still threatening to do that now, well into adulthood. niamhnituathail.wordpress.com/2025/04/22/r...

Dark red background. The cover of The Corruption of Hollis Brown in the center. Above the cover is the quote "Everything has a house. Is it so bad if mine is made of flesh? If I've...kept them clean and tidy, made them better, treated them kind." To the sides of the cover is a creepy shadow ghost, some hearts, a rolling pin, and a simple human figure being tormented by circling spirits. Under the cover is five gold stars and the words "The ghost possession romance I didn't know I needed when I was a teenager."

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Kayla Ancrum @kaylaancrum.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Today is the day!!! Happy birthday HOLLIS BROWN! Thank you so much everyone, I’m so excited to finally share this absolutely wild book with you all! 👻🔥

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Kayla Ancrum @kaylaancrum.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

I know y'all are just about ready for this marketing cycle to be over lol. Anyway, THE CORRUPTION OF HOLLIS BROWN is out on Tuesday and I'm so excited for you to meet my new sons 😊

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Kayla Ancrum @kaylaancrum.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

I do feel like a fair amount of people log on to the internet just for the chance to be able to scold someone else. It’s a partisan issue. I think it feels good to them and satisfies them deeply in a way nothing else will. Not sure what we do about this, I just know it’s true.

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Kayla Ancrum @kaylaancrum.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

It sucks so bad that a lot of clothes being sold today are made of the sort of fabric that we would have relegated for use as a skirt lining or a Halloween costume back in 1999.

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Jen Johans @filmintuition.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

This week at work, I told former SEINFELD writer turned novelist Matt Goldman about nerdily teaching myself screenplay format @ 11 & trying to join the writers room of his show & COACH. I heard back from both shows, & the kindest reply came from COACH's Barry Kemp. Today, I found my old letter. 🩵

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Kayla Ancrum @kaylaancrum.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Heading back to LA! ✈️ I’ll be at this year’s ✨LA Times Festival of Books✨ If you’ll be there, swing by the panel I’ll be on talking about Young Adult Thrillers 👀 events.latimes.com/festivalofbo...

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Don Martin @bydonmartin.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

OH BTW I forgot to tell y'all I will be in conversation with K. Ancrum on April 30th at Anderson's Bookshop celebrating the release of her new book The Corruption of Hollis Brown! COME SEE US TALK ABOUT BODY HORROR, EXORCISMS, AND SWEET POTATO BREAD! andersonsbookshop.com/event/2025-0...

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K. Ancrum

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Kayla Ancrum @kaylaancrum.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Starting the week off bright with Hollis's✨ FOURTH STAR! ✨ Thank you so much @ala-booklist.bsky.social Flawless?? FLAWLESS??? 😩💖 Congratulations as well to my team at @harpercollins.bsky.social, @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social, @psliterary.bsky.social I would never have been able to do it without you!

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Kayla Ancrum @kaylaancrum.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

I'm so excited to announce that THE CORRUPTION OF HOLLIS BROWN's release event will be hosted by Anderson's Bookshop! I'll be joining forces with @bydonmartin.bsky.social author of the upcoming witchy wonder 'Verity Vox and the Curse of Foxfire'. Ticket info below!

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Kayla Ancrum @kaylaancrum.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

AHH!! THREE STARS! Thank you so much School Library Journal for commending THE CORRUPTION OF HOLLIS BROWN. Congratulations as well to my dream team at @harpercollins.bsky.social 💖 and the support of my agent @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social

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Kayla Ancrum @kaylaancrum.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Thank you Children's Book Council for selecting The Corruption of Hollis Brown for your Hot Off The Press Reading List! Only 21 more days until release!

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Mother Astra @astraenby.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

I LOVE REGULATION. I LOVE THE PEACE OF MIND KNOWING THAT A RESTAURANT IS SAFE TO EAT AND A PRODUCT WONT KILL ME. I WANT MORE REGULATION. I DONT WANT CORPORATIONS TO BREATHE WITHOUT GOVERNMENT PERMISSION.

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