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Lorien Lawrence @lorienlawrence.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Excited to announce I have a middle grade thriller coming out in 2027! 🏒☠️

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Andrea Brown Literary Agency @andreabrownlit.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Blank Check @lorienlawrence.bsky.social Sink? Or Float? @dontate.bsky.social Numbers Tell Stories Too @annettepimentel.bsky.social Pirita Tolvanen Tough Fluff @marciecolleen.bsky.social Chad Thomas Daughter of Snakes @benomeli.bsky.social

Rachel Stark at Disney has acquired North American rights to The Cash Grab, a multi-POV contemporary middle grade novel written by Janae Marks (l.), Lorien Lawrence (c.), and Adrianna Cuevas (r.), pitched as a contemporary Blank Check. When an armory truck crashes and the money flies out, three seventh graders jump at the chance to change their lives. Publication is set for spring 2027; Kathleen Rushall at Andrea Brown Literary Agency represented Lawrence

Alexandra McKenzie at Charlesbridge has acquired the board book Sink? Or Float? by Don Tate. Readers can follow along for a pool-day experiment as the narrator explores what happens when various objects are placed in water. Publication is planned for spring 2028 as part of Steamworks; Caryn Wiseman at Andrea Brown Literary Agency sold world rights.

Catherine Laudone at S&S/Beach Lane Books has acquired world rights to Numbers Tell Stories Too by Annette Bay Pimentel (l.) and Pirita Tolvanen (c.), illustrated by Valerya Milovanova, a nonfiction picture book about how Florence Nightingale's passion for statistics and her creation of the Rose Diagram revolutionized hospitals. Publication is planned for spring 2028; Kathleen Rushall at Andrea Brown Literary Agency represented the authors

Jasmine Hodge at Random House Graphic has bought Tough Fluff #1: A Sheep to Count On and three sequels by Marcie Colleen (l.) (Kitten Ninja series), illustrated by Chad Thomas (Cat Ninja series), a black-and-white humorous graphic novel chapter book series about Ewenice, an ex-acrobat sheep with a mysterious past and a superhero alter ego called Steel Wool. Publication is set for summer 2027; Paige Terlip at Andrea Brown Literary Agency represented the author and illustrator for world rights.

Charlotte Greenbaum at Abrams Fanfare has acquired world rights to author-illustrator Beno Meli's debut YA graphic novel Daughter of Snakes, in which a 17yo girl, born half-Gorgon, half-human, and living in modern-day Mexico, sets out to save

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Ally Ally Oxenfree @allymalinenko.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

While the King quote on the front is amazing, the back ones also make me cry happy tears! Thanks @chuckwendig.bsky.social Daka Hermon @jacquelinewest.bsky.social @shakirahwrites.bsky.social @lorienlawrence.bsky.social

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Kathy Palm @kathleenpalm.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

So much fun at the Spooktastic Bookfair yesterday!!!! Thanks to @alyssaalessi.bsky.social! What a great event! Loved seeing my MG horror fam @lorasenf.bsky.social @lorienlawrence.bsky.social @maryaverling.bsky.social

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Jen @popgoesthereader.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

🎃 55 Scary (and Not-So-Scary) 2025 Middle Grade Books To Get Readers In The Halloween Spirit 🎃 popgoesthereader.com/55-scary-and... #BookSky #KidLit #MGLit

A compilation of twenty-one 2025 middle grade book covers organized by colour, beginning with green, transitioning into blue and purple, and finally ending with pink and red. Books featured include Scaring and Daring, Another, Open Wide, Mystery James Digs Her Own Grave, The House Next Door, The Many Hauntings of the Manning Family, Broken Dolls, The Better To Eat You With, The Mystery At The Haunted Dance Hall, Phantom Academy, The Girl In The Walls, The Ghosts of Bitterfly Bay, The Labyrinth of Souls, Finder's Keepers, Welcome To The Ghost Show, Grin, I.R.L, Ride or Die, Gloam, Tales From Cabin 23: The Visitors and It's Watching.

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Kathy Palm @kathleenpalm.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

OH DEAR HOLY CHEEZUS…THE PUPPETS. That. Was. Scary. THE MANY HAUNTINGS OF THE MANNING FAMILY Thanks, @lorienlawrence.bsky.social ! 📚🩸 Middle grade horror can be scary! I love it!!!

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Kathy Palm @kathleenpalm.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Now reading!!! THE MANY HAUNTINGS OF THE MANNING FAMILY by @lorienlawrence.bsky.social! I already love Gabby and Trent! Twins who are growing up and facing all the questions that come with that. Throw some ghosts in and i’m sure it will be fine. I love middle grade horror! 📚🩸

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Carie Hayworth @apensfan.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Deliciously spooky! Love this one by @lorienlawrence.bsky.social and I can think of many Ss that will too! Gabby and Trent are twins following in their grandparents footsteps. Will they ever be able to just be themselves? Grab a copy to find out! #ABRAMSbooks #BookPosse

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Carie Hayworth @apensfan.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Next up on the front porch by @lorienlawrence.bsky.social Paranormal investigators, failed exorcism, séance-gone-wrong? Sounds like my kind of book! #ABRAMSbooks #BookPosse

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Darcy Marks @darcymarks.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

@lorienlawrence.bsky.social Damara Allen and Meg Eden Kuyatt had books face out looking fabulous!

The many hauntings of the manning family by Lorien Lawrence

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Carie Hayworth @apensfan.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

#BookPosse book mail! Summer school has ended = more time to read! @lorienlawrence.bsky.social. #ABRAMSbooms

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Lorien Lawrence @lorienlawrence.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

This Saturday!! NY friends, come hang out! ✨

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Srinidhi Srinivasan | Kidlit Illustrator @srinidhidraws.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Spent the weekend with the Manning Twins from The Many Hauntings of Manning Family by @lorienlawrence.bsky.social So much fun, fright and fast paced, kept me on hook! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ MG/YA horror will always be the way to my heart ❤️ #amreading #booksky #MG

Cover of the many hauntings of manning family

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Democrats @democrats.org · 05/04/2025

Massive #HandsOff rallies across the country 🔥🔥🔥

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Jennifer Hottinger @hottsnewreads.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

👻Suspenseful and spooky! These twin sleuths are going to do their best to figure out this haunting! @careycopeland.bsky.social -you won’t want to put this one down! 🔦#bookposse @lorienlawrence.bsky.social @Abramsbooks

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

ALA is deeply concerned by reports that IMLS is sending notices to libraries claiming to cancel grants that are required by law. This harmful action will disrupt libraries' ability to serve their communities. Tell Congress to protect library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries #ForOurLibraries

Call Congress for our libraries. Show up for our libraries. American library association.

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Jennifer Hottinger @hottsnewreads.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

🌷📪📚Spring Beak and Book Mail! Yay!! Thank you for sharing with #bookposse!! @lorienlawrence.bsky.social @ABRAMSbooks.bsky.social

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Andrea Brown Literary Agency @andreabrownlit.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

It's a Booklist star for THE MANY HAUNTINGS OF THE MANNING FAMILY by @lorienlawrence.bsky.social 🌟 “An excellent discussion to have on the topic of boundaries with friends and, especially, family.” 🌟 Read the full review here

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Tony Jones @jonezyboy.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Going to be tracking this down for my library ASAP! Love Lorien's spooky Middle Grade stuff.

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Kim Ventrella @kimventrella.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Happy book birthday to the amazing @lorienlawrence.bsky.social 🙌🖤🎉

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Jacqueline West @jacquelinewest.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Happy bookday to @lorienlawrence.bsky.social and THE MANY HAUNTINGS OF THE MANNING FAMILY (Can't wait to have this one in my clutches) 🖤

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Lorien Lawrence @lorienlawrence.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

My new book is out today! 👻🖤🥳

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Cindy Schwind @cindyschwind1.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Happy Book Birthday to The Many Hauntings of the Manning Family by @lorienlawrence.bsky.social 🎈🎁🎈🎁🎈🎁 #bookposse

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Dan Poblocki @danpoblocki.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

New ep is live! @lorienlawrence.bsky.social chats w me about Ed & Lorraine Warren of THE CONJURING fame. Lorien’s new book, THE MANY HAUNTINGS OF THE MANNING FAMILY, is out today! Get yourself a copy, and get into ghost hunting with both of us. Listen on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get podcasts.

Our First Fears podcast episode card promoting episode 24 - The Conjuring's Ed & Lorraine Warren with Lorien Lawrence. Two images show a poster for the film The Conjuring, with a creepy tree and a noose and the shadow of someone hanging below, and the second is a photo of author Lorien Lawrence . . .

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

🚨NEW🚨: Donald Trump is attempting to strip away federal support for libraries. We will NOT let that happen. Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it. Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Show Up For Our Libraries! By eliminating the only federal agency dedicated to funding library services, the Trump administration's Executive Order is cutting off at the knees the most beloved and trusted of American institutions and the staff and services they offer. ALA American Library Association. #ForOurLibraries

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Cindy Schwind @cindyschwind1.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Awesome 📚📬!! We love our spooky books!! Twins Gabby & Trent are the youngest paranormal investigators in Connecticut!! Keep the lights on @jenniferhottinger this 1 is headed your way!! Thank you @lorienlawrence for sharing with @bookposse

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Lorien Lawrence @lorienlawrence.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

I'm doing a 3 book giveaway on Instagram (at lorienlawrence). Just request my new book from your local library to enter! 💖 #book

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 01/03/2025

Times Square, NYC

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Ibarra V. Gomez @ibarravgomez.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

The Fright Watch series by @lorienlawrence.bsky.social perfectly captures the vibe of autumn and insecure teens and also demons and malevolent masks. You know, the typical middle schooler life.

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nerdcampct.bsky.social @nerdcampct.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Can’t wait to see @lorienlawrence.bsky.social at #nErDcampCT happening Saturday, March 1st! #bookjoy #nerdcamp @msthombookitis.bsky.social @jluss.bsky.social Registration open until 2/25/25–more info at ctcasl.org!

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Big Bearded Spookseller @bigbeardedbookseller.com · 19/02/2025

New little review on the Big Bearded Bookseller blog, "The Many Hauntings of the Manning Family" by @lorienlawrence.bsky.social Rats, possession, spiders, demons, marionettes, it has it all! #BookSky 💙📚 #KidLit #KidLitUK www.bigbeardedbookseller.com/2025/02/19/t...

drawing of twins in a spooky theatre, one holding a torch the other an EMP device

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Veronica Bane @veronicabane.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚 Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏

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