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Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

If you pick up this month's Virginia Living Magazine, you'll find my face smiling back at you. A lovely little profile by Amy Brecount White.

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Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

what are you looking at? My view for several hours a day: a cello and some dogs and cats. Increasingly, my life is at once more interesting to me and less optimized for social media posts.

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Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It’s nearly fall festival season! You can catch me at the Portland Book Festival and Miami Book Fair. Details: maggiestiefvater.com/maggie-stief...

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Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Goats! Not mine (mine have grown so regrettably elderly). Spent an enjoyably informative day at a grazing tech workshop put on by American Farmland Trust and the VA Coop Extension (these are very cheap educational opportunities, if, like Ronan Lynch, you were ever thinking of being a farmer).

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Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I love this book, so, so much. It's been four years since I read IN by Will McPhail, but I just reread it and discovered, if possible, I love it more. McPhail's intricate character development and insanely specific use of gesture makes the humor and the sadness and the revelation sing.

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Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"What's the difference between a photograph and just a picture?" "Whether you're gonna wanna look at it." Richard Drew, photojournalist, answers John Dickerson, CBS correspondent. www.cbsnews.com/news/richard...

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Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I have been moving this old pony drawing of mine around & around my house ever since I found it tucked in a copy of THE SCORPIO RACES, trying to keep it from getting crumpled, so this is me saying: comment with a favorite part from THE SCORPIO RACES and I'll pick someone on Monday to get this thing.

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Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Simply: a pleasure. In 2013, David Bowie posted a list of 100 must-read books on his Facebook. He had plenty to choose from. He was a voracious reader and, according to O'Connell, had a portable library of fifteen hundred books that he brought on tour and to set with him.

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Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

friendly reminder THE DREAM THIEVES graphic novel adaptation is out and you can get signed copies of it (and the original series) here: parnassusbooks.net/maggiestiefv...

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Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Over on Substack, I’m starting a mini writing craft series, heavy on the ol’ discussion side. maggiestiefvater.substack.com/p/four-act-s...

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Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I have not been online much lately because this animal gave me a side quest while I was in Connecticut

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Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

me, to the fly narrowly slipping inside a house populated by four cats: buddy

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Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

A discussion about the movie WHIPLASH at my latest cello lesson has forced me to ruefully acknowledge that there are also two sides to Maggie Stiefvater, the Teacher. (the bonfire is for burning manuscripts and other unnecessary burdens)

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Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The graphic novel adaptation of THE DREAM THIEVES was selected as an Indie Next pick for September/October! This is pretty special to me, as independent booksellers have been an enormous part of why the original Raven Cycle series found its readers.

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Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Dog. Books. Plant I have a lot of books by this one author in particular

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Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

TRC folks! Even though the 8/29 Homestead event in VA is centered around THE LISTENERS, I have a bit of TRC tour swag left—buttons for those who buy The Dream Thieves graphic novel, and character cards for those who snag The Raven Boys graphic novel. www.omnihotels.com/hotels/homes...

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Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

In Monday's signing line was a married couple with matching Dreamer Trilogy tattoos. On one, "VEXED TO NIGHTMARE." The other: "FROM CHAOS." How charmed was I? THIS CHARMED.

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Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

At the end of the month, catch me and Harvey Solomon at the Omni Homestead (in a very beautiful corner of Virginia), talking about history that happened right there: www.facebook.com/OmniHomestea...

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Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Over on the Substack, I talk about the process of adapting the Raven Cycle to graphic novels. maggiestiefvater.substack.com/p/the-making...

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Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

VIRGINIA! Come see me this Monday (although I'll be talking about THE LISTENERS, you can snag some Raven Cycle tour buttons) or on the 29th, when I'll be in conversation with nonfiction author Harvey Solomon on the real history behind THE LISTENERS. maggiestiefvater.com/maggie-stief...

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Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

#22 on the USA Today bestseller list, 13 years after the original novel came out. Thanks for loving Ronan Lynch for all these years, guys. www.usatoday.com/booklist

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Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

That is a horse which people should not mount if they want to do some galloping. (from my current read, JAKOB VON GUNTEN, by Robert Walser.)

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Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Reading the UK edition of The Dream Thieves puts Athena in a sleepy mood (and allows me to show you that it's larger than its American cousin, with swaggy green binding)

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Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Update: although the Blackfriars stop is a Listeners event, I have some Raven Cycle tour buttons to give away there!

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Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I will not tell you how many babies named Ronan I have met on this tour so far, but I will tell you that soon I will need to use both hands to count them

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Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

New York, Cincinnati, Fort Collins, Portland, San Francisco, San Diego—

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Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

DO YOU WANT TO WIN THIS BOX?

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Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

one week and counting until THE DREAM THIEVES graphic novel

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Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

While I was in Nashville, my friends literally dragged me to get my photos taken by Jeremy Cowart, telling me he was both fast and amazing (seriously, his schtick is in and out in 10 min). Ok, they were right. Here's a few of my faves. (And if you are in Nashville, I suggest you invest 10 min too).

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Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Spending a few days signing & personalizing pre-orders of these bad boys (The Dream Thieves graphic novel) at Parnassus. The personalization cut off has passed, but if you still want to order and get a character button pack, you can do that for a few more days! parnassusbooks.net/list/pre-ord...

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Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I’m delighted to announce that, in addition to my tour for the graphic novel, I have two interesting events for THE LISTENERS. One is at the Blackfriars Playhouse (the only indoor recreation of Shakespeare’s theater), & the other at the Homestead, one of the actual hotels that housed Axis diplomats—

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Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Here’s the sort of reader I am: I just misread a line in a novel—instead of “There were two twin beds” I read “They were two twin beds.” When I realized my mistake, my intense delight was replaced with crushing disappointment. Oh, book, I thought, we will be friends, not lovers.

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Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Something about me always prompts photographers to ask me to put on my sunglasses indoors. In this case, it made sense, the glow from all the books was overwhelming. (photo by Jeff Mamula)

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Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

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Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

not sure why my dogs look like they are advertising their buddy comedy here

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Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

maggiestiefvater.substack.com/p/tour-stuff...

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Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Over on my Substack, I tell you why I don’t want you to ask me about character questionnaires EVER AGAIN maggiestiefvater.substack.com/p/three-teac...

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Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Readers, what are we thinking? Goodreads? Storygraph? me on GR: www.goodreads.com/author/show/... on Storygraph: app.thestorygraph.com/profile/magg...

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Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Over on the Substack, I have clarified some tour & swag details I was Horribly Confused about. Also, blathered a little. Most important thing you guys need to know is THE DEADLINE TO ORDER PERSONALIZED COPIES FROM @parnassusbooks.bsky.social IS JULY 14. maggiestiefvater.substack.com/p/tour-stuff...

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Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Renewing my vows to the Oxford comma, loving every minute of our time together, and warmly inviting you to the ceremony

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Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Over on the blog, I talk about the tools I use to learn writing from other folks' books (and also how I'm a bad psychic): open.substack.com/pub/maggiest...

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Maggie Stiefvater @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

John Cheever, in the preface to his 1978 story collection (four years before his death)

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