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Melanie Hooyenga

@melaniehoo.bsky.social
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YA Author. Feminist. Designer. Jock. Reader. Beer & Wine Lover. Wife. Puppy-Mama. She/Her. ✨ THE QUIET UNRAVELING OF EVE ELLAWAY (2/25/25) & other YA books

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Melanie Hooyenga @melaniehoo.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Friends, please vote for The Quiet Unraveling of Eve Ellaway in the Kobo's indie author contest! You're allowed one vote per device! www.opinionstage.com/page/480ca0c...
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Melanie Hooyenga @melaniehoo.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
💔 A kidnapped baby. The sister left behind. A secret no one would believe. Eve’s desperate to escape, but exposing her secret could destroy everything. **Buy now at all major audiobook sellers:** 🔈 books2read.com/QuietUnravel... #booksky
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Melanie Hooyenga @melaniehoo.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
🔉 Audiobook teaser!! 🎧 The Quiet Unraveling of Eve Ellaway is now available on all the main audiobook seller sites! Insider info: This section of the book is the same text that’s on the cover! 🔗 books2read.com/QuietUnravel... #Booksky
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Melanie Hooyenga @melaniehoo.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Here's me as an "underage woman" at 14. Release the Epstein files.
14-year-old Melanie sits against the wall in a hot pink jacket and black bike shorts. She is obviously young and not of legal age to have sex with grown men.
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Melanie Hooyenga @melaniehoo.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
The first time someone shouted, “Go fat girl!” as I passed, it took me a moment to realize they meant me. I promise this is a positive story. 😀 melaniehoo.substack.com/p/go-fat-gir... #determination
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"Go Fat Girl!"
The story of my first Iceman Cometh bike race. I’ve never been one to shy away from trying new things. Physical, mental, intellectual — very few experiences things fall into my “No” category.* So last...
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Melanie Hooyenga @melaniehoo.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
How many boats will be bombed tomorrow? Historical buildings destroyed? Innocent people disappeared? #bluewave
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
“Shame on you!”
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Melanie Hooyenga @melaniehoo.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Hey it’s been a minute! I just got back from visiting family in Atlanta and made good use of the 12-hour drive on the way home. Who can guess what this means?? #booksky
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Melanie Hooyenga @melaniehoo.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
My YA psychological suspense about a girl who's forced to pretend to be both herself AND her missing twin is on sale for 99¢! #booksky www.bookbub.com/books/the-qu...
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The Quiet Unraveling of Eve Ellaway by Melanie Hooyenga is only $0.99 - BookBub
When Eve was just a baby, her twin sister, Gen, was kidnapped. Eighteen years later, she s never been found but Eve has been pretending to be Gen ever since, for the benefit of their unstable mother. ...
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 25/10/2025
A 30 second reminder that you didn’t see nothin. #snitchesgetstitches
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Melanie Hooyenga @melaniehoo.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Do you get the BookBub newsletter? I’m in it today!! If you’ve been meaning to read The Quiet Unraveling of Eve Ellaway and prefer to read digitally, grab this deal! www.bookbub.com/books/the-qu...
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KSlatteryResist @kslatteryresist.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Trump doesn’t dance. Doesn’t need a ballroom. Whatever that herky jerk thing is that he does to YMCA isn’t dancing. Save us hundreds of millions of dollars. Somebody give him a disco ball. Also doubles as a soothing sleep aid 🤷‍♀️🙄
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Melanie Hooyenga @melaniehoo.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Catch up on my latest news — soft audiobook release, ebook sale on my latest psychological thriller (The Quiet Unraveling of Eve Ellaway), and I have an event with @kdlibrary.bsky.social tomorrow in Cascade! #booksky open.substack.com/pub/melanieh...
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Three Quick Things
The audiobook for The Quiet Unraveling of Eve Ellaway is now available (on limited sites) and to celebrate, I've put the ebook on sale for 99¢! AND, tomorrow (10/24) I have an event in Grand Rapids, M...
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Alisha Grauso (She/Her) @alishagrauso.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
The irony of the White House's East Wing, in which First Ladies have worked ever since Rosalynn Carter became the first First Lady to make her office there, being razed by a serial rapist and Epstein co-sex trafficker, is not lost on me.
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Melanie Hooyenga @melaniehoo.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
The Quiet Unraveling of Eve Ellaway is on sale for the first time EVER! A kidnapped baby. The sister left behind. A secret no one would believe. books2read.com/QuietUnravel... #booksky
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Melanie Hooyenga @melaniehoo.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
This makes me incredibly angry.
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Melanie Hooyenga @melaniehoo.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
No Kings in red Grand Haven, MI. 🚫👑 Roughly 1000 people on a busy intersection. Lots of honks and cheers and smiling faces, only a few thumbs down and screeching tires. We settled on chanting “USA!” at the haters. 😍
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Melanie Hooyenga @melaniehoo.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
If you’re anything like me, you’ve had plenty of times in your life when you were faced with a decision and your gut screamed one thing while your logical ol’ brain insisted on another. open.substack.com/pub/melanieh...
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Trusting Your Gut
If you’re anything like me, you’ve had plenty of times in your life when you were faced with a decision and your gut screamed one thing while your logical ol’ brain insisted on another.
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Melanie Hooyenga @melaniehoo.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
When a book is no longer carried in libraries or bookstores, people can’t read it. They can’t buy it. And eventually publishers choose not to buy more books from that author. #censorship #bannedbooks #writingcommunity www.melaniehoo.com/2025/10/08/c...
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Censorship, Banned Books, and Being Silenced - Melanie Hooyenga
Some say it's a badge of honor to have a book banned, but many authors have chosen to stop writing for teens and children because of the controversy.
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Melanie Hooyenga @melaniehoo.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
When I first declared my sabbatical I told people it would be roughly a year, but I knew it might be longer, and while I’ve been back at it for many months, reflecting on my time “off” now feels like an official conclusion to that chapter of my life. www.melaniehoo.com/2025/06/03/t...
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The Importance of Taking a Break - Melanie Hooyenga
Two years ago I announced that I was taking a sabbatical from writing. I was burned out, exhausted, frustrated, and ready to be done with all this.
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Melanie Hooyenga @melaniehoo.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
When I first declared my sabbatical I told people it would be roughly a year, but I knew it might be longer, and while I’ve been back at it for many months, reflecting on my time “off” now feels like an official conclusion to that chapter of my life. www.melaniehoo.com/2025/06/03/t...
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The Importance of Taking a Break - Melanie Hooyenga
Two years ago I announced that I was taking a sabbatical from writing. I was burned out, exhausted, frustrated, and ready to be done with all this.
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Melanie Hooyenga @melaniehoo.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Two years ago I announced that I was taking a sabbatical from writing. I was burned out, exhausted, frustrated, and ready to be done with all this. Shortly after I announced my break, I also stopped writing. www.melaniehoo.com/2025/06/03/t... #mentalhealth
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The Importance of Taking a Break - Melanie Hooyenga
Two years ago I announced that I was taking a sabbatical from writing. I was burned out, exhausted, frustrated, and ready to be done with all this.
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Melanie Hooyenga @melaniehoo.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
You definitely want to read this book! I couldn’t put it down!
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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 10/04/2025
This is a must read. Ronald Reagan on tariffs, 11/26/88.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
The worst catastrophes of history are caused by men who are malevolent, ignorant, and have exceptional wills.
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Melanie Hooyenga @melaniehoo.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Over 5000 people in Muskegon said #HandsOff!
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Melanie Hooyenga @melaniehoo.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
On my way to rally! 👊🏼🚺🏳️‍🌈⚖️ #HandsOff
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Melanie Hooyenga @melaniehoo.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...
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Investigate Trump officials for putting our national security at risk!
It's not only dangerous to the American public that this happened, but the fact that a reporter was inadvertently given access to these current plans in real time shows that Pete Hegseth and the rest ...
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Melanie Hooyenga @melaniehoo.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Love books but not feeling Amazon anymore? My newest release is on other bookseller sites, including @barnesandnoble.com! A kidnapped baby. The sister left behind. A secret no one would believe. #publishing www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-quiet-...
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The Quiet Unraveling of Eve Ellaway|Paperback
All Eve Ellaway wants is to escape to college, start a life of her own, and finally sever the connection to her twin sister Gen who disappeared when they were babies. Because while the rest of the wor...
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Melanie Hooyenga @melaniehoo.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Today is my 50th birthday! That’s 18,262 days if I’ve counted leap days correctly. I’ve thought about this milestone A LOT in the past year, mostly with excitement, but also with a tinge of trepidation. www.melaniehoo.com/2025/03/17/1... #lifegoals #bucketlist
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18262 Days - Melanie Hooyenga
Each new decade has brought more wisdom, less f---s, and an increased sense that the best way to be happy that is to follow my passions.
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
I think what is making everyone so angry isn’t just the cowardice of Senate Democrats, it’s their cowardice in comparison to the random normal person who runs for school board to oust a Moms for Liberty freak
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Greg Andree @gregandree71.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Democrats should have shouted down and drowned out every lie. Instead we sat, obedient, as we were Drowned. from “Should Have. Could Have. Didn’t Do Shit.” a poem
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Melanie Hooyenga @melaniehoo.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
ICYMI: here's my interview with FOX17 Morning Mix talking about my new release, The Quiet Unraveling of Eve Ellaway! www.fox17online.com/morning-mix/...
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Local author releases latest YA novel, "The Quiet Unraveling of Eve Ellaway"
Melanie Hooyenga's latest book set in her hometown of Grand Haven, tackles complex and emotional topics
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Melanie Hooyenga @melaniehoo.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
You only have a couple hours left to enter to win one of three print copies of The Quiet Unraveling of Eve Ellaway on Goodreads! #booksky www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
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Book giveaway for The Quiet Unraveling of Eve Ellaway by Melanie Hooyenga Feb 03-Feb 25, 2025
Enter to win one of 3 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Feb 03-Feb 25, 2025. We're giving away 3 first edition signed paperbacks of The Quiet Un...
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Melanie Hooyenga @melaniehoo.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
It’s my book launch day!! books2read.com/QuietUnravel...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 24/02/2025
Tonight, I need to see every single anchor give Joy her flowers.
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Melanie Hooyenga @melaniehoo.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Here’s my interview with Fox17 Morning Mix! www.fox17online.com/morning-mix/...
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Local author releases latest YA novel, "The Quiet Unraveling of Eve Ellaway"
Melanie Hooyenga's latest book set in her hometown of Grand Haven, tackles complex and emotional topics
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Melanie Hooyenga @melaniehoo.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Someone pointed out to me that trump's kids first initials spell D(on), E(ric), I(vanka), and I just realized B(arron) fits right in. No Tiffany, per usual.
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Melanie Hooyenga @melaniehoo.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
My friend Denny has a book out today! dennyconnollybooks.com/work/salvage    Salvage is a grounded sci-fi adventure about making mistakes, fighting back against oppressive systems of power, and seeing treasure where everyone else sees trash.
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Melanie Hooyenga @melaniehoo.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Author Melanie Hooyenga is bringing her hometown of Grand Haven to the page in her latest novel, “The Quiet Unraveling of Eve Ellaway,” a psychological suspense story set against the backdrop of Lake Michigan. www.secondwavemedia.com/lakeshore/fe...
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Grand Haven author brings hometown to life in novel
Melanie Hooyenga’s suspenseful novel, “The Quiet Unraveling of Eve Ellaway,” follows a teen trapped in a haunting double life in Grand Haven.
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Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Hey all, I have a specific request this AM. There's an urgent situation involving this (which Martha references in the original description), and the total needs to be doubled. Martha's OOO so I don't want to bother her to change the amount, but I'm asking for your help. gofund.me/505857f2
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Donate to Back Jess's Path to a Fresh Start in DC, organized by Martha Brockenbrough
You might know Jess Huang as Celeste Pewter—the tireless educator on how … Martha Brockenbrough needs your support for Back Jess's Path to a Fresh Start in DC
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Melanie Hooyenga @melaniehoo.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Don’t mind me, I’m wearing all the layers and drinking all the tea because I’m freezing and raging that mental health drugs are under attack. 💊☕️🤬
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Melanie Hooyenga @melaniehoo.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
I unboxed my books at the Book Cellar today!! I’ve done quite a few of these over the years but this was the first time with a utility knife so I had to be extra careful haha. After this I hand-delivered copies to local friends and it was so fun to see everyone! 😍🤩 #booksky
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Rogue Citizen One @roguecitizenone.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Happy National Freedom to Marry Day! On this day we commemorate the landmark Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges that granted same-sex couples the right to marry. Join me in celebrating love, equality, and the countless couples who have found happiness together.
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Melanie Hooyenga @melaniehoo.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
I don’t feel like the @nytimes.com is living the same timeline as everyone else.
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Melanie Hooyenga @melaniehoo.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Want to read about a teen who's raised as both herself and her twin sister, who disappeared as a baby? Enter to win one of three copies on Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho... #booksky
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Book giveaway for The Quiet Unraveling of Eve Ellaway by Melanie Hooyenga Feb 03-Feb 25, 2025
Enter to win one of 3 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Feb 03-Feb 25, 2025. We're giving away 3 first edition signed paperbacks of The Quiet Un...
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Melanie Hooyenga @melaniehoo.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
One of the most common questions writers are asked is, “where you you get your ideas?” My favorite snarky reply is, “from the idea store,” but I realize that’s not actually helpful. www.melaniehoo.com/2025/02/03/i... #writingsky
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Inspiration is Everywhere - Melanie Hooyenga
I've never based the main plot of a book on anything from my life — I slip real details into the side stories.
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Melanie Hooyenga @melaniehoo.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Looking for a new romance read? These authors have teamed up to offer a sweet selection of romance novels. books.bookfunnel.com/FebRomanceRe... #booksky
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Romance in February
Love is in the air, and so is your next romance novel! These amazing authors have teamed up to offer a sweet selection of romance books.
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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
The #PEPFAR tracker is following the real time impact of each passing day of the funding suspensions spurred by the USAID funding freeze. Although there is a waiver to allow dispersion of ART, this is not happening because clinic workers have been laid off. People are dying. pepfarimpact.vercel.app
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
John Lewis is proud of Jasmine Crockett... we all need to get in "good trouble" now!
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