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Shannon Sanders

@shanders.bsky.social
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THE GREAT WHEREVER (forthcoming from Holt, summer ‘26); COMPANY, 2024 winner of the L.A.Times Book Prizes Award for First Fiction: www.graywolfpress.org/books/company. Mom, twin mom, lawyer, Silver Springer. She/her

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Definitely Amanda @kitkatgirl1001.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Spending this beautiful day finishing this terrific book - highly recommend! Thanks for writing this @shanders.bsky.social
Pic of copy of The Great Wherever by Shannon Sanders in the sunlight - my dog in the background
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Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Boosting this ask by my Spelman friend and fellow writer, who is in a true moment of need and will repay the world many times over with her humanitarian work and her art. I’m donating right now!
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Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
So excited to be in conversation this weekend with Ariel Lawhon and Lisa See at Aspen Literary Festival! Also so, so excited to meet the great @katekilla.bsky.social. Join us! Visit aspenliteraryfestival.org for more details.
Flyer for an event at the Aspen Literary Festival: “Against the Tide / Ariel Lawhon & Shannon Sanders & Lisa See / Moderated by Kate Tuttle / September 27 at 11 AM / Wheeler Opera House / Tickets: $45”
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R. O. Kwon 권오경 @rokwon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
writers! If you’re looking for mentorship & you’re of color, Periplus is going into its seventh(!) year of annually pairing 50ish writers who are newer to publishing with more established writers. Periplus is taking applications through 10/11 🌱 faqs below docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I’ve made it this far without watching The Good Place but unfortunately I do know how season 1 ends. Is it still worth it? (I’m about three episodes in and so far find it somewhat tedious but have heard many good things)
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Lisa Yelon @lisayelon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Blog post: Readalikes for The Great Wherever by @shanders.bsky.social, including ones by @britbennett.bsky.social, @abrahamverghese.bsky.social, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, James McBride, Virginia Evans, and Jane Hamilton. #booksky www.lisayelon.com/blog/if-you-...
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If You Like The Great Wherever… — Lisa Yelon
Family sagas that sweep you into another world
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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 03/09/2026
Anyone who wants to support my living expenses as I currently have zero sources of income can always do it here where I accept mutual aid. Know that your donations do not make me rich in any way. They just make my continued survival possible. buymeacoffee.com/chantaljames
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Support Chantal!
Hello friends! It's me, the author of the novel NONE BUT THE RIGHTEOUS and the novella FES IS A MIRROR and poetry and essay that touches your heart. You might know me from Bluesky where I constan...
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Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I’ve been doing podcast interviews and the last question is always “Are you working on anything new?” Welp, I’m doing this podcast on my lunch break from my day job instead of eating lunch because it’s the only kid-free, work-free time I have all day, does it seem like I’m working on anything new 😩
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Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Incredibly generous review of #thegreatwherever by Nina LaCour via @nytimes.com:
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Book Review: ‘The Great Wherever,’ by Shannon Sanders (Gift Article)
In “The Great Wherever,” generations of spirits watch as their descendants debate whether or not to sell their ancestral home.
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Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I don’t usually do this but today I must. Wordle 1,884 2/6 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
What a thoughtful, thorough, beautiful review!! Thank you so much to Elisabeth of @whoevenreads.bsky.social 🥰🥰
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Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I’ll be at some festivals this fall! The first one will be this one in Aspen: www.aspenliteraryfestival.org/speakers
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Speakers | Discover Renowned Authors — Aspen Literary Festival
Explore our lineup of bestselling authors and speakers at the Aspen Literary Festival.
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Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Not naming names, but someone who lives in the same house as me just complained that he accidentally overheard a spoiler for the end of the book I finished writing two years ago, numerous finished copies of which have been stacked all around said house for more than seven months now 🙃
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Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
A nice dose of perspective! (She had me going in the beginning.) open.substack.com/pub/thepom/p...
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Summer Is Almost Over and You Blew It
I'm here to affirm you: you're absolutely right, you did a terrible job.
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Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
One thing you can set your watch to as a working mom is that if anyone ever bothers to say “Hey, are you doing ok? You seem like you have too much on your plate” it is GUARANTEED it’s because they need you to be more available to *them*
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Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I'll be on a Livestream with A Mighty Blaze at 2! www.youtube.com/live/QPn_gGC...
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Debut Spotlight with Shannon Sanders
On A Mighty Blaze, host Ellen Comisar welcomes Shannon Sanders. NPR...
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Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Publishing a book will make you more sensitive than you ever thought imaginable. You will develop new senses and fields of perception. It is not for the weak
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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 26/07/2026
I’m reading the latest by @shanders.bsky.social slowly & it’s cool to see the parts where a Black family is building on their land many years ago. It resonates with what I know. My great grandma was born in 1899 & died when I was 26, living in the house her husband had gathered neighbors to build.
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Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The Great Wherever, along with Daniel Mason’s County People, is an NPR Book of the Day! I got to interview with the lovely Scott Simon and you can listen here. www.npr.org/2026/07/24/n...
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In 'The Great Wherever' and 'Country People,' city dwellers try out rural life : NPR's Book of the Day
In two new novels, city folk are thrown into life in the country. The Great Wherever is a multigenerational story told through ghosts. A woman living in Washington, D.C. learns she’s inherited her fat...
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Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Delighted by this generous read!!
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iEDITu @ieditu.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
50 pages left in @shanders.bsky.social The Great Wherever and I have to be up in 5 hours…..so of course I’m going to stay up and finish it. Beautifully haunting story about family, legacy, and what draws the lost back.
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Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Loved Amy’s smart, thoughtful questions! And you can get the book here:
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The Great Wherever: A Novel
Named a Most Anticipated Book of Summer 2026 by NPR, People, Oprah Daily, Harper's Bazaar, Town and Country, Esquire, The New York Post, The Boston Globe, WGBH, Real Simple, The Root, Our Culture, Wom...
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Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Since posting this 16 hours ago, I’ve gotten four more, including one by a scammer impersonating one of the same people who supposedly emailed me yesterday, but from a different address
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Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
If I had to pick the one thing that has changed most in my life since publishing my debut novel a week ago, it is that the number of AI-generated scam emails I receive on a daily basis, the ones that stroke my ego and then coyly ask me for money, has quite literally octupled
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Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I always love talking to @vitcavage.bsky.social so much and this time was especially fun!
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Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Come to this! And mention to me if you want to be considered for the Great Wherever shawl I’m knitting 🧶
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Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Baltimore friends, this is tomorrow: www.eventbrite.com/e/shannon-sa...
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Shannon Sanders presents THE GREAT WHEREVER
Join us in Remington for the release of Shannon Sanders' novel THE GREAT WHEREVER! Shannon will be in conversation with Khaliah Williams.
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Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Come spend the evening with me and Jamise Harper of Spines and Vines tonight! It’s not hot and it’s not raining 😃
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Amy Colleen @amycolleen.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
My review of THE GREAT WHEREVER (out today!), interview with @shanders.bsky.social and GIVEAWAY of a new copy of TGW! www.amy-colleen.com/p/one-long-m...
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Shannon Sanders in conversation about THE GREAT WHEREVER
An interview with the debut novelist about her luscious and dreamlike family saga (out today!) and the process of writing it... +GIVEAWAY for premium subscribers!
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Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Dc friends, a reminder that this is tomorrow!! loyaltybookstores.com/greatwherever
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Shannon Sanders and Jamise Harper for The Great Wherever at the MLK Library!
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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 07/07/2026
Happy publication to THE GREAT WHEREVER by the homie @shanders.bsky.social ! You will love this marvelous work, I’m absolutely sure of it because I do. And if you want to hang out with me at her launch event at the MLK Library downtown in DC tonight at 7, the more the merrier! Here’s the event.
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Events - DC Public Library
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Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
An INCREDIBLY thorough and thoughtful review!!
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Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
So thrilled today to have an excerpt of #TheGreatWherever (out tomorrow!!) in @electricliterature.com’s Recommended Reading, endorsed by the lovely and thoughtful @dawniewalton.bsky.social! electricliterature.com/the-great-wh...
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This Family's Favorite Holiday Game Is Resource Control - Electric Literature
An excerpt from THE GREAT WHEREVER by Shannon Sanders, recommended by Dawnie Walton
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Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
It is very hard to explain the combination of irrational feelings that takes over a person the week before they publish a novel
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One Story @onestorymag.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Wonderful new books by One Story authors are coming out in July: The Great Wherever by @shanders.bsky.social, Nightjar by Emily Ruskovich, Famous Men by @juliebuntin.bsky.social, White Pine by Claire Vaye Watkins, & The Parade by Ben Miller!
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Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
DMV friends!! loyaltybookstores.com/greatwherever
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Shannon Sanders and Jamise Harper for The Great Wherever at the MLK Library!
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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 19/06/2026
Guys my friend @shanders.bsky.social is sending me her bomb new book that is being hailed as the hottest thing ever, THE GREAT WHEREVER. And I'm so freaking excited because I cannot wait to get my hands on this. And it's coming out very soon so you need to preorder & support!
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Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
How are people not profoundly embarrassed
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Henry Holt Books @henryholtbooks.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
"A playful and poignant intergenerational saga about a haunted farm in which ancestors watch over and critique the living for posterity and entertainment."—@npr.org on #TheGreatWherever by @shanders.bsky.social 😎🏖️ Read more about this summer darling here: www.npr.org/2026/05/19/n...
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15 books our critics can't wait for this summer
A gothic horror tale, a creepy science-fiction romp, a sweeping romance, an intergenerational saga, a book about birds — here are the fiction and nonfiction our critics are most looking forward to.
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Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I almost forgot to share that THE GREAT WHEREVER got a starred Kirkus review!! 💫 And you already know I scrolled straight to the end to see the last line—“A bighearted triumph” 🤩 www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
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THE GREAT WHEREVER | Kirkus Reviews
A hapless woman reconnects with her family in this debut novel.
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Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
My brain at least once a week in 2026 when I’m supposed to be remembering something important: Abigail Bainbridge Calandra Dagwood Eberhard Faustine Gardenia….
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The Pomegranate @thepom.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
A year ago, we featured this lovely essay by @shanders.bsky.social, author of COMPANY and the forthcoming novel THE GREAT WHEREVER. As summer looms again, it’s an excellent time for a re-read! www.the-pom.com/p/summer-cam...
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Summer Camps Are Not Just Childcare (Guest Post)
a guest essay by Shannon Sanders
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Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Oh hey!! The Great Wherever is on this list, and in very good company.
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These Are the Summer Books Everyone Will Be Talking About
Whether you’re looking for a steamy romance, a chilling true crime memoir, or a literary masterpiece, your beach reading is covered.
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Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Listening to a podcast where they’re lightheartedly talking about the etiquette of eating spaghetti, which the host referred to as “SPAG-etiquette” when “spaGHETTiquette” was right there. Smh
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Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
You should absolutely read this! It is so dreamy but also so incisive and the command of language is stunning.
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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · 30/04/2026
You also need to be pre-ordering this by my sista girl @shanders.bsky.social to get into the contemporary Black south in fiction. bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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The Great Wherever: A Novel
A Novel
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Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
When people in book spaces refer to “immersive reading,” does that just mean generally immersing themselves in what they’re reading? Or (as I’m starting to piece together) does it specifically mean reading while listening to the audiobook?
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Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Inspired by a post I saw from @mcrane12.bsky.social I started watching DTF St. Louis but I don’t know, I think I’ve become hopelessly picky about shows, I want to get to the end but my attention keeps drifting, stick with it anyway?
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Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
There is something so uniquely intense about having a book coming out in a couple months. The wildest feelings
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Shannon Sanders @shanders.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
The Great Wherever got a starred review in @publisherswkly.bsky.social! 🤩 www.publishersweekly.com/9781250421678
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The Great Wherever by Shannon Sanders
Sanders (Company) delivers a gripping multigenerational epic of land, home, and inheritance. On the heels of a breakup with her ...
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