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Hear Her Howl

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For Girls Who Walk Through Fire

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A Beginner’s Guide to Resurrecting the Dead

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I write dark, magical books about strong, magical girls 🌈🩷💜💙 she/her | HEAR HER HOWL out now via @unionsqandco | FOR GIRLS WHO WALK THROUGH FIRE
@florenceandthemachine did not disappoint. Attendi @florenceandthemachine did not disappoint. Attending this concert was like entering the dark and sexy haunted dreamscape of a vengeful goddess and her coven of sapphic witches. No notes. #florenceandthemachine #witchywoman
I’m so thrilled that HEAR HER HOWL was featured in I’m so thrilled that HEAR HER HOWL was featured in School Library Journal’s list of 11 recommended feminist YA and middle grade books - and with such amazing company, including @nikita_gill’s Hekate (which I LOVED), as well as the awesome @hannsawyerr’s Truth Is. And thank you so much @sljournal ! It means so much to have this book seen and celebrated.
My current read and one of my favorite authors. I’ My current read and one of my favorite authors. I’ve loved everything I’ve read by @notoriousdrtib and barely 30 pages in I know this is no exception. Do yourself a favor and grab one (or all) of her books. #authorsofinstagram #books
When life is hard sometimes you just need to head When life is hard sometimes you just need to head to your local indie bookstore and get yourself a new book. And I know I’ll devour and love this one. Thanks @communitybookstore and @misss_read #authorsofinstagram #booksbooksbooks
Librarians, you all have been such amazing champio Librarians, you all have been such amazing champions of Hear Her Howl, and I’m so incredibly grateful for the work you all do every day connecting teens with stories that make them feel seen. If your teen book club, classroom, or library program is reading Hear Her Howl (or For Girls Who Walk Through Fire), and/or you’re seeking a YA author for programming, I would love to join you for a FREE virtual author visit. I’m happy to drop in for a short Q&A with readers, talk about the writing process, or discuss the themes in the book — from speculative storytelling to feminism, identity, and queer representation in YA. These conversations with teen readers are honestly one of my favorite parts of being an author. Librarians and educators can DM me here or visit www.kimderose.com/book-clubs if you’d like to set something up. Most importantly, thank you for everything you do for readers. Now more than ever we need you and your amazing work. #yalibrarian #librarylove #librariansofinstagram #yabooks #hearherhowl
Never let it be said that I don’t put effort into Never let it be said that I don’t put effort into Valentine’s Day. #forgirlswhowalkthroughfire #valentines #bookstagram #booksta #witchbooks
Thank you so much to @kirkus_reviews and @laura.si Thank you so much to @kirkus_reviews and @laura.simeon for selecting HEAR HER HOWL as one of 6 new YA books to help empower teens in 2026! Lord knows we ALL need a little reminder of our power right about now. My hope is that this book gives readers both a fun escape and a fiery, empowering reminder that they can (and deserve to) escape their cages and own their wild 🐺 #hearherhowl #yabooks #feministbooks #kirkusreviews #bookstagram
With all that’s going on in the world right now, I With all that’s going on in the world right now, I’m so incredibly honored that HEAR HER HOWL was included amongst the amazing stories selected for the 2026 Rise: A Feminist Book Project List. “This year, the committee placed a heavy emphasis on solidarity. We looked for stories that remind us of the power found in community and collective support.” Stories matter. Art matters. Using our voices however we can matters. I do not take being a YA author lightly - it’s a deep privilege to create books for teens (and former teens) that remind us of our individual and collective power, our innate wisdom and wild, and the fact that we don’t have to accept the (white supremacist patriarchal misogynistic heteronormative) narratives that have been handed down to us, that we can create new and better stories. And yes, sometimes that story involves girls becoming wolves. Thank you so much @americanlibraryassociation and the Feminist Book Project committee. And congratulations to all of the other honorees! Find and read their books - and visit your local libraries! For more information and to see the full list visit: https://www.ala.org/srrt/2026-rise-feminist-book-project-list @unionsqandco @kathygreenlit #hearherhowl #librarians #ala #youngadultbooks #feministbooks
Do not give in to despair. Let your rage be the fu Do not give in to despair. Let your rage be the fuel for your action. Image and list courtesy of @leonachaseslions Substack.
Back in 2016 I took an impromptu springtime trip t Back in 2016 I took an impromptu springtime trip to see my grandfather - my mom’s dad - because he had cancer and was entering hospice and I didn’t want to wait until the following Christmas to see him like usual. He died months later and I felt so grateful I’d made that trip happen. Now in 2026 it’s my mom who is in hospice and has cancer, my mom I’m making regular unscheduled trips to visit, and I know I’ll be so grateful I made each and every one happen. Back in 2016 I also had one of my closest friends, Lucy, living close by, and we regularly spent weekends together with our kids. Fast forward to 2026 and we are still close friends, but live on different coats and see each other once or twice a year. Which never feels like quite enough! But I’ve learned how to keep my favorite people close, despite distance. Back in 2016 I was working on my second novel and had already been dropped by my first agent. I found additional creative outlets by making my son a pirate ship for his birthday, and decorating cookies honoring David Bowie, Leonard Cohen, and Prince, whom had all died that year. Now in 2026, I have a fantastic agent, have published two books I’m so proud of (with amazing editors), and am working on TWO new potential projects (and spending very little time on decorating cookies or crafting as a result, which feels like a fair trade).
Did you know that as an author you’re allowed to s Did you know that as an author you’re allowed to sign Library copies of your book? Well you can and I did! Currently at the NYPL Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library. #hearherhowl #nypl #librariesofinstagram📚 #staywild #bookstagram
It’s not just any full moon - it’s a wolf moon. AN It’s not just any full moon - it’s a wolf moon. AND a new year. Which means it’s the perfect time to leave your cages behind in 2025 and step into your full authentic wild. What have you been told is too much or not enough about who you are? And how might you use this wolf moon to set an intention that all those stories you’ve told about yourself are BS, that in fact your truest most wild self is absolutely perfect, and NEEDED in this world? Let’s get wild this year, let’s keep howling, and let’s find our packs. #hearherhowl #staywild #keephowling #bookstagram #werewolves #sapphicromance #sapphicYA #authorsofinstagram #staywildandkeephowling #queerya #feministbooks #wolfmoon #fullmoonintentions
Spotted by @arielsilverberg at @vromansbookstore i Spotted by @arielsilverberg at @vromansbookstore in Pasadena! Thanks for supporting Hear Her Howl, Vroman’s! #hearherhowl #staywild #keephowling #bookstagram #werewolves #sapphicromance #sapphicYA #authorsofinstagram #staywildandkeephowling #queerya #feministbooks
The New Year’s Day LA hike tradition continues! Al The New Year’s Day LA hike tradition continues! Also, every year we all come up with our motto for the new year. This year mine is “Enough.” I want to let go of things I’m done with, interrogate where my energy and resources are best spent, and continually ask the question of what is enough. Which we aren’t encouraged to do in our capitalist society. That doesn’t mean I don’t have goals and dreams and ambitions, but if those don’t all live alongside an internal gauge and questioning of what is enough, I fear it’s all too easy to fall into an endless hamster wheel of striving and achieving and attempting to gain more and more forever and ever amen. So what is enough? And where are the area of my life where I feel like, “you know what? Enough!” And how I can truly integrate that idea I am already enough? These are the questions for 2026. #newyearsmotto
The holiday drag brunch tradition with @aespecht a The holiday drag brunch tradition with @aespecht and @hlosman continues!! 🏳️‍🌈
It wouldn’t be the holidays in NYC without the Ber It wouldn’t be the holidays in NYC without the Bergdorf window displays. The best!! #bergdorfwindows #nycholidays
The witchiest of Christmas songs + Rhianna + M83 = The witchiest of Christmas songs + Rhianna + M83 = total holiday delight. #sakslightshow #christmasnyc #nycholidays
I think it’s fair to say that 2025 has been an abs I think it’s fair to say that 2025 has been an absolute mess. There are a lot of things to be outraged about. And do you know what should still be on your outrage list? THIS FILM. I’ve compiled my top 10 reasons for loathing this film in my latest newsletter over on my Substack: https://kimderose.substack.com/p/still-loathing I’ve said it once, but I’ll say it again—and I really just might engrave it on my tombstone, well mausoleum actually because that’s what I’m aiming for—Love, Actually is, unequivocally, the worst film of all time. “Okay, is it actually the worst film of all time,” I can hear you asking yourself once again? “Surely, there are worse films you could focus your rage upon, Kim.” And PERHAPS. But in a world where this tinsel-covered dumpster fire of a film has infected the hearts and minds of millions of people who find it “sweet” and “romantic” and “flawed but also SO watchable,” and, god forbid, “a classic”; in a world where it has somehow wound up in the holiday canon even though the only place it belongs is an actual cannon, SOMEONE needs to be speaking out about it annually and declaring (in, perhaps, just the slightest unhinged way) how much they hate this film. And, friends, I’m proud to be that very someone. A warrior for hatred against this film. “But why is it so bad?” You might be asking yourself. I’m so happy you asked! I’ve written about this at length - I’ve created an entire time-stamped document about everything wrong with it (which I am happy to share! DM me!). In the mean time, check out my latest newsletter: https://kimderose.substack.com/p/still-loathing #loveactually #loatheactually #loveactuallyistheworstchristmasmovieevermade #loveactuallyistheworst #feminist #feministaccount
Yet another soul who deeply inspires me is @alokvm Yet another soul who deeply inspires me is @alokvmenon , whose art and activism are so incredibly energizing. To consistently show up with joy and empathy and light in a world that displays such ugliness is not only impressive but revolutionary. Because what ALOK understands is that the only way we truly move forward and create the kind of world we dream of is by refusing the toxic systems and behaviors of our oppressors. The fact that ALOK can hear words of hatred and say, “I love you; I wish for you the same self love and acceptance that I feel” (I’m paraphrasing here), that they can refuse to diminish or demean themselves even when the world is unjust and unkind, that they never ever shrink but always take up the space they deserve (and gorgeously I might add), that they not only refuse to be othered but refuse to other those around them - THIS is what badass looks like. This is, dare I say, the kind of emulation of Jesus’s love and acceptance that most right wing religious folks are miles away from achieving. Thank you ALOK for showing us what it is to remain wild and to keep howling. #hearherhowl #staywild #keephowling #bookstagram #werewolves #sapphicromance #sapphicYA #authorsofinstagram #staywildandkeephowling #queerya #feministbooks #alok
Spotted at the Manhattan @barnesandnoble at 83rd a Spotted at the Manhattan @barnesandnoble at 83rd and Broadway! Thanks for snapping a pic of our girls in the wild @kathygreenlit! #hearherhowl #staywild #keephowling #bookstagram #werewolves #sapphicromance #sapphicYA #authorsofinstagram #staywildandkeephowling #queerya #feministbooks #lgbtqbooks
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