You know what the beauty of following authors on Twitter is? They’re authors. They ALREADY know how to wow us with their words in book form, so reading their tweets is like getting a 140-character morsel of delight at any given time, whether it’s a hilarious observation, piece of sage advice, or dose of honesty. Read on for some of our Twitter-loving authors who will add a bit of oomph to your feed:
Sabaa Tahir, author of the An Ember in the Ashes series
Tuesday haiku:
These damn characters
So bossy. Yes Elias,
Talking about you.#Ember3 #amwriting— Sabaa Tahir (@sabaatahir) March 1, 2017
What she’ll bring: The ever-entertaining details of her writing process. Lots of croissants involved.
Erin Chack, author of This is Really Happening
behind every great woman is me screaming YES QUEEN so loud that her hair blows around like a music video
— erin chack (@ErinChack) March 8, 2017
What she’ll bring: The relevant wit of a BuzzFeed writer (cause she is one) and literally L O L tweets.
Renée Ahdieh, author of The Wrath and the Dawn duology and Flame in the Mist
*Siri activates on my computer w/o warning*
Me: WTF?
Siri: There’s no need for that.My computer has clearly talked to my mom.
— renee ahdieh (@rahdieh) May 5, 2017
What she’ll bring: Lots of fun book news and general awesomeness.
Alwyn Hamilton, author of the Rebel of the Sands trilogy
Even at deepest darkest end of writing REBEL 3 there are still 2 scenes I am totally in love with.
1 is action.
The other is…”kissing” pic.twitter.com/rHYbjOHmPU
— AlwynHamilton (@AlwynFJH) May 15, 2017
What she’ll bring: #AmWriting progress, on-point pop-culture commentary, and mad shoe game.
Sarah Dessen, author the upcoming Once and For All, and many more!
Went to Target and did not buy myself a SINGLE THING. Where’s my medal?
— sarahdessen (@sarahdessen) May 21, 2017
What she’ll bring: Completely #relatable tweets — authors, they’re just like us!
Tahereh Mafi, author of Furthermore
me: DEAD MOTH 😭😭 DEAD MOTH ON THE FLOOR
ransom: where? WHERE??
me: points, cries
ransom: dives
him:
him: that’s a piece of tape
me: oh, cool— Tahereh Mafi (@TaherehMafi) April 21, 2017
What she’ll bring: Tales of the Mafi-Riggs household, aka the stuff of dreams.
Rachel Hawkins, author of the Rebel Belle series
Me: Edit this chapter.
Also Me: Write 2500 words of fanfic.
Both Mes: pic.twitter.com/8UM9zWjyHu— Rachel Hawkins (@LadyHawkins) May 18, 2017
What she’ll bring: A hefty amount of snark.
Dana Schwartz, author of And We’re Off
This one Bachelor contestant is like if you ran every single Bachelor contestant in history through a face-merging software pic.twitter.com/8evhffYR4n
— Dana Schwartz (@DanaSchwartzzz) May 19, 2017
What she’ll bring: The same wit that made you love @GuyInYourMFA and @DystopianYA.
David Arnold, author of Mosquitoland and Kids of Appetite
Dutch fan asked me to sign @beckyalbertalli‘s UPSIDE. As her. I made the most of it. pic.twitter.com/9o82wubhMC
— David Arnold (@roofbeam) April 22, 2017
What he’ll bring: Gems like this and a lot of news about great author hangs!
Morgan Rhodes, author of the Falling Kingdoms series and the A Book of Spirits and Thieves series
90% of writing is basically staring blankly at a wall.
— Morgan Rhodes (@MorganRhodesYA) April 22, 2017
What she’ll bring: Lots of teasers from her upcoming books!
Marie Lu, author of the Legend series, The Young Elites series, and the upcoming Warcross
Convo that just happened in the car. I KNOW I KNOW pic.twitter.com/hs9BqTbU4W
— Marie Lu (@Marie_Lu) May 5, 2017
What she’ll bring: Amazing convos with her husband such as this, amazing character art, and so much author love.
Brendan Reichs, author of Nemesis
Oh. My. God. #faceapp https://t.co/9sZaAJha0e pic.twitter.com/fHoBXvzeQC
— Brendan Reichs (@BrendanReichs) April 26, 2017
What he’ll bring: This is all you really need to know. But a lot of other great stuff too.
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