Write or Die Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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workshops + community internal magazine @chillsubs EIC @kaileydello | associate editor @shelbyhinte subs open for essays + interviews

Morality Play
Lauren Hilger
INTERVIEW | @erica_abbott chats with @lauren_hilger about her writing routines, literary influences, editing poetry for @NoTokensJournal, and the inspiration and themes behind her collection, MORALITY PLAY (@poetrynw)🍒 https://t.co/eGSwIkERVS https://t.co/FFr9HACO3l
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Our Crooked Hearts
Melissa Albert
MATTER OF CRAFT | @mimi_albert chats about pacing, creating tension, writing dual storylines, why she loves to write #YA and teen characters, staying off the internet, and her new novel, OUR CROOKED HEARTS (@Flatironbooks) 🖤 https://t.co/JgvYL1MD1T https://t.co/09cfwFz7WO
Paperback, 2023
$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Yerba Buena
Nina Lacour
INTERVIEW | @nina_lacour on the shift from writing for a YA audience to writing for adults, drawing on her family’s rich history, finding beauty in the unexpected, and her new novel, YERBA BUENA (@Flatironbooks) interviewed by @bmcintyre1000 🌸 https://t.co/ZRafjLkm2G https://t.co/p5OaadBNW0
Paperback, 2023
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Red Zone: A Love Story
Chloe Caldwell
INTERVIEW | @Shelbyhinte chats with Chloe Caldwell about periods, being a stepmom, binge writing, and her new book THE RED ZONE (@softskull) 🩸❤️ https://t.co/L2ukFnXdgm https://t.co/ls8c7TC06P
Paperback, 2022
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Aesthetica
Allie Rowbottom
INTERVIEW | @allierowbottom chats with us about predicting plastic surgery trends, writing about #instagram, finding the emotional core to make your writing better, our obsession with youth, and her process for writing AESTHETICA (@soho_press )❤️ https://t.co/0Bg8XZ56Fc https://t.co/2yiS6w49Mu
Paperback, 2023
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
No Second Chances
Rio Youers
INTERVIEW | We spoke with @Rio_Youers about crafting plot twists, the challenges that come with writing a place you don’t live in, his daily writing routine, and the spark that inspired his latest thriller, NO SECOND CHANCES (@WmMorrowBooks) ⚡️ https://t.co/wBAwg75wOt https://t.co/yAiu1YT3th
Paperback, 2023
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Notes on an Execution
Danya Kukafka
INTERVIEW | @danyakukafka and I chatted about the erasure of women in #truecrime, the transformative power of writing in second person, her meditative writing process, and her latest novel, NOTES ON AN EXECUTION (@WmMorrowBooks) ⚡️ https://t.co/6W344qhxZv https://t.co/0TCG6MYly8
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Kickstart Your Novel: A toolkit for aspiring writers
Julie Proudfoot
Take a break this summer? Or KICKSTART YOUR NOVEL? 🔥 I think you know which one we would choose. Get the details on Dana De Greff's latest workshop here: https://t.co/9AemnAkXBE https://t.co/vxzSwzFX3c
Paperback, 2021
$12.99$6.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Shadows of Pecan Hollow
Caroline Frost
INTERVIEW | Caroline Frost chats about the unlikeable character debate, starting her #novel as a #screenplay, writing toxic relationships, and her debut novel, SHADOWS OF PECAN HOLLOW (@WmMorrowBooks) ✨ #authorlife #AuthorInterview https://t.co/08aBgFkvL3 https://t.co/iXvffbtm4y
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dominant Genes
Sj Sindu
INTERVIEW | @ponyak7 chats with @SJSindu about juggling multiple projects, SJ's Tamil ancestry, mythology, and her latest hybrid collection, DOMINANT GENES (@BlackLawrence- out 02/22!) 💎🤍💙 https://t.co/7h9Osu0d0d https://t.co/1T9V29tzSO
Paperback, 2022
$9.95$4.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book