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Nathalie De Los Santos @natadecocoa.bsky.social · 14d

#dvparty this cover art of my novel Diyosa Mata was drawn by a friend, Naomi King back in the day 😍 i posted it when i was about to go to the lambda retreat this year! my mentor was aiden thomas, and i was part of the YA cohort. they all workshopped my book 💕 such an amazing time in august

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Romina Garber @rominagarber.bsky.social · 5d

😍🖤😍🖤😍 A beautiful blurb for The Last Vampire from one of my favorite authors & one of the most wonderful human beings in all the universes—thank you, @aidenschmaiden.bsky.social!! Obsessed with the whole blurb, so I’m going to paste the full thing here:

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Aiden Thomas 🇵🇸 @aidenschmaiden.bsky.social · 1d

I LOOOOVE THIS!!

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faeros6.bsky.social @faeros6.bsky.social · 4d

#SandersTober day 10! Postcard of Quetzlan from The Sunbearer Trials by @aidenschmaiden.bsky.social ! Really happy with how it turned out!

@thomassanders.bsky.social

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 1d

Day 29 of #LatineHeritageMonth: THE SUNBEARER TRIALS, Mexican- and Cuban-American author Aiden Thomas's (@aidenschmaiden.bsky.social) gorgeous YA novel of the games gods play with mortals. Every decade, to replenish the sun, Sol chooses competitors for the Sunbearer Trials, with deadly consequences

The cover of THE SUNBEARER TRIALS, featuring a winged figure wearing a crown and holding a glowing skull, in blues and greens

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Gabriella Buba - Preorder Daughters of Flood and Fury @gabriellabuba.bsky.social · Sep 6

Quick Rose City Comicon photo dump!!!
Sidekicks and side quests moderated by @readingismagical.bsky.social with @tkingfisher.com and Terry Brooks and the lovely @rmgilligan.bsky.social and @aidenschmaiden.bsky.social was such a cool discussion!

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Aiden Thomas 🇵🇸 @aidenschmaiden.bsky.social · Sep 5

i legit get overwhelmed thinking about it 😭💖🥹

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you’ve been poisoned @spookyfox.bsky.social · Aug 29

Not a corporate shill, but it’s hard to put into words the impact of seeing a display of @aidenschmaiden.bsky.social’s Cemetery Boys - with its trans, gay, Latino protagonist - as the YA pick of the month at Barnes and Noble in my red state yesterday. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈💗

Photograph of a small round table inside the American bookstore Barnes and Noble with a sign celebrating “Our Monthly Young Adult Pick: Cemetery Boys (by) Aiden Thomas.” Smaller white text below contains a blurb by K. Ancrum, author of The Wicker King: “A story much bigger than the paper that binds it, Cemetery Boys is the tender intricacy we have all been waiting for."
Stacks of the book surround the sign on both sides.

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Nicole Zelniker @nicolezelniker.bsky.social · Sep 3

Queer books from our giveaway! Check out my 📌 on IG for details.

Thanks to @transhorrors.bsky.social, @tqsims.bsky.social, @xvictoriawrites.bsky.social, @aidenschmaiden.bsky.social, @nghivo.bsky.social @zefrrr.bsky.social, @sophieburnham.bsky.social, @clmontblanc.bsky.social & more for your books!

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Multnomah County Library @multcolib.bsky.social · Sep 4

Try Cemetery Boys by @aidenschmaiden.bsky.social if you want to read "LGBTQ books for spooky season." #AskALibrarian

Cemetery Boys — Multnomah County Library

Cemetery Boys — Thomas, Aiden, — Yadriel, a trans boy, summons the angry spirit of his high school's bad boy, and agrees to help him learn how he died, thereby proving himself a brujo, not a bruja, to...

multcolib.bibliocommons.com

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Aiden Thomas 🇵🇸 @aidenschmaiden.bsky.social · Aug 23

here’s my appearances on Velshi’s banned Book Club on MSNBC this morning! 🤩

Ali Velshi @velshi.com · Aug 23

Why is fantasy such an important and popular genre? “Cemetery Boys” author @aidenschmaiden.bsky.social says when “we’re talking about heavy stuff [...] it eases it a little bit with a little magic and mystery and mayhem.” #Velshilass="text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400">#VelshiBannedBookClub #Velshi
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Velshi Banned Book Club: ‘Cemetery Boys’ by Aiden Thomas

A deft exploration of identity, self-acceptance, and the power of first love, “Cemetery Boys” by Aiden Thomas is a masterclass in why fantasy isn’t just such a popular genre, but why it is used so often to explore complex topics. When exploring a nuanced and complicated topic like transgender identity and understanding, fantasy helps make it more tangible to readers. “We’re talking about heavy stuff,” says Thomas, “I’m always going to ease it a little bit with a little magic and mystery.”

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Velshi Banned Book Club @velshibbc.bsky.social · Aug 23

Why is fantasy such an important and popular genre? “Cemetery Boys” author @aidenschmaiden.bsky.social says when “we’re talking about heavy stuff [...] it eases it a little bit with a little magic and mystery and mayhem.” #Velshilass="text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400">#VelshiBannedBookClub #Velshi
www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...

Velshi Banned Book Club: ‘Cemetery Boys’ by Aiden Thomas

A deft exploration of identity, self-acceptance, and the power of first love, “Cemetery Boys” by Aiden Thomas is a masterclass in why fantasy isn’t just such a popular genre, but why it is used so often to explore complex topics. When exploring a nuanced and complicated topic like transgender identity and understanding, fantasy helps make it more tangible to readers. “We’re talking about heavy stuff,” says Thomas, “I’m always going to ease it a little bit with a little magic and mystery.”

www.msnbc.com

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Ali Velshi @velshi.com · Aug 23

Why is fantasy such an important and popular genre? “Cemetery Boys” author @aidenschmaiden.bsky.social says when “we’re talking about heavy stuff [...] it eases it a little bit with a little magic and mystery and mayhem.” #Velshilass="text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400">#VelshiBannedBookClub #Velshi
www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...

Velshi Banned Book Club: ‘Cemetery Boys’ by Aiden Thomas

A deft exploration of identity, self-acceptance, and the power of first love, “Cemetery Boys” by Aiden Thomas is a masterclass in why fantasy isn’t just such a popular genre, but why it is used so often to explore complex topics. When exploring a nuanced and complicated topic like transgender identity and understanding, fantasy helps make it more tangible to readers. “We’re talking about heavy stuff,” says Thomas, “I’m always going to ease it a little bit with a little magic and mystery.”

www.msnbc.com

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Aiden Thomas 🇵🇸 @aidenschmaiden.bsky.social · Aug 22

IM VERY EXCITED!

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Aiden Thomas 🇵🇸 @aidenschmaiden.bsky.social · Aug 22

FRIENDS! tomorrow i’ll be on @msnbc.com for the @alivelshinews.bsky.social Banned Book Club to talk about “Cemetery Boys”, it’s 5 year anniversary, and the new paperback!

this is a HUGE deal and it’d mean a lot to me if you tuned in! my segment will start at 11:45 am ET / 8:45 am PT!

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Nicole Zelniker @nicolezelniker.bsky.social · Aug 19

Just some of the books from next month’s massive giveaway for 🇵🇸 on Instagram! Check out my IG (same name) for rules.

Thanks to @aidenschmaiden.bsky.social, @lisellesambury.bsky.social, @camrikohler.bsky.social, @sarahgailey.bsky.social, @literarydesiree.bsky.social, and more for donating!

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Aiden Thomas 🇵🇸 @aidenschmaiden.bsky.social · Aug 18

FRIENDS! the KidLit4CeaseFire, We The People auction is now live!!

you can bid on signed/personalized copies of "Cemetery Boys" and "The Sunbearer Trials", along with other amazing items and services!

check them out here! www.32auctions.com/organization...

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Grigory Lukin ✨️is on sub✨️ @grigorylukin.bsky.social · Aug 17

Seattle Worldcon has asked for feedback on their Discord. I have obliged:

A screenshot of my post on Discord. It reads:
Don't giggle when encountering a
nominee's unusual foreign name during their once-in-a-lifetime awards ceremony.

Pause. Or ask for advice. Or take 30 extra seconds to look up the pronunciation guide. Or hey, maybe rehearse how to pronounce names as much as you rehearsed that song.

But do not goddamn giggle.

That is unacceptable and is against the very idea of diversity. Do you want an award ceremony full of only Johns and Janes. Because that's how you get an award ceremony full of only Johns and Janes.

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Miri Baker, approximately normal spooky @miribaker.bsky.social · Aug 17

This is such an inexcusable error. When you're running something like this, you HAVE to honor the fact that this might be the most important night of someone's life.

Do better.

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Meg Frank @peripateticmeg.bsky.social · Aug 17

As respectfully as possible, if you are a Hugo MC it is your actual job to make sure you have the pronunciations of the people you are celebrating down. If you don’t get given a list from Worldcon you need to make your own or demand one in time to learn.

This is egregious.

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Aiden Thomas 🇵🇸 @aidenschmaiden.bsky.social · Aug 17

so much ick, Xoch!! 😖

Aiden Thomas 🇵🇸 @aidenschmaiden.bsky.social · Aug 17

publishing makes us believe that in order to matter — to “make it” and been taken seriously as an author — we HAVE to cater to the people running an award to get a nomination, to then only to be treated with disrespect once we finally DO make it.

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Aiden Thomas 🇵🇸 @aidenschmaiden.bsky.social · Aug 17

I KNOW THIS AND I LOVE YOU FOR IT.

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Aiden Thomas 🇵🇸 @aidenschmaiden.bsky.social · Aug 17

AND there was no pronunciation guide given to the presenters for Darcie Little Badger’s title “Sheine Lende” 🫠

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Aiden Thomas 🇵🇸 @aidenschmaiden.bsky.social · Aug 17

i literally said “nominate BIPOC but rarely win”