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Diane Billas (she/her) queer YA author

@dianebillas.bsky.social

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YA author of queer books DOES LOVE ALWAYS WIN? (2023)🌈 and SUPERFICIAL (2024) 🦸‍♀️ Musician, traveler, reader Pan/Demi Philly based linktr.ee/dianebillas

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Diane Billas (she/her) queer YA author @dianebillas.bsky.social · 13h

I’m Diane, a pan/demi author. I have two YA books out: a sapphic awakening romance DOES LOVE ALWAYS WIN? and a superhero novel SUPERFICIAL (pan/demi FMC)! I'm querying a sapphic murder mystery called THE FINAL CHAPTER and drafting an adult sapphic cruise-inspired rom-com. All my books are queer! 🌈

Diane Billas (she/her) queer YA author @dianebillas.bsky.social · 13h

Happy book birthday!!!

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Nicole Zelniker @nicolezelniker.bsky.social · 13h

Happy Kai day❤️

I hope you all enjoy Kai’s story. And if you’re struggling with self-worth around chronic illness and disability, I hope it makes you feel less alone.

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E.M. Anderson | the author too hot for BlueSky @elizmanderson.com · 13h

and here's a static cover reveal post for people who want to skip the book trailer and/or hate videos! cover art by Lucy Rose

THE LORD OF THE WOOD releases in July 2026, from @hanoversquarepress.bsky.social! #author

preorder now: gatheringvolumes.com/item/44euZQq...

the cover of E.M. Anderson's The Lord of the Wood, framed in gold with gold flowers against a dark teal background around the edges. The cover is teal with a stag of flowers and foliage growing from a twisted tree with flowers growing around it and black ooze dripping from a branch overhead. the title "The Lord of the Wood" is in large white serif text to the left, with foliage growing through the letters closest to the tree, and the author "E.M. Anderson" is in all-caps yellow text at the bottom. the tagline, in smaller yellow text, reads, "Even a beastly woodland protector needs saving..."

"When lonely clockmaker Arthur Throckmorton loses his way in an enchanted forest, he meets the hero of his childhood bedtime stories: the Lord of the Wood. But instead of the mythical figure of his dreams, the Lord of the Wood is a grim man turning into a beast and losing power over a dying forest. If they can’t save the forest before he becomes a beast completely, Arthur will lose the man he's falling for—and never see his family again." Text is in a textbox against a murky image of a forest, with the cover of E.M. Anderson's The Lord of the Wood below the text, all against a dark teal background with gold curlicues in the corners.

The cover of E.M. Anderson's The Lord of the Wood on a dark teal background with golden leaves overhead, surrounded by yellow text reading: plant magic; sentient forest trying to oops! murder people; intensely homoerotic shaving scene; the one who heard the stories and the one who was in the stories; hopeless romantic who's clueless about his own sexuality; Beauty & the Beast inspired by not a retelling; dual-POV brother/sister; love interest turning slowly into a beast; wound-tending.

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Diane Billas (she/her) queer YA author @dianebillas.bsky.social · 13h

Ahhh this is gorgeous!!!

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S.E. Reed @writingwithreed.bsky.social · 3d

My little writing puppy pal, Mabel, says you should pick up your copy of THE FIRST WIVES for .99 cents on your Kindle before it’s too late. #thrillerbooks #booksky
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Diane Billas (she/her) queer YA author @dianebillas.bsky.social · 18h

Made it to 40k on my adult sapphic cruise-inspired rom com! Over halfway to my goal!🥳

Diane Billas (she/her) queer YA author @dianebillas.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks for all the support yesterday during #DVpit! It was a fantastic days and so many amazing pitches!! 🔥😍

Diane Billas (she/her) queer YA author @dianebillas.bsky.social · 6d

I loved @brclothwrites.bsky.social debut book and want to read this one too!!!

Author Benjamin Ryan @brclothwrites.bsky.social · 6d

AMIDST EVAN'S MIDLIFE CRISIS, HIS CHILDHOOD WISH CAME TRUE--EVERY CAR IN THE WORLD WAS NOW YELLOW. BUT EVERYTHING IS SOON THROWN INTO CHAOS;
THAT OUTRAGEOUS BIRTHDAY WISH OF HIS WASN'T THE ONLY ONE COMING TRUE. AND HIS MOST RECENT ONE IS FILLED WITH DEADLY COSMIC CONSEQUENCES...

#DVpit #Own #Humor

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Diane Billas (she/her) queer YA author @dianebillas.bsky.social · 6d

I so want to read this!!!

Diane Billas (she/her) queer YA author @dianebillas.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you!!

Diane Billas (she/her) queer YA author @dianebillas.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you so much!!

Diane Billas (she/her) queer YA author @dianebillas.bsky.social · 6d

Yahhh sapphic!

Diane Billas (she/her) queer YA author @dianebillas.bsky.social · 6d

I'm so here for all of this but especially the superhero action! I love Renegades!

Diane Billas (she/her) queer YA author @dianebillas.bsky.social · 6d

QUEER NANCY DREW
17 yo Emmie is suspect #1 of a murder during her mom’s book event. She needs to get her life back before she's the next victim.
🌈Pansexual FMC, lesbian LI, trans BFF
💘Sapphic crush
🧐Amateur investigation
🎃Halloween vibes
📚Indie bookstore
🐱Store cat
#DVpit #YA #MYS #LGBT #OWN