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VeroOoOnica Wraith

@veronicarothbooks.com

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Author of Divergent, Carve the Mark, Chosen Ones, Poster Girl, Arch-Conspirator, When Among Crows, etc.

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VeroOoOnica Wraith @veronicarothbooks.com · Jan 22

New Bluesky people! Especially #booksky! Do you remember this movie, perhaps with fond nostalgia, perhaps with cringe, or perhaps with both (c'est moi)? WELL-- it was based on a book, Divergent. I wrote it.

But that was FOURTEEN years ago! And since then, I have written OTHER THINGS! Like...

📚💙🪐

a woman is looking at a man with the words they call it divergent behind her

Alt: An East Asian woman, Maggie Q, says the phrase "They call it Divergent" (the text of which is in the bottom right corner of the gif), and then Shailene Woodley, a wide-eyed white girl stares at her in shock

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VeroOoOnica Wraith @veronicarothbooks.com · 17m

Hell yeah!

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Micaiah Johnson @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social · 24m

It’s official! Book news appropriate for the season

Publisher’s Marketplace posting. Publishers in dark blue font with Marketplace in red font. “Deal Report” on the right side of the heading, also in dark blue.

Text below reads:

THE UNHAUNTING By Micaiah Johnson
Imprint: Putnam
October 13, 2025
Ursula K. Le Guin Prize finalist Micaiah Johnson's THE UNHAUNTING, in which a young Black woman joins her friends to renovate a Confederate-era plantation house, where past and present begin to blur uncomfortably, pitched as Shirley Jackson's THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE meets Toni Morrison's BELOVED, for fans of Victor LaValle, Tananarive Due, and Stephen Graham Jones, to Ruoxi Chen at Putnam, at auction, for publication in fall 2026, by Cameron McClure at Donald Maass Literary Agency (world English).
Foreign: rokumura@penguinrandomhouse.com
Film/TV: Josie Freeman, CAA

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VeroOoOnica Wraith @veronicarothbooks.com · 2d

Remember, the coziness is only enhanced by the exposure to the elements, a la coming inside from playing in the snow to drink hot chocolate. That’s all I’m saying.

VeroOoOnica Wraith @veronicarothbooks.com · 2d

New York City friends, it’s chilly and rainy so why not spend a cozy night talking speculative fiction and history at P&T Knitwear with me, @yumewrites.bsky.social @matthewkressel.net @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social and @juliavee.bsky.social? 6:30! 180 Orchard Street!

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VeroOoOnica Wraith @veronicarothbooks.com · 2d

HI NO I was outta there yesterday, alas. I forgot how intense NYCC was! Did you have a good con?

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VeroOoOnica Wraith @veronicarothbooks.com · 3d

When people ask me what I think about using AI in writing I’m going to send them this screenshot

A screenshot of a post that reads David Simon, creator of *The Wire*, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro, NPR

And then a screenshot of a conversation that goes like this:

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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John Joseph Adams @johnjosephadams.com · 4d

Since it's Black Speculative Fiction Month, I thought I'd share a story I love by a Black author each day. Since I'm starting 10 days in, I'll post a bunch to catch up. I'm going to do 15 from the Top 80 of Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy and 15 from Lightspeed/Nightmare.

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VeroOoOnica Wraith @veronicarothbooks.com · 4d

What sucks is not being able to review changes or comments (or track changes) for later drafts and editorial feedback

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VeroOoOnica Wraith @veronicarothbooks.com · 4d

I like being able to move scenes around, splitting the screen so I can see the old version alongside new version while revising (or an older scene to consult while I write a newer one), being able to keep research in an accessible place to look at while I write…I could go on

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VeroOoOnica Wraith @veronicarothbooks.com · 5d

If you’re going to NYCC today, come see me and Marie Lu talk Red City, To Clutch a Razor, and urban fantasy today at 11am in 1B02! Bonus, you’ll get an early copy of my next book Seek the Traitor’s Son. ✨

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VeroOoOnica Wraith @veronicarothbooks.com · 5d

The man next to me on the plane smelled strongly of bleach and kept mumbling to himself.

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VeroOoOnica Wraith @veronicarothbooks.com · 5d

You know what, that's a good point

VeroOoOnica Wraith @veronicarothbooks.com · 6d

Apparently this is my ”napalm era”

VeroOoOnica Wraith @veronicarothbooks.com · 6d

I quit Twitter in 2017 and thus haven't gotten to spookify my name in a long time so HERE IT IS

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VeroOoOnica Wraith @veronicarothbooks.com · 6d

No, YOU marched through O'Hare airport with "How It's Done" from the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack blasting in your headphones and almost body-slammed an old lady because you weren't paying attention

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VeroOoOnica Wraith @veronicarothbooks.com · 6d

Come join us!

Matthew Kressel @matthewkressel.net · 6d

This Monday, I'll be participating in the Traveling SFF Book Festival, hosted by Yume Kitasei, with Micaiah Johnson, Veronica Roth, and Julia Vee. At PT Knitwear, 180 Orchard St, Oct 13th, 6:30pm. @yumewrites.bsky.social @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social @veronicarothbooks.com @juliavee.bsky.social

A flyer advertising The Traveling SFF Book Festival, New York City, Monday, Oct 13th, 6:30 pm, with Micaiah Johnson, Yume Kitasei, Matthew Kressel, Veronica Roth, and Julia Vee. Panel Discussion: History & Speculation. Author photos and covers of their recent titles line the bottom of the flyer.

The text of the Traveling SGG Festival full schedule and panelists can be found here: https://www.yumekitasei.com/travelingsffbookfestival

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VeroOoOnica Wraith @veronicarothbooks.com · 6d

way to make a gal feel old, spam texter

a screenshot of a text message that says "your AARP membership just expired! Activate again and get back your benefits and other rewards for zero cost today!" with a link

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VeroOoOnica Wraith @veronicarothbooks.com · 7d

I keep trying to say things on social media today when all I really want to do is SCREAM.

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VeroOoOnica Wraith @veronicarothbooks.com · 8d

oh, definitely "thought experiment" for Divergent! More of the "potential horrible future" for Poster Girl, though, which is far more grounded.

VeroOoOnica Wraith @veronicarothbooks.com · 8d

I'm so happy to see this thought experiment vs. potential horrible future dystopian dichotomy articulated! Particularly:

"The goal of these books is not to portray a dark future that could happen but rather to amplify and focus on specific disturbing aspects of our society in a white box setting."

Yume Kitasei @yumewrites.bsky.social · 8d

I wrote an essay for @lithub.com.web.brid.gy about how I think there are two subgenres of dystopian fiction - the allegorical / thought experiment and the potential horrible future - and how they seem to be blending more and more…and converging with reality.

lithub.com/its-okay-but...

“It’s Okay But It’s Also Really Not.” When Dystopian Fiction is No Longer a Thought Experiment

Dystopian fiction is getting real, and I’m here for it. I don’t think I’m the only one. There’s something cathartic about reading about the end of the world. As a science fiction reader and avid fa…

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VeroOoOnica Wraith @veronicarothbooks.com · 9d

Indeed!

VeroOoOnica Wraith @veronicarothbooks.com · 9d

I want to note that while technically my books have been banned, I am not adversely affected by those bans because of adequate publisher and market support, so let's all look for newer books by marginalized authors to support during this wonderful week of "fuck you, make me" vibes (banned book week)

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VeroOoOnica Wraith @veronicarothbooks.com · 9d

Checked out the list of banned books and Allegiant, Carve the Mark, and The End & Other Beginnings are on there (way, way down), which is kind of a weird assortment of my books. Why those and not the others? Unclear.

Anyway, have a look: pen.org/banned-books...

Banned Books List 2025

What books are banned in 2025? Thousands of titles have been removed from public schools across the country.

pen.org

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VeroOoOnica Wraith @veronicarothbooks.com · 9d

Without downloading anything new, where are you mentally?

A painting by David Shrigley of a red fox looking bummed and the text “I hear everything and most of it is nonsense.”

VeroOoOnica Wraith @veronicarothbooks.com · 9d

WHAT’S UP IS ON THERE? wtf

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