Caroline Carlson
@carolinecarlson.bsky.social
I write books for kids (VERY NEARLY HONORABLE LEAGUE OF PIRATES, WICKED MARIGOLD, & more). Latest: THE TINKERERS. Rep: Allison Hellegers. https://carolinecarlsonbooks.com
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THE TINKERERS is on sale today! I’m so proud of this weird, magical, cozy, mini-time-travel book, and I really hope you enjoy it. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/787553... #kidlit #mglit
We have had reporting for YEARS now about this person’s inappropriate behavior, and I had thought that the higher-ups in publishing simply didn’t care. Glad to see that is not entirely true.
December 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
We have had reporting for YEARS now about this person’s inappropriate behavior, and I had thought that the higher-ups in publishing simply didn’t care. Glad to see that is not entirely true.
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This is a good reminder for those of us making best of lists that if yours looks like everyone else's, it's a sign that you need to read more widely. There is so much great work that often goes unnoticed because it doesn't get a splashy marketing campaign.
My condolences to writers and artists who have done great work but have cracked few (or no) year-end lists.
A first-world problem, to be sure, but I know how much that stings. Rest assured, you all did great and deserved better.
A first-world problem, to be sure, but I know how much that stings. Rest assured, you all did great and deserved better.
December 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This is a good reminder for those of us making best of lists that if yours looks like everyone else's, it's a sign that you need to read more widely. There is so much great work that often goes unnoticed because it doesn't get a splashy marketing campaign.
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
At the gym just now, the sniffling exerciser on the machine next to me gave a mighty sneeze, and it GOT ON MY HAND. Please, if you are not feeling well, stay home if you can, or at least mask up!
I will be scrubbing like Lady Macbeth for the rest of the day if you need me…
I will be scrubbing like Lady Macbeth for the rest of the day if you need me…
December 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
At the gym just now, the sniffling exerciser on the machine next to me gave a mighty sneeze, and it GOT ON MY HAND. Please, if you are not feeling well, stay home if you can, or at least mask up!
I will be scrubbing like Lady Macbeth for the rest of the day if you need me…
I will be scrubbing like Lady Macbeth for the rest of the day if you need me…
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@carolinecarlson.bsky.social shines a light on 10 great children’s books you might have missed in 2025.
10 Great Children’s Books You Might Have Missed in 2025
At the end of each year, as I wander through bookstores in search of holiday gifts, I’m always struck by the sheer number of children’s books I haven’t yet read or even heard about. As a writer, a …
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December 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
@carolinecarlson.bsky.social shines a light on 10 great children’s books you might have missed in 2025.
I have kind of a complex friendship situation and could use some advice... lmk if you think this relationship is over for good?
November 24, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I have kind of a complex friendship situation and could use some advice... lmk if you think this relationship is over for good?
My kids were restless and cranky last night at bedtime. I stomped downstairs, retrieved The Lives of Christopher Chant from the shelf, brought it up to kids, started to read. Instant silence & awe. Cannot wait to share the rest of this book with them (and then listen to the podcast!).
we're back and launching S3 with a BANGER today as the fabulous @singlecrow.bsky.social joins us for a TWO HOUR episode on our favorite future-dressing-gown-wearing disaster, Christopher Chant
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The Lives of Christopher Chant by @Rebecca Fraimow and Emily Tesh
Nobody should be losing lives at this rate. What is wrong, Christopher?
In our first episode of Season Three, the brilliant Iona Datt Sharma joins us for a discussion of bureaucracy, cricket boys, Bu...
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November 22, 2025 at 9:14 PM
My kids were restless and cranky last night at bedtime. I stomped downstairs, retrieved The Lives of Christopher Chant from the shelf, brought it up to kids, started to read. Instant silence & awe. Cannot wait to share the rest of this book with them (and then listen to the podcast!).
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@carolinecarlson.bsky.social shares 10 new children’s books that take readers from the cosmos all the way back to Earth.
10 Great New Children’s Books Out in November That Explore the Skies
I don’t love the cold and damp that November brings to my corner of the world, but I do enjoy the magic of longer nights. A crisp, clear evening is perfect for stargazing—and then for heading insid…
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November 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
@carolinecarlson.bsky.social shares 10 new children’s books that take readers from the cosmos all the way back to Earth.
On my way to my mammogram, wondering if you’ve scheduled your mammogram yet? Today is a great day to do that! 🩷
November 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
On my way to my mammogram, wondering if you’ve scheduled your mammogram yet? Today is a great day to do that! 🩷
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INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE
SECOND INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE OVER ZOOM TO MEET MORE OF THE TEAM
UNFORTUNATELY, YOU HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL ON THIS OCCASION, BUT WE HOPE YOU'LL APPLY FOR FUTURE POSITIONS WITH THE VAMPIRE
SECOND INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE OVER ZOOM TO MEET MORE OF THE TEAM
UNFORTUNATELY, YOU HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL ON THIS OCCASION, BUT WE HOPE YOU'LL APPLY FOR FUTURE POSITIONS WITH THE VAMPIRE
November 1, 2025 at 6:34 AM
INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE
SECOND INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE OVER ZOOM TO MEET MORE OF THE TEAM
UNFORTUNATELY, YOU HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL ON THIS OCCASION, BUT WE HOPE YOU'LL APPLY FOR FUTURE POSITIONS WITH THE VAMPIRE
SECOND INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE OVER ZOOM TO MEET MORE OF THE TEAM
UNFORTUNATELY, YOU HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL ON THIS OCCASION, BUT WE HOPE YOU'LL APPLY FOR FUTURE POSITIONS WITH THE VAMPIRE
Also, and hear me out, the world of The Lord of the Rings would be a miserable place for most of us to live, and we should not be trying to emulate it.
Yes, Lord of the Rings is about how you must trust the “hard men.” Just as Narnia is about an evil lion. And the New Testament tells a tale of a wimp who wouldn’t fight back. Next week on “fascists read classics,” we’ll meet tech visionary George Orwell…
October 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Also, and hear me out, the world of The Lord of the Rings would be a miserable place for most of us to live, and we should not be trying to emulate it.
I absolutely loved chatting with brilliant author Uma Krishnaswami about how I wrote THE TINKERERS. Find the whole craft-y chat on Uma’s blog here: www.umakrishnaswami.com/blog/process...
October 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I absolutely loved chatting with brilliant author Uma Krishnaswami about how I wrote THE TINKERERS. Find the whole craft-y chat on Uma’s blog here: www.umakrishnaswami.com/blog/process...
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🧵It has been clear for years that a key difference between past instances of book banning and the present censorship cataclysm is that the banning happening now targets not only books, but librarianship as a profession and libraries as an institution. 1/4
October 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
🧵It has been clear for years that a key difference between past instances of book banning and the present censorship cataclysm is that the banning happening now targets not only books, but librarianship as a profession and libraries as an institution. 1/4
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The Stressed-Out Hero’s Journey: Writing About Anxiety in Middle Grade Fantasy, a post by Caroline Carlson
What would you do if you found a magical device that could turn back time—but only by five minutes?
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What would you do if you found a magical device that could turn back time—but only by five minutes?
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The Stressed-Out Hero’s Journey: Writing About Anxiety in Middle Grade Fantasy, a guest post by Caroline Carlson
What would you do if you found a magical device that could turn back time—but only by five minutes?
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October 13, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The Stressed-Out Hero’s Journey: Writing About Anxiety in Middle Grade Fantasy, a post by Caroline Carlson
What would you do if you found a magical device that could turn back time—but only by five minutes?
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What would you do if you found a magical device that could turn back time—but only by five minutes?
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Tonight at White Whale Bookstore in Pittsburgh, come celebrate the launch of THE TINKERERS, my new novel for young (and not-so-young) readers! whitewhalebookstore.com/events/48225
October 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Tonight at White Whale Bookstore in Pittsburgh, come celebrate the launch of THE TINKERERS, my new novel for young (and not-so-young) readers! whitewhalebookstore.com/events/48225
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repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself
An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.
October 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself
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Q&A with Caroline Carlson about her new middle grade novel, THE TINKERERS.
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October 8, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Q&A with Caroline Carlson about her new middle grade novel, THE TINKERERS.
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CONFESSIONS FROM THE GROUP CHAT is about a popular girl who ✨spectacularly✨ implodes her friend group, only for them to humiliate her by posting every brutal text she ever wrote about other students--including the ones about the unpopular boy she has just begun to befriend . . . and fall for. 10/21
October 7, 2025 at 10:47 PM
CONFESSIONS FROM THE GROUP CHAT is about a popular girl who ✨spectacularly✨ implodes her friend group, only for them to humiliate her by posting every brutal text she ever wrote about other students--including the ones about the unpopular boy she has just begun to befriend . . . and fall for. 10/21
THE TINKERERS is on sale today! I’m so proud of this weird, magical, cozy, mini-time-travel book, and I really hope you enjoy it. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/787553... #kidlit #mglit
October 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
THE TINKERERS is on sale today! I’m so proud of this weird, magical, cozy, mini-time-travel book, and I really hope you enjoy it. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/787553... #kidlit #mglit
Oh no, this is really sad news. Thinking of all the B&T employees and everyone in publishing, library jobs, and bookselling who will be negatively affected.
Baker & Taylor appears to be shutting down. A post on the r/libraries subreddit from an employee of B&T breaks the news and there appear to be other employees in the comments confirming the situation.
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October 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Oh no, this is really sad news. Thinking of all the B&T employees and everyone in publishing, library jobs, and bookselling who will be negatively affected.
The nice folks at @candlewickpress.bsky.social are giving away 10 finished copies of THE TINKERERS over on Goodreads, and there’s still a day or so left to enter. Here’s the link if you need it! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho... #kidlit #giveaway
Book giveaway for The Tinkerers by Caroline Carlson Sep 07-Oct 05, 2025
Enter to win one of 10 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Sep 07-Oct 05, 2025. The astromancers in Peter’s star-touched village have an amazing d...
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October 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The nice folks at @candlewickpress.bsky.social are giving away 10 finished copies of THE TINKERERS over on Goodreads, and there’s still a day or so left to enter. Here’s the link if you need it! www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho... #kidlit #giveaway
Yes, I do have a book coming out in 6 days, but I am currently on an hourly eye drop regimen, so forget the author thing; I am now a full-time Eye Drop Application Professional. Please stay tuned for interesting eye drop facts.
October 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Yes, I do have a book coming out in 6 days, but I am currently on an hourly eye drop regimen, so forget the author thing; I am now a full-time Eye Drop Application Professional. Please stay tuned for interesting eye drop facts.
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The Unexpected Lives of Ordinary Girls is out today! This pro-immigrant, pro-freedom to read #middlegrade #historical is inspired by the life of my grandmother, and I'm so happy to share it with you all. www.jandersoncoats.com/the-unexpect...
September 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The Unexpected Lives of Ordinary Girls is out today! This pro-immigrant, pro-freedom to read #middlegrade #historical is inspired by the life of my grandmother, and I'm so happy to share it with you all. www.jandersoncoats.com/the-unexpect...
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Dermatologists often recommend nicotinamide — a form of Vitamin B3 — following skin cancer. A study of nearly 34,000 veterans finds this supplement reduces the risk of skin cancer recurrence.
Vitamin B3 can help protect against skin cancer. Here's who may benefit
Dermatologists often recommend nicotinamide — a form of Vitamin B3 — following skin cancer. A study of nearly 34,000 veterans finds this supplement reduces the risk of skin cancer recurrence.
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September 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Dermatologists often recommend nicotinamide — a form of Vitamin B3 — following skin cancer. A study of nearly 34,000 veterans finds this supplement reduces the risk of skin cancer recurrence.
I had a question about trends in marmalade exports (don’t ask). My husband offered to ask ChatGPT. I told him that was like if a guy broke into our house and stole all of my stuff, and then my husband tracked the thief down a few days later and asked him what he knew about marmalade.
September 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I had a question about trends in marmalade exports (don’t ask). My husband offered to ask ChatGPT. I told him that was like if a guy broke into our house and stole all of my stuff, and then my husband tracked the thief down a few days later and asked him what he knew about marmalade.