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Kayla Ancrum
@kaylaancrum.bsky.social
Author of THE WICKER KING,THE WEIGHT OF THE STARS and ICARUS! Rep: @ericsmithrocks,
This is a real account, I’m just working on transitioning from twitter. Give me like a week or something
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Thank you so much for selecting THE CORRUPTION OF HOLLIS BROWN as a most anticipated book of 2025
@foreveryoungadult.bsky.social
and @lgbtqreads.bsky.social !
NEW WORK NEW WORK NEW WORK for people who are fans of that!

Dipping my toe back into soft-scifi with this one and I'm so excited to be working with my same team who brought you THE CORRUPTION OF HOLLIS BROWN
@harpercollins and @ericsmithrocks

get ready for DEAD END DARYL!
October 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Young Adult: Icarus by K. Ancrum! @kaylaancrum.bsky.social @epicreads.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉
#Lammys2025 #LammyAwards
October 4, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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So incredibly proud to announce that <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:s2xan6ymodou2cmyin5qoc4a" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@kaylaancrum.bsky.social’s ICARUS has won the 2025 @lambdaliterary Award in the LGBTQ+ Young Adult category!
October 5, 2025 at 6:02 PM
working on my first adult book!! anxious about it!
September 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Our next event is coming up on August 21st. Click the link to register and get reminders and the Zoom link! Everyone is welcome (and it's FREE!).

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August 20, 2025 at 1:46 AM
In honor of my lil Lammy Nomination, I’m selling 20 signed copies of Icarus ✨HARDCOVER✨ version!

If you read it audiobook style and have been thinking about getting a physical copy, now’s a great opportunity!

SHOP HERE: kancrum.com/product/icar...
August 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
FERAL GIRL BOOKS is having a SALE!

My wonderful previous agent Amy Tipton's home flooded and she needs a bit of a marketing boost!

She's also the person who helped me edit THE WICKER KING and sold it with me, so please treat her sweet!
amy-tipton.com/services-rates
August 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I don't even know how to express the way this makes me feel. Thank you @lambdaliterary.org for this incredible honor, I am utterly overcome.

I wouldn't be here without the support of my wonderful agent @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social and team at @harpercollins.bsky.social
July 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Thank you @bookriot.bsky.social for selecting THE CORRUPTION OF HOLLIS BROWN as a best YA of 2025!!

bookriot.com/the-best-ya-...
The Best YA Books of 2025 So Far
What are the best YA books of 2025 so far? Dive into 17 outstanding picks, including fiction of all genres, nonfiction, and comics.
bookriot.com
July 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Lee Jae-myung, the South Korean politician who climbed the fence of the parliament to get inside and vote against martial law, has been elected president. Pretty cooool
June 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Cleaning out my stock! I have 15 signed copies of Icarus ✨PAPERBACK✨ version!

It's much lighter than the hardcover and honestly, I'm kind of a sucker for paperback. Ships with a little treat!

kancrum.com/product/icar...
May 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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A horrible story but god bless this woman so accurately reading the ICE goons for filth here
April 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Just a quick reminder for any duckies who want to meet me and hear me talk about Hollis! There are still a few tickets left!

Tickets and info here: andersonsbookshop.com/event/2025-0...
April 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Found @kaylaancrum.bsky.social newest release on display at the front of my local B&N, cuddling with Sunrise at the Reaping 💙📚
April 23, 2025 at 10:15 PM
#1 Orange Banner day for my new son.

Hollis Brown, bully of jocks (who then kick his ass) was such a fun concept to write.

They’re all like “Bro why is he so mean 🙁”
April 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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The Corruption of Hollis Brown by @kaylaancrum.bsky.social is out today and so is my review!

This book would have become my whole personality if I had read it in high school. It’s still threatening to do that now, well into adulthood.

niamhnituathail.wordpress.com/2025/04/22/r...
April 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Today is the day!!! Happy birthday HOLLIS BROWN!

Thank you so much everyone, I’m so excited to finally share this absolutely wild book with you all! 👻🔥
April 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I know y'all are just about ready for this marketing cycle to be over lol.

Anyway, THE CORRUPTION OF HOLLIS BROWN is out on Tuesday and I'm so excited for you to meet my new sons 😊
April 21, 2025 at 5:24 AM
I do feel like a fair amount of people log on to the internet just for the chance to be able to scold someone else.

It’s a partisan issue.

I think it feels good to them and satisfies them deeply in a way nothing else will. Not sure what we do about this, I just know it’s true.
April 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
It sucks so bad that a lot of clothes being sold today are made of the sort of fabric that we would have relegated for use as a skirt lining or a Halloween costume back in 1999.
April 20, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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This week at work, I told former SEINFELD writer turned novelist Matt Goldman about nerdily teaching myself screenplay format @ 11 & trying to join the writers room of his show & COACH. I heard back from both shows, & the kindest reply came from COACH's Barry Kemp. Today, I found my old letter. 🩵
April 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Heading back to LA! ✈️ I’ll be at this year’s ✨LA Times Festival of Books✨

If you’ll be there, swing by the panel I’ll be on talking about Young Adult Thrillers 👀

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April 15, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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OH BTW I forgot to tell y'all I will be in conversation with K. Ancrum on April 30th at Anderson's Bookshop celebrating the release of her new book The Corruption of Hollis Brown!

COME SEE US TALK ABOUT BODY HORROR, EXORCISMS, AND SWEET POTATO BREAD!

andersonsbookshop.com/event/2025-0...
K. Ancrum
andersonsbookshop.com
April 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Starting the week off bright with Hollis's✨ FOURTH STAR! ✨ Thank you so much @ala-booklist.bsky.social Flawless?? FLAWLESS??? 😩💖

Congratulations as well to my team at @harpercollins.bsky.social, @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social, @psliterary.bsky.social I would never have been able to do it without you!
April 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM