Maggie Stiefvater
@maggiestiefvater.bsky.social
Writes novels. Funny ha ha or funny strange. Likes things that go.
I'm just gonna post a piece of my art from my files every day til the New Year because WHY NOT.
Here's a piece I did in 2019 for a special edition of CALL DOWN THE HAWK.
Here's a piece I did in 2019 for a special edition of CALL DOWN THE HAWK.
December 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I'm just gonna post a piece of my art from my files every day til the New Year because WHY NOT.
Here's a piece I did in 2019 for a special edition of CALL DOWN THE HAWK.
Here's a piece I did in 2019 for a special edition of CALL DOWN THE HAWK.
Over on Substack, my experiences on doing write-for-hire with Scholastic, Disney, & DC Comics: open.substack.com/pub/maggiest...
December 14, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Over on Substack, my experiences on doing write-for-hire with Scholastic, Disney, & DC Comics: open.substack.com/pub/maggiest...
I smell a Stiefvater novel
An interesting work which depicts John Singer Sargent's dining room at 33 Tite Street in Chelsea, London in 1886. When he died in 1925, footsteps were heard in the house and in his studio in Chelsea, a shadowy figure was seen for several years.
December 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I smell a Stiefvater novel
I'm just gonna post a piece of my art from my files every day til the New Year because WHY NOT.
Here's a sketch of a character, Gwenllian, from 2014.
Here's a sketch of a character, Gwenllian, from 2014.
December 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I'm just gonna post a piece of my art from my files every day til the New Year because WHY NOT.
Here's a sketch of a character, Gwenllian, from 2014.
Here's a sketch of a character, Gwenllian, from 2014.
Excuse me—may I interest you (and anyone else you know who might be interested) in an em-dash, a parenthetical, and an oxford comma?
December 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Excuse me—may I interest you (and anyone else you know who might be interested) in an em-dash, a parenthetical, and an oxford comma?
I'm just gonna post a piece of my art from my files every day til the New Year because WHY NOT.
Here's a pastel from 2009.
Here's a pastel from 2009.
December 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I'm just gonna post a piece of my art from my files every day til the New Year because WHY NOT.
Here's a pastel from 2009.
Here's a pastel from 2009.
I'm just gonna post a piece of my art from my files every day til the New Year because WHY NOT.
Here's a sketch from 2020.
Here's a sketch from 2020.
December 12, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I'm just gonna post a piece of my art from my files every day til the New Year because WHY NOT.
Here's a sketch from 2020.
Here's a sketch from 2020.
I've been reading a lot of novels from the 50s & 60s lately, and I'm having a good time, mostly, but it's remarkable how often the narrators will suddenly go all "He needed to unwind; he longed for a cigarette or to kill a hooker or to toss a ball back & forth"
well, ok
are these the only options
well, ok
are these the only options
December 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I've been reading a lot of novels from the 50s & 60s lately, and I'm having a good time, mostly, but it's remarkable how often the narrators will suddenly go all "He needed to unwind; he longed for a cigarette or to kill a hooker or to toss a ball back & forth"
well, ok
are these the only options
well, ok
are these the only options
Odds and Ends for this week: a readalong for THE LISTENERS, complaining about cocktail parties, etc.: open.substack.com/pub/maggiest...
December 7, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Odds and Ends for this week: a readalong for THE LISTENERS, complaining about cocktail parties, etc.: open.substack.com/pub/maggiest...
I admit that it's more heartening than I would have thought to see replies pour in on a post about Italo Calvino's INVISIBLE CITIES—a difficult, playful novel that is the opposite of AI slop—at the same time my feed shows me countless articles on plummeting cultural literacy.
What a great pleasure finding out a secret niche of Italo Calvino's admirers...
December 7, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I admit that it's more heartening than I would have thought to see replies pour in on a post about Italo Calvino's INVISIBLE CITIES—a difficult, playful novel that is the opposite of AI slop—at the same time my feed shows me countless articles on plummeting cultural literacy.
A reader sent me this article they wrote on a bit of history I used in THE LISTENERS—the story of Robert Prager. In my novel, one character is obsessed with Prager’s story; so was I. Feels like a lesson Americans need to learn and relearn each decade. unseenstlouis.substack.com/p/from-colli...
From Collinsville to Bevo: The Lynching of Robert Prager
How fear and anti-immigrant hysteria can turn deadly
unseenstlouis.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:15 AM
A reader sent me this article they wrote on a bit of history I used in THE LISTENERS—the story of Robert Prager. In my novel, one character is obsessed with Prager’s story; so was I. Feels like a lesson Americans need to learn and relearn each decade. unseenstlouis.substack.com/p/from-colli...
These is the last batch of the dachshunds I drew to countdown to THE LISTENERS' release: if you want 'em, today's the last day to bid on one.
Okay! If you want to snag one of the original pieces of art from my Dachshunds of the Old Masters project, I finally got the rest of them listed: www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?i...
A portion of sales go to a charity that rescues old dogs.
A portion of sales go to a charity that rescues old dogs.
December 4, 2025 at 8:53 PM
These is the last batch of the dachshunds I drew to countdown to THE LISTENERS' release: if you want 'em, today's the last day to bid on one.
Yesterday, I met up with @onemorepagebooks.bsky.social to pick up the last of my bookplates and give them this lil guy I drew, as a thanks for 5 years of boxing up my books.
Next year, you'll be able to order signed backlist from @parnassusbooks.bsky.social.
Next year, you'll be able to order signed backlist from @parnassusbooks.bsky.social.
December 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Yesterday, I met up with @onemorepagebooks.bsky.social to pick up the last of my bookplates and give them this lil guy I drew, as a thanks for 5 years of boxing up my books.
Next year, you'll be able to order signed backlist from @parnassusbooks.bsky.social.
Next year, you'll be able to order signed backlist from @parnassusbooks.bsky.social.
Every novel is a game the reader and the writer agree to play together, but some novels require more agreement than others. INVISIBLE CITIES really asks you to buy in. How to describe it?
I could tell you, I suppose, that it's a dreamy travelogue of invented cities—
I could tell you, I suppose, that it's a dreamy travelogue of invented cities—
December 3, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Every novel is a game the reader and the writer agree to play together, but some novels require more agreement than others. INVISIBLE CITIES really asks you to buy in. How to describe it?
I could tell you, I suppose, that it's a dreamy travelogue of invented cities—
I could tell you, I suppose, that it's a dreamy travelogue of invented cities—
Come seem me at a special Nashville event to celebrate Friends of Fantasy Day—every ticket includes a signed, doodled copy of The Scorpio Races. Because of the doodles, space IS very limited! parnassusbooks.net/event/2026-0...
December 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Come seem me at a special Nashville event to celebrate Friends of Fantasy Day—every ticket includes a signed, doodled copy of The Scorpio Races. Because of the doodles, space IS very limited! parnassusbooks.net/event/2026-0...
Over on the substack: open.substack.com/pub/maggiest...
November 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Over on the substack: open.substack.com/pub/maggiest...
Okay! If you want to snag one of the original pieces of art from my Dachshunds of the Old Masters project, I finally got the rest of them listed: www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?i...
A portion of sales go to a charity that rescues old dogs.
A portion of sales go to a charity that rescues old dogs.
November 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Okay! If you want to snag one of the original pieces of art from my Dachshunds of the Old Masters project, I finally got the rest of them listed: www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?i...
A portion of sales go to a charity that rescues old dogs.
A portion of sales go to a charity that rescues old dogs.
Find someone who loves you as much as J.D. Salinger loved italics.
November 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Find someone who loves you as much as J.D. Salinger loved italics.
thanks, Enzo, very helpful in the editing process as always
Cats have an instinct for redundant scenework.
Cats have an instinct for redundant scenework.
November 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
thanks, Enzo, very helpful in the editing process as always
Cats have an instinct for redundant scenework.
Cats have an instinct for redundant scenework.
i have another cocktail party tonight. i am ready
November 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
i have another cocktail party tonight. i am ready
I can feel the novel I'm writing terraforming my personality.
November 21, 2025 at 11:26 AM
I can feel the novel I'm writing terraforming my personality.
Me? In a d r e s s? It could happen, especially at a literary gala in Texas. I've been in more heels this year than in the past decade.
I'll be in Miami this weekend and St.Louis two weeks-ish after that—come see me (I will not be in a dress).
I'll be in Miami this weekend and St.Louis two weeks-ish after that—come see me (I will not be in a dress).
November 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Me? In a d r e s s? It could happen, especially at a literary gala in Texas. I've been in more heels this year than in the past decade.
I'll be in Miami this weekend and St.Louis two weeks-ish after that—come see me (I will not be in a dress).
I'll be in Miami this weekend and St.Louis two weeks-ish after that—come see me (I will not be in a dress).
Hey! The Raven Boys graphic novel Kindle edition is on sale for $1.99 (and you can still grab the special sprayed edges edition in Walmart and Target).
November 17, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Hey! The Raven Boys graphic novel Kindle edition is on sale for $1.99 (and you can still grab the special sprayed edges edition in Walmart and Target).
Over on the ol' blog, I've written a small celebration of drudgery: open.substack.com/pub/maggiest...
November 17, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Over on the ol' blog, I've written a small celebration of drudgery: open.substack.com/pub/maggiest...
Reposted by Maggie Stiefvater
Explore @chasingray.bsky.social’s review of THE LISTENERS by @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social: “Fans of historical fiction will love this book, and... Stiefvater’s smart YA fans should embrace it as well.”
The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater: Review by Colleen Mondor
The Listeners, Maggie Stiefvater (Viking 978-0-593-65550-4, $30.00, 360pp, hc) June 2025. Oddly enough, I read two books set in large hotels this month. (And even stranger, I have at least two more…
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November 14, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Explore @chasingray.bsky.social’s review of THE LISTENERS by @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social: “Fans of historical fiction will love this book, and... Stiefvater’s smart YA fans should embrace it as well.”