April Henry
@aprilhenry.bsky.social
I kill people, but only on paper. Edgar-award winning author of 30 mysteries and thrillers. I love snacks, scary things, and Brazilian jiujitsu.
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This is the same playbook the Trump administration ran in Portland, where DHS officials falsely accused local police of failing to help them (or not arriving quickly enough). Strikes me as a problem that the government lies so freely to the Supreme Court now. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
November 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This is the same playbook the Trump administration ran in Portland, where DHS officials falsely accused local police of failing to help them (or not arriving quickly enough). Strikes me as a problem that the government lies so freely to the Supreme Court now. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Public libraries in Tennessee are being told to remove any book for those under 18 with gay characters. open.substack.com/pub/populari...
Tennessee public libraries close for Trump-inspired book purge
One hundred and eighty-one public libraries in Tennessee are reviewing their children’s collections after Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett (R) ordered them to remove books with LGBTQ themes or...
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Public libraries in Tennessee are being told to remove any book for those under 18 with gay characters. open.substack.com/pub/populari...
Hey folks - can you think of any well-known YA authors who are still writing and are over 60?
November 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Hey folks - can you think of any well-known YA authors who are still writing and are over 60?
Trying to figure out how to live when I'm not on deadline. I think I've gotten addicted to the pressure.
November 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Trying to figure out how to live when I'm not on deadline. I think I've gotten addicted to the pressure.
My love of words just allowed me to explain the meaning of onomatopoeia to girl trying to do homework in airport terminal after parents drew a blank.
November 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
My love of words just allowed me to explain the meaning of onomatopoeia to girl trying to do homework in airport terminal after parents drew a blank.
Last day of school visits in Texas. This week I will have spoken to close to 5,000 students!
November 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Last day of school visits in Texas. This week I will have spoken to close to 5,000 students!
Met a 7th grader named Julie today. Does that mean there are little Nancys, Lisas and Debbies in my future?
November 21, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Met a 7th grader named Julie today. Does that mean there are little Nancys, Lisas and Debbies in my future?
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EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
Wyden Presses for Investigation Into JPMorgan Chase and Epstein
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
The water pressure in this hotel is so low that taking a shower is like being drooled on.
November 20, 2025 at 1:46 AM
The water pressure in this hotel is so low that taking a shower is like being drooled on.
Have become painfully aware of how certain of the stories I tell at school visits contain the words "Six or seven."
November 19, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Have become painfully aware of how certain of the stories I tell at school visits contain the words "Six or seven."
So proud of myself. Took a chance and did jiujitsu in Houston even with bad knees and one bad shoulder. Great coach and students.
November 19, 2025 at 2:41 AM
So proud of myself. Took a chance and did jiujitsu in Houston even with bad knees and one bad shoulder. Great coach and students.
Talk about an ending! Jaw meet floor.
oh my god you have to read this until the end www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...
Part 1: How I Found Out
Olivia had just returned from a reporting trip—at least that’s what she told me it was—and her Herschel backpack, the one with the flap that never quite closed properly, was tossed beside our bed, its...
www.telos.news
November 18, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Talk about an ending! Jaw meet floor.
I know it's AI, but it's so beguiling....
November 17, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I know it's AI, but it's so beguiling....
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Seeing your book reviewed in print still rules
November 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Seeing your book reviewed in print still rules
Lyft driver this morning is an amputee who summited Everest.
You don't get to type that every day!
You don't get to type that every day!
November 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Lyft driver this morning is an amputee who summited Everest.
You don't get to type that every day!
You don't get to type that every day!
Southern friends - do you still have frozen Fordhook (not baby) lima beans in your grocery stores? I miss them! I was the world's pickiest eater as a kid, but even then I loved Fordhooks. I haven't seem them in Portland for years and years.
November 15, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Southern friends - do you still have frozen Fordhook (not baby) lima beans in your grocery stores? I miss them! I was the world's pickiest eater as a kid, but even then I loved Fordhooks. I haven't seem them in Portland for years and years.
Fox said five-year-old film was current and even showed other places and labelled them Portland. (But all us Portlanders already knew they were lying.) www.propublica.org/article/port...
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence wa...
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Fox said five-year-old film was current and even showed other places and labelled them Portland. (But all us Portlanders already knew they were lying.) www.propublica.org/article/port...
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NEW:
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
w @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
w @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM
NEW:
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
w @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
w @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
This is disgusting. "Raskin’s letter said Maxwell has received customized meals personally delivered to her cell, after-hours time in a private exercise area and access to a service puppy."
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
Democrats reveal whistleblower details of Ghislaine Maxwell prison ‘luxuries’
In a letter to the president, House Democrats say Maxwell’s treatment as she prepares a clemency request makes the convicted sex offender look like a “guest at a Trump hotel.”
www.msnbc.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
This is disgusting. "Raskin’s letter said Maxwell has received customized meals personally delivered to her cell, after-hours time in a private exercise area and access to a service puppy."
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
Reading about a scandalous old murder case. "When reporters confronted her with allegations of adultery, incest, and murder, she replied, 'Well, nobody's perfect.'"
November 13, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Reading about a scandalous old murder case. "When reporters confronted her with allegations of adultery, incest, and murder, she replied, 'Well, nobody's perfect.'"
Packing for Houston school visits next week. I'm looking forward to my second visit EVER to an Aldis to get groceries. And now I know to pack a quarter!
November 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Packing for Houston school visits next week. I'm looking forward to my second visit EVER to an Aldis to get groceries. And now I know to pack a quarter!
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He might as well send troops to Bezos’ house and Amazon HQ to fix the problem of dying malls.
www.thedailybeast.com/president-do...
www.thedailybeast.com/president-do...
Confused Trump, 79, Demands Troop Deployment Over Fictional Mall
The aging president raged about the “Miracle Mile” and claimed it was “once considered one of our Nation’s BEST.”
www.thedailybeast.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
He might as well send troops to Bezos’ house and Amazon HQ to fix the problem of dying malls.
www.thedailybeast.com/president-do...
www.thedailybeast.com/president-do...
Remembering my dad, a Marine in WWII, on this Veteran's Day. Young enough that I think his mustache was augmented with eyebrow pencil.
November 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Remembering my dad, a Marine in WWII, on this Veteran's Day. Young enough that I think his mustache was augmented with eyebrow pencil.