Chris Bohjalian
@chrisbohjalian.bsky.social
Novelist and playwright. Third most talented artist in a family of three. Jesse the Wonder Dog's Dad. Have you met THE JACKAL'S MISTRESS? Learn more at www.ChrisBohjalian.com .
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Chris Bohjalian Announces New Novel 'The Amateur' — See the Cover! (Exclusive)
Bestselling author Chris Bohjalian will publish a new novel next year. 'The Amateur' follows a woman haunted by a tragedy that occurred when she was a young woman, and the secrets it later brings to t...
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Thanks, People Magazine! Behold, a preview of my 2026 novel, THE AMATEUR. “This novel was alchemic: never has a book been this much fun for me to write,” Bohjalian tells PEOPLE. “What if a single moment changed the entire course of your life?” Learn more: tinyurl.com/2f2stvem
Look who’s on Substack. My 1st post: “The biggest turkey? My mother’s broccoli mold.” Thanksgiving memories — broccoli in a Bundt cake pan, mix it with Jell-O, and call it a vegetable, even though it smelled like a Dumpster in August. Substack link (it’s free!) here: substack.com/home/post/p-...
November 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Look who’s on Substack. My 1st post: “The biggest turkey? My mother’s broccoli mold.” Thanksgiving memories — broccoli in a Bundt cake pan, mix it with Jell-O, and call it a vegetable, even though it smelled like a Dumpster in August. Substack link (it’s free!) here: substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Never seen it put this way and it's really powerful.
I think the shortest version of why LLMs are an anti education technology is that education is fundamentally about making shared context to understand ourselves, each other, and the world
And by design LLMs destroy shared context
And by design LLMs destroy shared context
November 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Never seen it put this way and it's really powerful.
It’s happening! My amazing Grace Experience is engaged! 💍Utterly thrilled and so happy for her and her brilliant boo, Stephen Shore! My own lovely bride and I are over the moon happy for them! Love is love is love! (The 3rd photo is when they started this summer in “I do, I do!”)❤️
November 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
It’s happening! My amazing Grace Experience is engaged! 💍Utterly thrilled and so happy for her and her brilliant boo, Stephen Shore! My own lovely bride and I are over the moon happy for them! Love is love is love! (The 3rd photo is when they started this summer in “I do, I do!”)❤️
Proof there are angels among us. My Jesse. (Also? Note the snow on the mountains in the distance.)
November 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Proof there are angels among us. My Jesse. (Also? Note the snow on the mountains in the distance.)
Good morning, my friends. Yes, I loved Amity Gaige's HEARTWOOD. You will, too. #FridayReads
November 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning, my friends. Yes, I loved Amity Gaige's HEARTWOOD. You will, too. #FridayReads
Thank you, People Magazine, for previewing my 2026 novel, THE AMATEUR. “What if a single moment changed the entire course of your life — an accident that’s wild, weird and traumatic?” More here: tinyurl.com/2f2stvem
November 20, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Thank you, People Magazine, for previewing my 2026 novel, THE AMATEUR. “What if a single moment changed the entire course of your life — an accident that’s wild, weird and traumatic?” More here: tinyurl.com/2f2stvem
Thanks, People Magazine! Behold, a preview of my 2026 novel, THE AMATEUR. “This novel was alchemic: never has a book been this much fun for me to write,” Bohjalian tells PEOPLE. “What if a single moment changed the entire course of your life?” Learn more: tinyurl.com/2f2stvem
Chris Bohjalian Announces New Novel 'The Amateur' — See the Cover! (Exclusive)
Bestselling author Chris Bohjalian will publish a new novel next year. 'The Amateur' follows a woman haunted by a tragedy that occurred when she was a young woman, and the secrets it later brings to t...
tinyurl.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Thanks, People Magazine! Behold, a preview of my 2026 novel, THE AMATEUR. “This novel was alchemic: never has a book been this much fun for me to write,” Bohjalian tells PEOPLE. “What if a single moment changed the entire course of your life?” Learn more: tinyurl.com/2f2stvem
“Nobody has ever measured, even poets, how much a heart can hold.” — Zelda Fitzgerald. ❤️ Happiest of birthdays to my amazing Grace Experience! 🎂
November 18, 2025 at 5:34 PM
“Nobody has ever measured, even poets, how much a heart can hold.” — Zelda Fitzgerald. ❤️ Happiest of birthdays to my amazing Grace Experience! 🎂
Color me honored. Thank you, Booklist . Gobsmacked and grateful that THE JACKAL’S MISTRESS is an Editor’s Choice Best Book of 2025.
November 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Color me honored. Thank you, Booklist . Gobsmacked and grateful that THE JACKAL’S MISTRESS is an Editor’s Choice Best Book of 2025.
This is the article that book lovers and dog lovers need to read today. @washingtonpost.com
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Louise Penny gives us a tour of her book collection. Her dogs come, too.
Louise Penny invites us inside her home, showing us her favorite books and memorabilia. Her 20th mystery novel, ‘The Black Wolf’ came out last month.
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November 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This is the article that book lovers and dog lovers need to read today. @washingtonpost.com
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wapo.st/3WVhY9X
Thanks, Sarasota County Library. I had the best time yesterday talking books, TV, dread, and how I wrote the WORST first novel ever published, bar none. Also? Got to have lunch with pals from high school and drinks with a pal from college! I just write books to do stand-up.
November 16, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Thanks, Sarasota County Library. I had the best time yesterday talking books, TV, dread, and how I wrote the WORST first novel ever published, bar none. Also? Got to have lunch with pals from high school and drinks with a pal from college! I just write books to do stand-up.
I love writing over breakfast at hotels. I pretend I’m Graham Green.
November 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I love writing over breakfast at hotels. I pretend I’m Graham Green.
Absolute banger of a “do not disturb” sign. Good-night.
November 15, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Absolute banger of a “do not disturb” sign. Good-night.
Lunch companion in Sarasota, FL.
November 14, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Lunch companion in Sarasota, FL.
What is most grating is Vance’s PR flack tic of saying (often multiple times in an answer) the interviewer’s name. It’s a way to feign camaraderie while stalling to frame his response. In Vance’s case, it always comes across as condescending and smug. I had my sleazy lawyer do this in WATER WITCHES.
If the last 40 days tell us anything about the radical-left Democrats, it's that they're willing to burn the country down just to get President Trump.
Troops' salaries, SNAP Benefits, Air Traffic controllers – they don't care about the cost so long as it hurts Trump.
Troops' salaries, SNAP Benefits, Air Traffic controllers – they don't care about the cost so long as it hurts Trump.
November 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
What is most grating is Vance’s PR flack tic of saying (often multiple times in an answer) the interviewer’s name. It’s a way to feign camaraderie while stalling to frame his response. In Vance’s case, it always comes across as condescending and smug. I had my sleazy lawyer do this in WATER WITCHES.
Jesse says good-night.
November 14, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Jesse says good-night.
Just a reminder. Near Sarasota, Florida? Please join me Saturday afternoon at three. Details here. www.sarasotacountylibraries.org/my-library/e...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Just a reminder. Near Sarasota, Florida? Please join me Saturday afternoon at three. Details here. www.sarasotacountylibraries.org/my-library/e...
Sure did love THE CIA BOOK CLUB. @charlieenglish1.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Sure did love THE CIA BOOK CLUB. @charlieenglish1.bsky.social
Seriously. How do I get any work done with my perfect puppy beside me?
November 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Seriously. How do I get any work done with my perfect puppy beside me?
For the past 6 months, all writers (like me) have been receiving AI-written solicitations to join fake book clubs or collaborate with fake book-influencers. Now it's escalated to AI-written fake emails from other novelists. This morning I woke to fake emails from Emily Henry and Marilynne Robinson.
November 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
For the past 6 months, all writers (like me) have been receiving AI-written solicitations to join fake book clubs or collaborate with fake book-influencers. Now it's escalated to AI-written fake emails from other novelists. This morning I woke to fake emails from Emily Henry and Marilynne Robinson.
Thank you, @lauraknoyauthor.bsky.social. So glad you enjoyed THE JACKAL'S MISTRESS. Really, gobsmacked and grateful.
Yes! This is a fantastic book. A well-deserved slot on the list!
November 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Thank you, @lauraknoyauthor.bsky.social. So glad you enjoyed THE JACKAL'S MISTRESS. Really, gobsmacked and grateful.
Nugget’s new perch in my library: expanding his vocabulary.
November 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Nugget’s new perch in my library: expanding his vocabulary.
First snow: Jesse has opinions. But we do love her snow jacket.
November 11, 2025 at 12:58 PM
First snow: Jesse has opinions. But we do love her snow jacket.