Sylvia Liu
@sylvialiu.bsky.social
MG author who loves oceans, kraken, cephalopods | next book: ⚽️ STEALING THE SCORE (World Cup story out 2026) | latest book: 🦌 NEAR & DEER | MG sci-fi: 🦀 HANA HSU AND THE GHOST CRAB NATION | co-run Kidlit411 | website: enjoyingplanetearth.com
Hi friends! An e-ARC for STEALING THE SCORE, my World Cup-themed mystery is available on Edelweiss. Check it out. Coming out from @scholastic.bsky.social on Feb. 3, 2026.
#bookposse #bookallies #booksoujourn #bookexpedition #booksquad #booktrek
#bookposse #bookallies #booksoujourn #bookexpedition #booksquad #booktrek
October 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Hi friends! An e-ARC for STEALING THE SCORE, my World Cup-themed mystery is available on Edelweiss. Check it out. Coming out from @scholastic.bsky.social on Feb. 3, 2026.
#bookposse #bookallies #booksoujourn #bookexpedition #booksquad #booktrek
#bookposse #bookallies #booksoujourn #bookexpedition #booksquad #booktrek
I'm excited to host a creativity workshop on Fri, Dec. 5 with @inkedvoices.bsky.social, 12:30 pm-1:45 pm ET. I'll be giving my popular class on breaking through creative blocks at the start and during writing projects.
Sign up: app.inkedvoices.com/event/webina... (Free members/$25 others)
Sign up: app.inkedvoices.com/event/webina... (Free members/$25 others)
October 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I'm excited to host a creativity workshop on Fri, Dec. 5 with @inkedvoices.bsky.social, 12:30 pm-1:45 pm ET. I'll be giving my popular class on breaking through creative blocks at the start and during writing projects.
Sign up: app.inkedvoices.com/event/webina... (Free members/$25 others)
Sign up: app.inkedvoices.com/event/webina... (Free members/$25 others)
I'm getting close to a fun number of followers. To celebrate, I'm giving away 7 amazing PB and MG books!
To enter, L + RP. 3 bonus entries: (1) follow, (2) leave a comment, (3) subscribe to my newsletter (eepurl.com/hFrcyr).
Ends Aug. 16. 🇺🇸 only. #kidlit #giveaway
To enter, L + RP. 3 bonus entries: (1) follow, (2) leave a comment, (3) subscribe to my newsletter (eepurl.com/hFrcyr).
Ends Aug. 16. 🇺🇸 only. #kidlit #giveaway
August 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I'm getting close to a fun number of followers. To celebrate, I'm giving away 7 amazing PB and MG books!
To enter, L + RP. 3 bonus entries: (1) follow, (2) leave a comment, (3) subscribe to my newsletter (eepurl.com/hFrcyr).
Ends Aug. 16. 🇺🇸 only. #kidlit #giveaway
To enter, L + RP. 3 bonus entries: (1) follow, (2) leave a comment, (3) subscribe to my newsletter (eepurl.com/hFrcyr).
Ends Aug. 16. 🇺🇸 only. #kidlit #giveaway
Local writers: I'm giving a workshop on submitting to agents and writing queries (including query critiques) on Sat. August 16 in Norfolk, VA. Sign up here: the-muse.org/event/submit...
July 28, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Local writers: I'm giving a workshop on submitting to agents and writing queries (including query critiques) on Sat. August 16 in Norfolk, VA. Sign up here: the-muse.org/event/submit...
I had an amazing time at Longwood's Summer Literacy Institute conference. I was honored to be the banquet speaker, where I spoke about the power of the universal and the particular story. Loved meeting @mrschureads.bsky.social & can't wait to read his award-winning novel-in-verse LOUDER THAN HUNGER.
July 26, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I had an amazing time at Longwood's Summer Literacy Institute conference. I was honored to be the banquet speaker, where I spoke about the power of the universal and the particular story. Loved meeting @mrschureads.bsky.social & can't wait to read his award-winning novel-in-verse LOUDER THAN HUNGER.
I'm grateful and thrilled to announce another book with Scholastic, FRIENDS FUREVER, about a pug and Frenchie who try to "parent trap" their feuding owners to become besties again. Coming out Fall 2026.
Thank you @marchsoloway.bsky.social and @yourfriendmaya.bsky.social!
Thank you @marchsoloway.bsky.social and @yourfriendmaya.bsky.social!
July 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I'm grateful and thrilled to announce another book with Scholastic, FRIENDS FUREVER, about a pug and Frenchie who try to "parent trap" their feuding owners to become besties again. Coming out Fall 2026.
Thank you @marchsoloway.bsky.social and @yourfriendmaya.bsky.social!
Thank you @marchsoloway.bsky.social and @yourfriendmaya.bsky.social!
I'm honored and thrilled that NEAR AND DEER is in the final round of voting for SCBWI's Crystal Kite Award! If you're a member, please consider voting for my book: www.scbwi.org/crystal-kite
July 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I'm honored and thrilled that NEAR AND DEER is in the final round of voting for SCBWI's Crystal Kite Award! If you're a member, please consider voting for my book: www.scbwi.org/crystal-kite
⚽️ COVER REVEAL ⚽️
So excited to share the cover for STEALING THE SCORE, my World Cup-themed middle grade about a missing soccer superstar.
Thank you @polymorphin.bsky.social for the amazing art/ Stephanie Yang for the design!
Add this to Goodreads: bit.ly/soccerGR or pre-order: bit.ly/soccerBN
So excited to share the cover for STEALING THE SCORE, my World Cup-themed middle grade about a missing soccer superstar.
Thank you @polymorphin.bsky.social for the amazing art/ Stephanie Yang for the design!
Add this to Goodreads: bit.ly/soccerGR or pre-order: bit.ly/soccerBN
June 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
⚽️ COVER REVEAL ⚽️
So excited to share the cover for STEALING THE SCORE, my World Cup-themed middle grade about a missing soccer superstar.
Thank you @polymorphin.bsky.social for the amazing art/ Stephanie Yang for the design!
Add this to Goodreads: bit.ly/soccerGR or pre-order: bit.ly/soccerBN
So excited to share the cover for STEALING THE SCORE, my World Cup-themed middle grade about a missing soccer superstar.
Thank you @polymorphin.bsky.social for the amazing art/ Stephanie Yang for the design!
Add this to Goodreads: bit.ly/soccerGR or pre-order: bit.ly/soccerBN
Just in time to celebrate Messi's birthday, I got an advanced copy of this cool picture book, MESSI'S MAGIC: HOW LIONEL MESSI BECAME THE G.O.A.T. by @carolinelperry.bsky.social illustrated by Luciano Lozano (Scholastic).
Perfect for young soccer fans, it'll be out Sept 2, so pre-order it now!
Perfect for young soccer fans, it'll be out Sept 2, so pre-order it now!
June 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Just in time to celebrate Messi's birthday, I got an advanced copy of this cool picture book, MESSI'S MAGIC: HOW LIONEL MESSI BECAME THE G.O.A.T. by @carolinelperry.bsky.social illustrated by Luciano Lozano (Scholastic).
Perfect for young soccer fans, it'll be out Sept 2, so pre-order it now!
Perfect for young soccer fans, it'll be out Sept 2, so pre-order it now!
Hi all - the first round of voting for the SCBWI Crystal Kite Awards is open until June 17. Please consider voting for NEAR AND DEER in the Atlantic Division. www.scbwi.org/crystal-kite
June 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Hi all - the first round of voting for the SCBWI Crystal Kite Awards is open until June 17. Please consider voting for NEAR AND DEER in the Atlantic Division. www.scbwi.org/crystal-kite
local friends in the Virginia Tidewater area - I'm running a workshop on July 12 on using graphic and visual aids in planning, writing, and revising a novel (think mind maps, plot charts, sticky notes, and more)
June 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
local friends in the Virginia Tidewater area - I'm running a workshop on July 12 on using graphic and visual aids in planning, writing, and revising a novel (think mind maps, plot charts, sticky notes, and more)
An author’s dream come true…hearing from a reader (a second grader) 🥰
May 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
An author’s dream come true…hearing from a reader (a second grader) 🥰
Business cards seem passé these days but I’ve been to a few events when I’ve wanted to have them, so I got these cute ones with my illustration (and QR code on back). I love them!
April 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Business cards seem passé these days but I’ve been to a few events when I’ve wanted to have them, so I got these cute ones with my illustration (and QR code on back). I love them!
Excited to teach my webinar, WRITING VIBRANT SECONDARY CHARACTERS on Tuesday April 29, 7 p.m. ET with Mid-Atlantic @scbwi.bsky.social. ($30/ $15 for SCBWI premium members)
Register here: www.scbwi.org/events/writi...
Register here: www.scbwi.org/events/writi...
April 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Excited to teach my webinar, WRITING VIBRANT SECONDARY CHARACTERS on Tuesday April 29, 7 p.m. ET with Mid-Atlantic @scbwi.bsky.social. ($30/ $15 for SCBWI premium members)
Register here: www.scbwi.org/events/writi...
Register here: www.scbwi.org/events/writi...
Had a great time chatting with @katherinemarsh.bsky.social at her book launch for THE GODS’ REVENGE - a smart and exciting MG about descendants of Greek monsters. The kids were so fun with their encyclopedic knowledge of Greek mythology!
April 25, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Had a great time chatting with @katherinemarsh.bsky.social at her book launch for THE GODS’ REVENGE - a smart and exciting MG about descendants of Greek monsters. The kids were so fun with their encyclopedic knowledge of Greek mythology!
Happy to be joining @readyourworld.bsky.social's virtual event celebrating AAPI Heritage Month on May 7, at 7 p.m. ET. Sign up for the free chat and enter to win one of five book bundles! Find out more: readyourworld.org/read-your-wo...
@pragmaticmom.bsky.social @mariawenadcock.bsky.social
@pragmaticmom.bsky.social @mariawenadcock.bsky.social
April 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Happy to be joining @readyourworld.bsky.social's virtual event celebrating AAPI Heritage Month on May 7, at 7 p.m. ET. Sign up for the free chat and enter to win one of five book bundles! Find out more: readyourworld.org/read-your-wo...
@pragmaticmom.bsky.social @mariawenadcock.bsky.social
@pragmaticmom.bsky.social @mariawenadcock.bsky.social
Happy to chat with @deborahkalb.bsky.social on her blog about NEAR AND DEER: how this story came about and what I hope kids get from it! deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2025/03/q-wi...
March 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Happy to chat with @deborahkalb.bsky.social on her blog about NEAR AND DEER: how this story came about and what I hope kids get from it! deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2025/03/q-wi...
Do you remember your favorite PBs growing up? Let's make some new memories.
Teachers, librarians, parents, readers: I'm giving away this batch of picture books!
To enter, L+RP. Bonus entries: follow me, and leave a comment about a favorite PB. US only. Ends Mar 24.
#giveaway
Teachers, librarians, parents, readers: I'm giving away this batch of picture books!
To enter, L+RP. Bonus entries: follow me, and leave a comment about a favorite PB. US only. Ends Mar 24.
#giveaway
March 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Do you remember your favorite PBs growing up? Let's make some new memories.
Teachers, librarians, parents, readers: I'm giving away this batch of picture books!
To enter, L+RP. Bonus entries: follow me, and leave a comment about a favorite PB. US only. Ends Mar 24.
#giveaway
Teachers, librarians, parents, readers: I'm giving away this batch of picture books!
To enter, L+RP. Bonus entries: follow me, and leave a comment about a favorite PB. US only. Ends Mar 24.
#giveaway
✨That wonderful feeling seeing all my @mgauthorcade.bsky.social friends in a huge pile! ✨
Our group of 15 MG authors debuted together in 2021, and look how far we've come.
Thanks Kate Albus for the photo. (Follow MG Authorcade for virtual school visit giveaways)
Our group of 15 MG authors debuted together in 2021, and look how far we've come.
Thanks Kate Albus for the photo. (Follow MG Authorcade for virtual school visit giveaways)
March 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM
✨That wonderful feeling seeing all my @mgauthorcade.bsky.social friends in a huge pile! ✨
Our group of 15 MG authors debuted together in 2021, and look how far we've come.
Thanks Kate Albus for the photo. (Follow MG Authorcade for virtual school visit giveaways)
Our group of 15 MG authors debuted together in 2021, and look how far we've come.
Thanks Kate Albus for the photo. (Follow MG Authorcade for virtual school visit giveaways)
I had so much fun yesterday speaking with 450 2nd to 5th grade students from Old Donation School in Virginia Beach about my books, author journey, and sharing wild facts about zombie ant fungi and rats whose brains are connected to the internet. (And loved the librarians who wore matching outfits!)
March 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I had so much fun yesterday speaking with 450 2nd to 5th grade students from Old Donation School in Virginia Beach about my books, author journey, and sharing wild facts about zombie ant fungi and rats whose brains are connected to the internet. (And loved the librarians who wore matching outfits!)
For Read Across America, I'm joining a bunch of wonderful children's poets to read from the anthology IF I COULD CHOOSE A BEST DAY (ed by Irene Latham & Charles Waters).
WHEN: March 3, 2025 at 1 p.m. EST (Sign up here: courage.thewritingbarn.com/free-virtual...)
WHEN: March 3, 2025 at 1 p.m. EST (Sign up here: courage.thewritingbarn.com/free-virtual...)
March 2, 2025 at 10:21 PM
For Read Across America, I'm joining a bunch of wonderful children's poets to read from the anthology IF I COULD CHOOSE A BEST DAY (ed by Irene Latham & Charles Waters).
WHEN: March 3, 2025 at 1 p.m. EST (Sign up here: courage.thewritingbarn.com/free-virtual...)
WHEN: March 3, 2025 at 1 p.m. EST (Sign up here: courage.thewritingbarn.com/free-virtual...)
Something exciting came in the mail! My contributor copy of IF I COULD CHOOSE A BEST DAY: POEMS OF POSSIBILITY selected by Irene Latham & @charleswaters.bsky.social, illus by Olivia Sua (Candlewick) out on Mar. 4.
It's so lovely! (My poem "If You Catch a Magic Fish" is in the 2nd image)
It's so lovely! (My poem "If You Catch a Magic Fish" is in the 2nd image)
February 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Something exciting came in the mail! My contributor copy of IF I COULD CHOOSE A BEST DAY: POEMS OF POSSIBILITY selected by Irene Latham & @charleswaters.bsky.social, illus by Olivia Sua (Candlewick) out on Mar. 4.
It's so lovely! (My poem "If You Catch a Magic Fish" is in the 2nd image)
It's so lovely! (My poem "If You Catch a Magic Fish" is in the 2nd image)
The news is dire so I’m sharing some bookish love. I loved Lauren Blackwood’s books so much I accidentally ordered them twice, so I’m giving away a set of her YA fantasies.
L + RP to enter, ends 2/4. Leave a comment for an extra entry. #giveaway
L + RP to enter, ends 2/4. Leave a comment for an extra entry. #giveaway
January 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The news is dire so I’m sharing some bookish love. I loved Lauren Blackwood’s books so much I accidentally ordered them twice, so I’m giving away a set of her YA fantasies.
L + RP to enter, ends 2/4. Leave a comment for an extra entry. #giveaway
L + RP to enter, ends 2/4. Leave a comment for an extra entry. #giveaway
Congratulations @erinentrada.bsky.social for winning the Newbery! I inhaled FIRST STATE OF BEING - it was so poignant and wonderful and had Erin's trademark mastery of storytelling.
January 27, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Congratulations @erinentrada.bsky.social for winning the Newbery! I inhaled FIRST STATE OF BEING - it was so poignant and wonderful and had Erin's trademark mastery of storytelling.