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Tara Dairman
@taradairman.bsky.social
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Award-winning author of books for kids and teens, incl. THE GIRL FROM EARTH'S END & the All Four Stars Series. Newest: GO, BABY, GO! (PB, 2025, Peachtree). Authors Against Book Bans advocate. she/they.

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Hey, that's my YA debut--WE ARE THE DEVILS--getting a mention in the @publisherswkly.bsky.social Rights Roundup! 😈
The Latest in Children's and YA Deals: New projects this week include The Gods Will Sing Our Song by Autumn Krause, a YA historical fantasy pitched as Divine Rivals meets Lovely War, about two Japanese American teenagers in a WWII incarceration camp, who collide with ancient magic and confront heart-wrenching injustices; Tara Dairman’s We Are the Devils, a darkly humorous YA novel about five cheerleaders who resolve to bully a new teammate off the squad—until that teammate's violent agenda starts to transform their lens on femininity, perfection, and themselves; and Livia Blackburne’s middle grade fiction debut, Echoes Across the Water, set in the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War, in which two girls, one in Mao’s China and one in Kuomintang-ruled Taiwan, find their lives intertwined through dreams as they navigate a secret that may heal their families or tear them apart.
November 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Two new books coming from me in 2027 and 2028! My YA debut, and my next middle grade.
publishers weekly book deal announcement: Lynne Missen at Tundra Books has acquired world rights, in a preempt, to two novels by Tara Dairman. We Are the Devils is a darkly humorous YA about five cheerleaders who resolve to bully an ugly, messy new teammate off the squad—until that teammate's own violent agenda starts to transform their lens on femininity, perfection, and themselves. It's All Kosher in North Dakota is a contemporary middle grade novel that follows "Jewish-ish" Danny Fishbein-O'Donnell from Brooklyn to rural North Dakota, where his family has inherited an old restaurant—complete with family history and mysteries, and tough questions about what being Jewish means to him. The first book will publish in fall 2027; Ammi-Joan Paquette at Aevitas Creative Management did the deal.
November 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Banning books is as unAmerican as you can get. Thank you to everyone who takes action and pushes back.

If you're a book creator (traditionally or independently published), please join @authorsabb.bsky.social.

#bannedbooksweek
banned books week image: The word "censorship" written in all caps in black seven times, with a red paint strikethrough through every word. at the bottom it says "is so 1984."
October 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Book birthday mangonada!
Picture of Tara holding a copy of their picture book Go, Baby, Go! and a delicious-looking mangonada
July 23, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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My 2nd picture book, GO, BABY, GO! hits shelves today! A great read-aloud for ages 3-7, or new-baby gift for runners.
If you see it out in the wild, I’d love a pic 😊

Biggest thanks to wonderful illustrator @modoodles.bsky.social and lovely publisher Peachtree for bringing this book to life.
Cover for the picture book Go, Baby, Go! by Tara Dairman and Olivia Amoah. Shows a mom jogging, pushing an exuberant young child in a jogging stroller. Cover for the picture book Go, Baby, Go! by Tara Dairman and Olivia Amoah. Shows a mom jogging, pushing an exuberant young child in a jogging stroller. spread from the picture book Go, Baby, Go! showing a rainbow and a mom jogging pushing a jogging stroller with an excited kiddo inside. text reads: Rainbow arcs across the sky. Final stretch now. Fly, Baby, fly!
July 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Colorado friends, please mark your calendars: I have THREE book events in the next month to celebrate the publication of @modoodles.bsky.social's & my new picture book, GO, BABY, GO! - a mom-and-kiddo jogging-stroller adventure set in our beloved Rocky mountains. I'd love to see you there!
Fort Collins book events for...Go, Baby, Go! Launch party - treats, trivia, & fun! Sunday, July 27, 1pm, Old Town LIbrary Outdoor local author reading & crafts Wednesday, July 30, 3:30-5:3opm (I read at 5pm), The Gardens on Spring Creek Storytime! Sunday, August 3, 1pm, Barnes & Noble on College Ave.
July 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Been arting!

(Self-portrait in graphite pencil, pastel, and prismacolor pencil)
A self-portrait drawing, mostly in black and white graphite pencil, but with a rainbow colored scarf detail added in pastel and prismacolor pencil. Subject has short hair and glasses and is wearing an open fleece jacket over the rainbow scarf.
May 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Excited to share that @modoodles.bsky.social & I have a picture book coming out this summer, GO, BABY, GO (an epic parent-kiddo jogging-stroller adventure), and that it already has a rave review from Kirkus! Please consider preordering from your local indie bookstore &/or requesting at your library.
March 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Cool? Reading a book your friend wrote. Even cooler? Listening to an audiobook your friend NARRATED of her book!!

Those 5 starred reviews don't lie, EVERYTHING IS POISON is fantastic, and @joymccullough.bsky.social reads the heck out of it. Got my copy from @libro.fm to support indie bookstores.
Screenshot of the audiobook cover for EVERYTHING IS POISON by Joy McCullough, read by the author
February 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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If you're a published author or illustrator (indie or trad, short stories & anthologies also count!), PLEASE join me as a member of Authors Against Book Bans. I'm the Colorado state co-leade, and we've already got stuff cooking to support a new bill protecting school libraries from book-banning.
January 31, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Accurate
Cartoon by Asher: Van labeled "writers cleaning service" and a cleaner showing up at someone's house. Caption reads: "The process is simple: you tell me to get some writing done and then, to avoid getting started, I clean your whole house."
December 20, 2024 at 1:26 PM
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Signing Judy Lopez Award bookplates today to be mailed to California and inserted into copies of THE GIRL FROM EARTH'S END. 💚

If you'd like a bookplate or a signed bookmark to put into a book of mine that you're gifting, drop me a line! Free to any US address.

#kidlit #mglit #judylopezaward2024
Photograph of 10 book plates with a large image of the Judy Lopez Memorial Book Award medal on each. The caption "read and grow" is handwritten on each one in green ink, followed by the author's signature.
December 12, 2024 at 7:07 PM
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TY, Kate! I have a 2025 PB called Go, Baby, Go (illu: Olivia Amoah, pub: Peachtree). Could fit a panel about nontraditional parenting roles/active moms in PBs. The Girl from Earth's End (MG, Candlewick) will be newly out in paperback (nature, queer rep, book banning). I'm local to Denver!
December 9, 2024 at 9:56 PM
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The Girl from Earth's End was named a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection last year, and this week the lovely award pin arrived in the mail! Thank you, JLG, for lifting up this story and helping it get into schools and libraries.

#TheGirlfromEarthsEnd #TGFEE #kidlit #mglit
Photo of the book The Girl from Earth's End with a small, round gold pin perched on the cover. The pin says JLG. Behind the book is a certificate that reads "Junior library guild gold standard selection award presented to The Girl from Earth's End."
November 24, 2024 at 3:58 PM