Aussie USian Novelist & clothes wearer, who loves the WNBA. The Mortons published by Penguin (ANZ, Canada, USA) is out NOW. Fascism=bad. @DrJustineFancyPants on Insta. She/her/hers. https://justinelarbalestier.com/books/the-mortons/
For those looking for my books: justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2025/08... The Mortons, which I wrote with @scottwesterfeld.bsky.social, is out now in ANZ, Canada & the USA. It'll be out in France, Germany & the UK in October. And in Bulgaria in the future. #publishing #writinglife #books #reading
Verifying…justinelarbalestier.comIn which we discuss The Mortons for Lit Witches an Australian podcast about the fantasy genre: open.spotify.com/episode/5d8C...
Darkly funny and slightly unhinged - we talk gothic thriller The Mortons, with authors Justine Larbalestier and Scott WesterfeldLit Witches: A Fantasy Book Podcast · Episodeopen.spotify.comThanks! This was me & @scottwesterfeld. Having to go through and minutely examine every scene and every sentence of The Mortons to decide whether they really needed to be there made us better writers. We'll be doing it to every novel now! #writing
CarolInteresting tidbit from panel about needing to shorten book by 10% note from editor and they opted to try shortening every sentence versus cutting a scene or scene. Said it helped make the book crisper and was a good note. Partial alt of panel description as old phone and can’t access save button.
This. Also Cunningham is good friends with Britney Griner, a cis woman hooper who, because she's on the masc side, gets questioned every time she goes to use a public women's bathroom. To such an extent Griner no longer users public facilities. Attacks on trans people are attacks on all of us!
Julie DiCaroIf she really wanted to protect girls in sports, she she’d care more about cis male coaches manipulating and abusing young athletes. That’s ACTUALLY a big problem in sports.
He knows nothing.
Matt NovakAnother odd moment occurred when Musk insisted that work in the future would be "optional" because robots would do everything. Musk said people might still work in the future but compared it to people who grow their own backyard tomatoes. He said they could just go to the store for better tomatoes.
Look at that! Us and Colson Whitehead! Wow!
Mostly Books Tucson AZHappy #bookbirthday to these new releases!🎉📚 #indiebookstore #shoplocal #tucson #bookworm #booklover #fiction #hardcover #paperback #fantasynovel
Yes! The Mortons got a review in the @nytimes.com! Just of our book! Not a round up of YA or science fiction titles! Apparently we're real writers now! Writing Literachure! Pinch me!
Michael NorthropAnd if you don’t believe me (which, fair), please, just ask The New York monster-stomping Times: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/b...
Yes, me & Scott Westerfeld have an essay in People magazine hitting the newsstands tomorrow full of sordid secrets about how we wrote #TheMortons. I hope we get the trashiest cover ever. Are there even newsstands any more? Where does one buy a physical magazine these days? I have no idea.
Scott WesterfeldThe Mortons, my book with @larbalestier.bsky.social, is out today! Here's an essay about the process that we wrote for @people.com people.com/the-mortons-...
Awww! Thank you Mr Scalzi! He is good friend. Here's where you can buy The Mortons by me & Scott Westerfeld: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/787326... If you are broke borrow it from the library! That really helps too! Libraries are amazing!
The Mortons by Justine Larbalestier, Scott Westerfeld: 9798217059492 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books“Slippery, sinister, and so much fun.” —Charlotte McConaghy, New York Times bestselling author of Wild Dark Shore Meet the Mortons: In this family, murder is currency—and business...www.penguinrandomhouse.comJohn ScalziCongrats to @scottwesterfeld.bsky.social and Justine Larbalestier on The Mortons, their newest (and terrific!) novel. Scott and Justine have been my pals forever and singly and together they are two of my favorite writers. This is a fun one. Check it out! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/787326...