Nicole M. Hewitt

There's still time to register for our 2025 Indie Author Day! Join author Nicole M. Hewitt and literary agent Tina Schwartz as we explore writing KidLit books, and the secret to writing a query letter!⭐ 📝 ✒️ #indieauthorday #indieauthor

Come see me on Saturday at Aspen Library in Vernon Hills, where I'll be presenting on writing kidlit, along with Tina P. Schwartz, who'll be talking about query letters!

Hope to see you there!

Oh my goodness! Possum is adorable! And thanks so much for ordering TSoOG! Sorry not sorry for the long library hold. 😂

So glad you enjoyed it!! Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

This looks adorable!!

So very true!

Just look at this amazing cover! So excited for this!!

Cover of Troubling Tonsils shows a marmot with his mouth open wide. Book is on a colorful bookcase next to a sinister-looking chipmunk figurine.

Image shows a bald-headed man pointing toward a brown-haired woman holding a copy of Troubling Tonsils.

And here's Aaron's new book - and Aaron and I at the event!

Image of a scrapbook page from a baby book. Page has the title "Before I Was Born" and shows singing, dancing monsters. An arrow with the word "Me" points to the blue monster and an arrow with "Aaron" points to the brown monster. The text on the page indicates that the author of the post was eight months pregnant in the picture.

Last weekend I attended a launch event for Aaron Reynolds' newest book, TROUBLING TONSILS. It prompted me to dig up a page from my daughter's baby book from when I knew Aaron in another life!

The best sort of pain. 😂

A collage of book covers on a dark blue background. To the left on an illustrated post-it note are the words: Celebrate Pride Month. Below the post-it note is the logo for MacKids School & Library. There are 8 books covers. The titles from left to right on top are: Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa; Ollie in Between by Jess Callans; And They Were Roommates by Page Powars; Right Beside You by Tucker Shaw The titles from left to right on bottom are: Love, Misha by Askel Aden; Randy Rainbow and the Marvelously Magical Pink Glasses by Randy Rainbow, illustrated by Jaimie MacGibbon; The Flicker by H.E. Edgmon; Flamboyants: The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I'd Known by George M. Johnson, illustrated by Charly Palmer

This Pride Month, we're recommending FLAMBOYANTS by @iamgmjohnson.bsky.social & Charly Palmer! From the New York Times–bestselling author of All Boys Aren’t Blue comes an empowering set of essays about Black and Queer icons from the Harlem Renaissance. bit.ly/3H3O7aI

So glad you enjoyed The Song of Orphan’s Garden! I haven’t read Song of Freedom yet, but now you’ve convinced me I definitely need to. I love Shari Green’s MG verse novels!

Would you correct people in the moment if they say this wrong? I'm always too timid to!

Terminology Tip:

People often see my book and call it a "prose novel" (sometimes even after I specifically say it's a novel-in-verse).

"Prose" is just a fancy way of describing writing in normal paragraph form.

If it's not a graphic novel, verse, or another hybrid form, it's written in prose.

Oh no! I loved Perfection!!

Right? I'd be like, get rid of them? You obviously must mean, how can I make them want to stay forever and ever and ever!

Baby foxes living in my yard would be a literal dream come true.

Someone on Nextdoor complaining about baby foxes in their yard, and I'm like:

Nooooooo, send them to meeeeee. 🥹

Going to try to start posting here every day as a little experiment. Feeling a little lost in the social media world right now (as many people are).

Here's a video of my dog frantically trying to get dry after his bath. (Note the growling - he NEEDS every last drop of that water GONE!)

I'm very excited for this one!

I just saw the PW announcement and had to come over here to congratulate you!!!!! This is so exciting! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

It's #ChildrensBookWeek and we're featuring our author's books to celebrate! Check out these amazing books that have already released, and stay tuned for more #MGEscapades #MiddleGradeBooks

Feeling like nobody "gets" what you do as a school librarian? Join tonight #TLskyChat tonight & we will problem solve 2gether!

Thank you so much for having me 💜💜💜

Summer is about to get off to a great start with this season's releases from Middle Grade Escapades! Preorder these books now, and stay tuned for part 2, because we have lots more to share

#MGEscapades #MiddleGradeBooks

We love indie bookstores! This weekend, head to your local indie and pick up some amazing middle grade books from the Escapaders and share the love! #IndieBookstoreDay #MiddleGradeEscapades

Multiple MGE authors have items up for auction to fundraise for the @ndkidlit.bsky.social scholarship! Check out amazing offerings from @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social, @cassfederman.bsky.social, and @emilydeibert.bsky.social here: ndkidlit.org/fundraising-...

#MGEscapades #Fundraiser #MiddleGradeBooks

💸🧠 #ndkidlitauction LIVE:
Bid: Signed/personalized hardcover of THE SONG OF ORPHAN'S GARDEN by @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social + swag!
champ.ly/7MkdRmhN

#picturebooks #diversebooks #childrensbook #autism #autismacceptance #writingcommunity #writinghelp #mentalhealth #booksky #charity #nonprofit

Had such a fun day signing books with @authorsarafujimura.bsky.social and @jenniferwagh.bsky.social! Signed copies are available at B&N Oswego!

Yay! Enjoy!!