Kristin L. Gray

Sending you and yours a ton of love. 💐

Thrilled to see a dear friend and longtime critique partner’s fabulous book The Spider Lady mentioned in this roundup of children’s literature in Science Magazine. Congratulations, Penny! 🕷️

Congrats, Michelle!

I will look for it! 🙌🏻

Teresa! When is this out? Did I miss it? I love your brain. 😆

Helminths Exposed: Inside the Sometimes Gross World of Food Borne Parasites In 1865, Otto von Bismarck, the conqueror of France, the architect of German unification, Germany’s first Chancellor and the steely-eyed hard man of realpolitik challenged a scientist to a du…

This goes really well with my book for middle graders, DISGUSTOLOGY: THE SCIENCE OF GROSS 😆🤢 Another terrific post via @scifood.blog - Helminths Exposed: Inside the Sometimes Gross World of Food Borne Parasites scifood.blog/2026/03/04/h...

Ocean heat forced West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat after the Last Glacial Maximum - Nature Communications Amundsen Sea records show warm Circumpolar Deep Water drove major West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat from 18,000–10,000 years ago. Subsequent cooling stabilized the grounding line, indicating ocean heat...

Pleased to see this finally out, involving a brilliant team @emawbey.bsky.social, @erinmcclimate.bsky.social, @krhendry.bsky.social, @polarrobs.bsky.social, @wellner.bsky.social, supported by @bas.ac.uk, @awi.de , @geogdurham.bsky.social and #Thwaites🧵⤵️

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

So sorry, Alex, this is happening to you and others. Thanks for sharing the link.

A) The idea of and technique for colorizing ultrasound imaging is fascinating. B) Peter Paul Verbeek is gonna write So Many Papers on this

Ombre French tip feathers? She's a couture bird, for sure

Book Bans ‘Kill Creativity,’ Sow Self-Doubt in Authors For the past few years, author Charlotte Sullivan Wild has been working on a picture book about an LGBTQ+ family who learns to cope with one member’s deployment to the military. The story is inspired…

As hard as we are fighting, book bans are having an impact on the books being written and published. To put this another way, a very small number of well-funded people who don't write books, don't teach books, don't work in libraries are trying to decide what books are available for everyone else

Dawn Delight: Total Lunar Eclipse on March 3rd March opens with a spectacular total lunar eclipse. Our guide will help you make the most of it.

March opens with a spectacular total lunar eclipse. Our guide will help you make the most of it.
skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...

Timely advice as I start a new synopsis. 🙏🩷

Fascinating biology but what a harrowing time for that mother.

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Truly, feeling so lucky to have had the chance. Thanks, Matthew. 🐧

2013! Time flies. 😅 I’m so glad you got to experience it. #kidlitart

Twice. Signed with my agent Caryn after the one in 2015. Highly recommended!

Magic Words is such a great book, Cheryl! Recommended it a few weeks ago, in fact, to explain book mapping.

Big Sur is fantastic! Good for you!

Thanks, Elly! 🐧

What our judges said about the International Booker Prize 2026 longlist | The Booker Prizes Wondering which of the 13 books on the International Booker Prize 2026 longlist to read first? We asked our judges to summarise each one – and tell us why they loved them

A huge thank you to our #InternationalBooker2026 judging panel: Natasha Brown, Marcus du Sautoy, Sophie Hughes, Troy Onyango and Nilanjana S. Roy.

Here's what they had to say about this year's longlist...

thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...

Thrilled to share the cover of my fall novel, MURDER AT PENGUIN RANCH. Thanks to the fine folks stationed at Lazarev, Antarctica, for letting me shadow. Trip of a lifetime! Kudos to illo Sarah Conradsen + designer Marigold Kitzmiller for the incredible art! kristinlgray.com/books/murder... #booksky

We’re hiring an Agency Assistant supporting Operations and Contracts!

📚We’re hiring a full time Agency Assistant supporting Operations and Contracts! 📚

Are you interested in the world of books and providing support in publishing?

Click here for full job description to see if this role is right for you!

Applications open until 4/15.

📍Role is in person in San Diego.

Banner graphic for The Crash Course in Children's Book Publishing, an online workshop via Boyds Mills.

I'll be teaching the "Crash Course..." online via @boydsmills.bsky.social starting June 3--a comprehensive overview of the world of #kidlit publishing. We have live sessions, pre-recorded content, lots of handouts, special drop-in time for discussions, and more!

boydsmills.org/workshop/the...

I have openings, and I'd love to help you! Reach out with any questions.

Presenting the longlist for the #InternationalBooker2026, supported by Bukhman Philanthropies.

Find out more about the books, authors and translators: thebookerprizes.com/ibp2026

ASL Mythbusters The most frequent of the FAQs

Last night I mentioned only 8% of hearing parents learn enough sign to have a 2-way conversation with their deaf child. Many reasons, but a lot of stems from misinfo. Here's a letter of mine where I busted some of the biggest ASL/ language acquisition myths: buttondown.com/signs+wonder...

Good news alert: Just want to shout out Elana Meyers Taylor, the most decorated Black woman in the Winter Olympics, who won her sixth medal and first gold tonight, AND is also one of the only 8% of hearing parents who learn to sign for her deaf kid. Badass through and through.🥇

Hope you like it. A thin crescent moon rises in a blue and orange pre-dawn sky, behind silhouetted forest tree line. Uintah Mountains, Utah. Photo: Bill Dunford

Got you a waning crescent moonrise for Valentines.