Elana K. Arnold

Image of the 4 new statewide banned books in Utah: The Carnival at Bray by Jessie Ann Foley The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel by Margaret Atwood Red Hood by Elana K. Arnold Breathless by Jennifer Niven

As you may have heard, Utah banned 4 more books statewide.

Keep reading and talking about these books.
And join us tomorrow at Elevate Utah and Better Utah's Action Fair at 6 p.m. at Church & State to learn how you can help us fight back against book bans.

You‘ve put together $5K in a few hours. $22K more!

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My HOLLOWAY comes out on May 5th!

HUZZAH!!!

19 of the Most Anticipated Spring and Summer Reads – HarperStacks With new books from Erin Entrada Kelly, Katherine Applegate, Corey R. Tabor, Joanna Ho, Elana K. Arnold, and Byron Graves, this upcoming season holds a plethora of treasures for your readers to…

Pleased as punch to see WOMBAT WAITING, my new #mglit novel, on this @harperstacks.bsky.social list of anticipated spring and summer reads. 🧡🐕

Even better, Wombat is hanging out with new books by @erinentrada.bsky.social, @elanakarnold.bsky.social, and more.

Zoom Conversation Auction item 'Zoom Conversation' hosted online at 32auctions.

Hello, hello! I'm auctioning off: Let's Zoom! We will connect for one hour and discuss ANYTHING and EVERYTHING you want about the art, craft, and business of writing. I'm glad to host a group, if you are bidding with friends.
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Huge congratulations to @adinaking.bsky.social and her beautiful book!!

YAY thank you!!!!

The Business of Writing

Nina LaCour and I are teaching a 1 1/2 hour course on the business of writing! Send any questions you have to me at elana@elanakarnold.com, or ask here!
the-business-of-writing.teachery.co/businessofwr...

A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."

The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"

"Learned what?" she asks

Then he knocks her phone out of her hand

Elana K. Arnold smiling widely and holding an advanced copy of HOLLOWAY (Out 5/5/26!). A strange haunted doll in the bottom left corner of the photo.

Headline about the lawsuit against Utah with photos of four novels

It's a big day here in Long Beach! ARCs of HOLLOWAY arrived, and I'm suing Utah along with the ACLU, other authors, and some brave students. Also, I cut bangs.
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My dose of inspiration today: @maggietokudahall.bsky.social 's speech accepting the ALAN award on behalf of @authorsabb.bsky.social

www.prettyokmaggie.com/blog/2025/11...

Donate - Authors Against Book Bans Thank you for donating to Authors Against Book Bans. Your donation directly supports the freedom to read by powering our work with our partner organizations, bringing the author muscle to the fight…

Well this year we CAN participate in the #GivingTuesday flood so we probably SHOULD. With your support we can do even more to protect, celebrate, & elevate the right to read.

I would love to see you at my annual Writing Marathon! Link in bio for complete info. :)

YAY!!!

Revision Season | Elana K Arnold

We are getting so close! Revision Season officially starts this Sunday. I am NOT GOOD at social media posts or promo but I promise you I am excellent at helping writers with RE-vision. Seeing their work again, anew, and afresh. Join us!!
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Revision Season begins in one week! Those who've already enrolled have received the Week Zero work early. There's still time to join this intense, interactive 8-week masterclass in revision (and writing, and humaning). Please email me at elana@elanakarnold.com if you'd like to learn more!

Revision Season officially begins on 10/12! You can still sign up! And if you’ve attended one of my SCBWI classes, email me for a coupon code! This class is a deep dive into revision, writing, and humaning.
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I'm THRILLED to share the cover of my speculative fiction debut, HOLLOWAY (pub date 5/4/26! art by Sarah Jarrett, cover designed by Corina Lupp & Jenna Stempel-Lobel). Autism? Anti-vaxxers? Art? Philosophy? Reverberations & cycles through history? If you say "yes, please," then HOLLOWAY is for you.

Total instances of book bans: I'm #6. Number of unique titles affected by book bans: I'm tied for #9 with @halseanderson.bsky.social. Number of districts in which the author is banned: I'm #3. Please don't say "Good for you." It's "Shame on them."

My Beautiful Brain | Elana K Arnold So! I’ve gone back and forth about whether to write this little essay or not. Obviously, I’ve landed on “yes.” But why I’ve decided to write it… well, I’m not so sure about that.  Over the years since...

It's been 2+ years since I wrote this essay, but it seems like a good time to say this again: I'm autistic. I love my brain. And... if you meet one person with autism, you've met... one person with autism. We are not a monolith. But we are whole people, each of us.
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This is incredible news!!!

Photos of three people along with a description of their forthcoming book

I'm THRILLED to share this exciting news!! PARK DAY makes me SO HAPPY!!!

YAY we're so excited!!!

We have everything from published authors to first time writers of books for and about people of all ages! Feel free to email me at elana@elanakarnold.com if you have other questions.

Fall Writing Nights starts this Thursday! There's still time to join us. Ask me any questions! fall-writing-nights-2025.teachery.co/rememberwhen

Schrödinger's Trump.

Wondering what people think of Revision Season? Here are two past students' reflections. If you have questions about the course, please ask me! Enrollment is open!