Author of Wayward Creatures, Of a Feather, the No Safety in Numbers trilogy, and the Dogs of the Drowned City series. Lover of cats and cupcakes. Daynalorentz.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/daynalorentz.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/daynalorentz.bsky.social/post/3mnwv2sfhkc2yI’ll be at the Fletcher Free Library summer challenge kick off event on Saturday, June 20! Stop by anytime between 10:00am and 12pm! fletcherfree.org/summer10 Jun 2026 14:06 +0000at://did:plc:3mmavlabc7oxb7sbenertfby/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnwv2sfhkc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/daynalorentz.bsky.social/post/3ls4hyh55ek26Huzzah for summer reading! Join me and other amazing authors TODAY at 10am at the Fletcher Free Library in Burlington!21 Jun 2025 11:43 +0000at://did:plc:3mmavlabc7oxb7sbenertfby/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls4hyh55ek26https://bsky.app/profile/daynalorentz.bsky.social/post/3lnqroaqnz22vHappy Independent Bookstore Day! I am so lucky to live in a place where we have so many amazing, excellent independent bookstores. Support your local Indies! They support your local authors! #independentbookstoreday #indiebookstores26 Apr 2025 22:24 +0000at://did:plc:3mmavlabc7oxb7sbenertfby/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnqroaqnz22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/daynalorentz.bsky.social/post/3lnqrmghgj22vThank you, Minnesota! I’m thrilled to see Wayward Creatures nominated for the 2026 Maud Hart Lovelace Book Award from the Minnesota Youth Reading Awards alongside these other fantastic books! 🥰💗📖💗 #statebookawards #maudhartlovelacenominees #waywardcreatures #minnesota26 Apr 2025 22:23 +0000at://did:plc:3mmavlabc7oxb7sbenertfby/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnqrmghgj22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/daynalorentz.bsky.social/post/3lkeivfd6mk2kHad a fantastic virtual school visit with my dear friend’s son’s third grade class! They all had received copies of Wayward Creatures and many had read the book—they had great questions! I love getting to chat with readers! #schoolvisit #authorevent #waywardcreatures14 Mar 2025 20:59 +0000at://did:plc:3mmavlabc7oxb7sbenertfby/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkeivfd6mk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/daynalorentz.bsky.social/post/3lkds22bi2k2sCatching up on recent events! Check out this link to a TV news story about the dinner with an author program (including my event from January!) https://www.mychamplainvalley.com/news/local-news/waitsfield-bookstore-connects-young-readers-with-best-selling-authors/amp/ Their next event is on May 16 featuring my friend Mima Tipper! #inklingschildrensbooks #dinnerwithanauthor14 Mar 2025 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:3mmavlabc7oxb7sbenertfby/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkds22bi2k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/daynalorentz.bsky.social/post/3lf3dlj55lc2sJoin me at my next public event at 6pm on Friday, January 24 in Waitsfield, VT at Inklings Bookstore!06 Jan 2025 14:24 +0000at://did:plc:3mmavlabc7oxb7sbenertfby/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf3dlj55lc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/daynalorentz.bsky.social/post/3lcgm4awho223I had a fantastic time visiting with students in Ms. Steele’s Ornithology class at the Meadowlark School in Erie, CO today! We talked about Of a Feather, writing from an owl’s point of view, and all the research I did to write the book! 🦉 #ofafeather #greathornedowl #schoolvisit #middlegrade03 Dec 2024 21:40 +0000at://did:plc:3mmavlabc7oxb7sbenertfby/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcgm4awho223https://bsky.app/profile/daynalorentz.bsky.social/post/3lbnfucx2ns26Thank you to everyone who came to our #NCTE panel on using fiction to teach restorative principles!23 Nov 2024 21:12 +0000at://did:plc:3mmavlabc7oxb7sbenertfby/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbnfucx2ns26https://bsky.app/profile/daynalorentz.bsky.social/post/3lblgmh24es2tHey #NCTE2024! I’ll be at the conference tomorrow—hope to see you there!23 Nov 2024 02:20 +0000at://did:plc:3mmavlabc7oxb7sbenertfby/app.bsky.feed.post/3lblgmh24es2thttps://bsky.app/profile/daynalorentz.bsky.social/post/3lbhj3yv2ak24Huzzah for the start of #NCTE2024! I’m coming to Boston tomorrow and my first event is at Newtonville Books! Learn more about the event here: https://www.newtonvillebooks.com/event/restorative-justice-reality-fiction-author-talk Hope to see you there!21 Nov 2024 12:54 +0000at://did:plc:3mmavlabc7oxb7sbenertfby/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbhj3yv2ak24https://bsky.app/profile/daynalorentz.bsky.social/post/3lawczjtpz72sI’m going to #ncte2024 Who will I run into there? I’ll be signing and presenting on Saturday, 11/2314 Nov 2024 16:50 +0000at://did:plc:3mmavlabc7oxb7sbenertfby/app.bsky.feed.post/3lawczjtpz72shttps://bsky.app/profile/daynalorentz.bsky.social/post/3lawbr64blm2sHi! I’m here now! Looking forward to joining the #kidlit community #middlegradebooks #kidlitauthors https://media.tenor.com/xPA2rCeWb7wAAAAC/baby-hello.gif?hh=371&ww=49814 Nov 2024 16:27 +0000at://did:plc:3mmavlabc7oxb7sbenertfby/app.bsky.feed.post/3lawbr64blm2s