DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR (S&S BFYR) | William C. Morris Award finalist rep’d by Janine Kamouh at WME Books linktr.ee/robinwasleyhttps://bsky.app/profile/robinwasley.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/robinwasley.bsky.social/post/3lxwu5pfbz22bSHE’S AN AWARD WINNER!! Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear is the 2025 Mass Book Award winner for YA/MG. I wrote a weird genre mashy story about a Korean American adoptee with no special skills who just happened to be there when a magical zombie apocalypse hit. And now, it’s an award winner 🥹03 Sep 2025 14:36 +0000at://did:plc:7px7uhrrztmtycvalbk6rxht/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxwu5pfbz22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/robinwasley.bsky.social/post/3lo6pvofd4s2jAh yes, my annual PSA: Hello. I am Asian. This AANHPI Heritage Month, if you're in the mood for a voicey action-packed YA fantasy full of humor, horror, and romance...DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR is available wherever books are sold (now in paperback)!02 May 2025 11:29 +0000at://did:plc:7px7uhrrztmtycvalbk6rxht/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo6pvofd4s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/robinwasley.bsky.social/post/3lo4um2erl224DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR has been longlisted for the 2025 Mass Book Awards! I’m so honored to be among these brilliant books! 📚📚📚01 May 2025 17:48 +0000at://did:plc:7px7uhrrztmtycvalbk6rxht/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo4um2erl224https://bsky.app/profile/robinwasley.bsky.social/post/3lnflrrmoxk23📚HAPPY PAPERBACK DAY TO DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR📚 It’s been over a year and it’s still wild that something I wrote has multiple formats and has (and will be) read by people other than me. Thank you to all past and future readers for picking up this story 🥹💜22 Apr 2025 11:39 +0000at://did:plc:7px7uhrrztmtycvalbk6rxht/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnflrrmoxk23https://bsky.app/profile/robinwasley.bsky.social/post/3lndgcus7dk2vMe: Wait…when are my paperbacks coming out again? (Checks date) Oh. It’s tomorrow. Maybe I should check the mailroom (Checks mailroom) ANYWAY the DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR paperback is out tomorrow, April 22nd!! 💀21 Apr 2025 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:7px7uhrrztmtycvalbk6rxht/app.bsky.feed.post/3lndgcus7dk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/robinwasley.bsky.social/post/3lksuv5js4c2w🎉It’s my birthday 🎉 🌸AND the first day of spring!!!🌸 I think we should all do something nice for ourselves to celebrate. I will be doing absolutely nothing today. For you, DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR is right there… 💜20 Mar 2025 14:11 +0000at://did:plc:7px7uhrrztmtycvalbk6rxht/app.bsky.feed.post/3lksuv5js4c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/robinwasley.bsky.social/post/3li7uexkx522p📚DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR is on YALSA's Best Fiction for Young Adults list for 2025📚 Librarians have given so much love to this book. As a kid who spent countless hours among the shelves of my own library, I can't express how much that means to me.15 Feb 2025 13:51 +0000at://did:plc:7px7uhrrztmtycvalbk6rxht/app.bsky.feed.post/3li7uexkx522phttps://bsky.app/profile/robinwasley.bsky.social/post/3li2sgtoq5s2v🎉Happy 1st Anniversary to DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR🎉 It has officially been one year since I released this book into the wild, hoping for the best and expecting the worst 😂 Today: One Year Ago:13 Feb 2025 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:7px7uhrrztmtycvalbk6rxht/app.bsky.feed.post/3li2sgtoq5s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/robinwasley.bsky.social/post/3lhgilh2qu22bDid you know the paperback for Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear is out April 22nd? NOW YOU DO. And it’s time for the ⭐️B&N PREORDER SALE⭐️ From 2/5 -2/7, use the code PREORDER25 for 25% off your paperback (with William C. Morris Finalist sticker ☺️)!!05 Feb 2025 11:43 +0000at://did:plc:7px7uhrrztmtycvalbk6rxht/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhgilh2qu22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/robinwasley.bsky.social/post/3lhcip4m4ls2sShe’s all dressed up 😊03 Feb 2025 21:35 +0000at://did:plc:7px7uhrrztmtycvalbk6rxht/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhcip4m4ls2shttps://bsky.app/profile/robinwasley.bsky.social/post/3lgsmmchy7c2bNew promo: My book has holographic foil and a sticker 😊 [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jan 2025 14:02 +0000at://did:plc:7px7uhrrztmtycvalbk6rxht/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgsmmchy7c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/robinwasley.bsky.social/post/3lgsllmbfqs2b💜💜💜💜 [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jan 2025 13:44 +0000at://did:plc:7px7uhrrztmtycvalbk6rxht/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgsllmbfqs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/robinwasley.bsky.social/post/3lf46zx2m6c2h💜💜💜💜💜 [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Jan 2025 22:35 +0000at://did:plc:7px7uhrrztmtycvalbk6rxht/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf46zx2m6c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/robinwasley.bsky.social/post/3lep7ugt2cs2yThank you so much for this honor!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Jan 2025 18:45 +0000at://did:plc:7px7uhrrztmtycvalbk6rxht/app.bsky.feed.post/3lep7ugt2cs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/robinwasley.bsky.social/post/3leoplwwki22nThe usual New Year’s tteok mandu guk (+ highlight album)! Something authors always say: Celebrate your wins. So. I present my 2024 Highlights.   ⭐️Publishing my first novel after decades trying ⭐️Being a JLG Gold Standard Selection ⭐️Being a William C. Morris Award finalist? Still weird.01 Jan 2025 13:54 +0000at://did:plc:7px7uhrrztmtycvalbk6rxht/app.bsky.feed.post/3leoplwwki22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/robinwasley.bsky.social/post/3lcnv66e24c2mIt has been awhile 😂 But I’ve come to say that DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR is a William C. Morris Award finalist. I had actually planned to write a whole post today, in the last month of my debut year, to talk about what DTACTTA means to me.06 Dec 2024 19:11 +0000at://did:plc:7px7uhrrztmtycvalbk6rxht/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcnv66e24c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/robinwasley.bsky.social/post/3lcnv66e24c2mIt has been awhile 😂 But I’ve come to say that DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR is a William C. Morris Award finalist. I had actually planned to write a whole post today, in the last month of my debut year, to talk about what DTACTTA means to me.06 Dec 2024 19:11 +0000at://did:plc:7px7uhrrztmtycvalbk6rxht/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcnv66e24c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/robinwasley.bsky.social/post/3klci5nlcxx2z🎉🎉Annnnd Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear is OUT TODAY🎉🎉 After writing this for a decade, losing the entire thing when my laptop got stolen, quitting, writing it all over again from scratch, then getting hundreds (literally hundreds) of rejections on it…I’m here now.13 Feb 2024 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:7px7uhrrztmtycvalbk6rxht/app.bsky.feed.post/3klci5nlcxx2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/robinwasley.bsky.social/post/3klb54ekmjj2f📚Obligatory author photo with stacks of my own book📚 I'm not sure what to say on Pub Day Eve. This has been 20 years in the making. Thanks to everyone who read and believed in and supported this book and thanks to everyone who will 💜13 Feb 2024 00:49 +0000at://did:plc:7px7uhrrztmtycvalbk6rxht/app.bsky.feed.post/3klb54ekmjj2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/robinwasley.bsky.social/post/3kkqxn2tsp32yIN ONE WEEK…Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear will be out. To mark the occasion, I’m taking another selfie in which I’m totally fine about it* *I’m screaming internally. Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear. Feb 13, 2024. bit.ly/3Ctbdla06 Feb 2024 14:28 +0000at://did:plc:7px7uhrrztmtycvalbk6rxht/app.bsky.feed.post/3kkqxn2tsp32yhttps://bsky.app/profile/robinwasley.bsky.social/post/3khzf3rbkci2b🚨DEAD THINGS ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR IS ON NETGALLEY🚨 Also on Edelweiss but I’ve been on there for months 😂 GO RIGHT NOW! REQUEST IT & REVIEW! AND ADD ON GOODREADS! AND PREORDER! Or just one of those things, I’m not picky 😂02 Jan 2024 18:35 +0000at://did:plc:7px7uhrrztmtycvalbk6rxht/app.bsky.feed.post/3khzf3rbkci2b