Chicana + Indigenous author of THE SLEEPING SISTERS & SALT BONES (Little, Brown). Monstrous mamawriter of folk horror on the borderlands. Hexer of the patriarchy. Haunted woman. She/Her/La Bruja jennifergivhan.com https://linktr.ee/jenngivhanhttps://bsky.app/profile/jenngivhan.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jenngivhan.bsky.social/post/3mtclabb7x22kWhat is this life??? Familia! The Sleeping Sisters & I are in People Magazine!!🎉❤️‍🔥💃🏽 An exclusive look at an aspect of my writing that I rarely discuss and feel vulnerable sharing but I know it’s so important, so I’m opening my mama heart. ❤️‍🔥 https://people.com/raising-my-son-made-me-ask-hard-questions-about-men-exclusive-essay-1206174217 Aug 2026 20:48 +0000at://did:plc:7zqcy2jrvm2c4nvzdgi77xt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtclabb7x22khttps://bsky.app/profile/jenngivhan.bsky.social/post/3mtbwmaiab22eThe Sleeping Sisters are waking up! Albuquerque, come out to @booksonthebosque.bsky.social at 6 pm 8/18! Let’s chat the girl w/ the green ribbon & folk horror & weaving myth into true crime via The West Mesa Murders & how to honor our beloved sisters who deserve justice!🕯️❤️‍🔥 @littlebrown.bsky.social17 Aug 2026 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:7zqcy2jrvm2c4nvzdgi77xt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbwmaiab22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jenngivhan.bsky.social/post/3mdlei4wjus2wFamilia, all the children are ours. Please call your lawmakers & demand the release of Liam Conejo Ramos, a 5yo boy stolen by ICE. He's at Dilley detention center in TX & we need everyone in congress ASAP. Liam is sick & asking for his mama. We are all his mama. Let's get him home. Amen.29 Jan 2026 17:58 +0000at://did:plc:7zqcy2jrvm2c4nvzdgi77xt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdlei4wjus2whttps://bsky.app/profile/jenngivhan.bsky.social/post/3lr4al3wtpc22Let’s see if I can convince this reader to give #SaltBones a try in an elevator 🤣💀 #elevatorpitch #thrillerbooks #booksky08 Jun 2025 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:7zqcy2jrvm2c4nvzdgi77xt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr4al3wtpc22https://bsky.app/profile/jenngivhan.bsky.social/post/3lquo6jjdzk2rEeeee! Compared to La Maestra herself, Isabel Allende! Library Journal gave SALT BONES a starred review calling my "hard-to-put-down literary suspense" both "timely" and "creeping with dread" !!! I'm starry-eyed!⭐⭐⭐ ⭐ ⭐05 Jun 2025 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:7zqcy2jrvm2c4nvzdgi77xt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lquo6jjdzk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jenngivhan.bsky.social/post/3lnv3er643c2vEven if you hated Eva in RWRD or felt like shaking her for her poor choices—you’ll still love Salt Bones’ Mal because, like my protagonists, I grow & don’t shrink or back down from a challenge but keep learning & pushing myself & rising🌵🌸🙌🏽💪🏽🕯️✨✨✨28 Apr 2025 15:28 +0000at://did:plc:7zqcy2jrvm2c4nvzdgi77xt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnv3er643c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jenngivhan.bsky.social/post/3lniklxsfgs2nSALT BONES is 25% off today for Barnes & Noble members! Use code PREORDER25 today through Friday!23 Apr 2025 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:7zqcy2jrvm2c4nvzdgi77xt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lniklxsfgs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jenngivhan.bsky.social/post/3lmwxah3hwc2nMy incredibly talented daughter always supports my work—for RWRD she painted a pumpkin with my book cover art and for SALT BONES, she’s sewn me a purple rebozo to match the cover!16 Apr 2025 15:54 +0000at://did:plc:7zqcy2jrvm2c4nvzdgi77xt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmwxah3hwc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jenngivhan.bsky.social/post/3lmullohz522dBRING THEM HOME! CONTACT YOUR REPS! LET NO ONE BE DISAPPEARED!15 Apr 2025 17:20 +0000at://did:plc:7zqcy2jrvm2c4nvzdgi77xt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmullohz522dhttps://bsky.app/profile/jenngivhan.bsky.social/post/3lmuec2yqhk2oOn the vulnerability & strength it takes to share our books with the world & why preorders matter xoxo https://open.substack.com/pub/jennifergivhan/p/youve-planted-a-cosmos-its-time-to?r=2vpk7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false15 Apr 2025 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:7zqcy2jrvm2c4nvzdgi77xt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmuec2yqhk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jenngivhan.bsky.social/post/3lmprqgmb7k2jSharing my heart & some book swag #SaltBones https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UlxOkffPpwI13 Apr 2025 19:27 +0000at://did:plc:7zqcy2jrvm2c4nvzdgi77xt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmprqgmb7k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/jenngivhan.bsky.social/post/3lmcu2azges2nSend me a screenshot of your SALT BONES preorder (audiobook or ebook counts!) & I’ll send you some swag in the mail! Open to everyone in the U.S. who preorders SALT BONES! Hit me up! https://jennifergivhan.com/critically-acclaimed-books/08 Apr 2025 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:7zqcy2jrvm2c4nvzdgi77xt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmcu2azges2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jenngivhan.bsky.social/post/3ljzvhzpnvk2wBeen searching for a Mexicali borderland retelling of Persephone & Demeter? I got you, boo 📖🌵🌸🦴❤️‍🔥💀 #SaltBones10 Mar 2025 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:7zqcy2jrvm2c4nvzdgi77xt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljzvhzpnvk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/jenngivhan.bsky.social/post/3lj6cuu72j22aAre you ready for #SaltBones ?? ❤️‍🔥📖 #booksky #thrillerbooks #horror #Chicana #Indígena27 Feb 2025 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:7zqcy2jrvm2c4nvzdgi77xt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj6cuu72j22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jenngivhan.bsky.social/post/3liwqhjjqns2cWe baddies genre-bleed. We fever-dream.🍊🌵🌸 “A poetic mystery carved from the sinews of our flawed humanity. SALT BONES’ Mal may mean 'bad,' but she's as good as a protagonist gets. Magical & messy, fierce but flawed, tough yet tender, you’ll root for her from the first page to the last.” –Rudy Ruiz24 Feb 2025 16:12 +0000at://did:plc:7zqcy2jrvm2c4nvzdgi77xt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3liwqhjjqns2chttps://bsky.app/profile/jenngivhan.bsky.social/post/3limkupffkc25I stand w/ transgender loves 🏳️‍⚧️ 🦋 I'm looking for where to give & how to help protect & safeguard our transgender familia & be an ally. Suggestions welcome. 🙏🏽20 Feb 2025 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:7zqcy2jrvm2c4nvzdgi77xt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3limkupffkc25https://bsky.app/profile/jenngivhan.bsky.social/post/3lhegdmz6h22xThe author photo. The family beside the author that makes everything possible. ❤04 Feb 2025 15:58 +0000at://did:plc:7zqcy2jrvm2c4nvzdgi77xt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhegdmz6h22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jenngivhan.bsky.social/post/3lfdonxe3m226My salt-crusted heart on the borderlands. Mexicali monstrous Persephone + Demeter. Don't mess with this mama. 7.22.25 from Mulholland 🖤🖤09 Jan 2025 22:04 +0000at://did:plc:7zqcy2jrvm2c4nvzdgi77xt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfdonxe3m226https://bsky.app/profile/jenngivhan.bsky.social/post/3lfdnixs3ke23How many of us are poets from neurodivergence? My family played a game on Christmas Eve, the name escapes me. Madlibs, fill-in-the-blank-esque. I heard hole. I wrote what I wrote. When we showed our cards, everyone else’s was North and they stared at me, aghast. Mine was ass. The word was pole. 😱🤣09 Jan 2025 21:43 +0000at://did:plc:7zqcy2jrvm2c4nvzdgi77xt4/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfdnixs3ke23