Screenwriter, culture writer, author. Novel THE EDUCATION OF KIA GREER out in 2025. Find my work @ Netflix, Amazon, The CW, The Cut, NYT, & more.https://bsky.app/profile/alannabennett.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/alannabennett.bsky.social/post/3lroqdctlss2pTwo August class offerings! Our popular DRAFT YOUR NOVEL course continues. But now a new bombshell is entering the villa! Please welcome the DEVELOP YOUR NOVEL workshop, for everyone looking for a lil more guidance SIGN UP NOW! iamspringstudios.com/shop16 Jun 2025 00:35 +0000at://did:plc:y73cmohsaalyjbifpnfxoork/app.bsky.feed.post/3lroqdctlss2phttps://bsky.app/profile/alannabennett.bsky.social/post/3lrj3cmkudk2gHappy pride :) go listen to two women fall in love The season finale of CHEF’S KISS is officially up. Directing and producing this audio rom-com was a bright spot in an already bright spring. I’m so proud of everyone involved. Go binge! https://open.spotify.com/episode/00mbDyvnVGPN2FRhrtNtvL?si=0W6b-1sORESXMhESsmSY9w13 Jun 2025 18:35 +0000at://did:plc:y73cmohsaalyjbifpnfxoork/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrj3cmkudk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/alannabennett.bsky.social/post/3lrcpqur6w22xI named Kia’s teacher after my English teacher, Mr. Hillis. And he came to my Portland event! He remembers so many details of how I was in the classroom, which makes me so emotional because he shaped so much of the writer I became. Thank you, Mr. Hillis. Thank you, teachers.11 Jun 2025 05:53 +0000at://did:plc:y73cmohsaalyjbifpnfxoork/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrcpqur6w22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/alannabennett.bsky.social/post/3lr4ilxjtxk23I’m reading the new gay astronaut novel right now and it is DESTROYING ME (complimentary)08 Jun 2025 18:29 +0000at://did:plc:y73cmohsaalyjbifpnfxoork/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr4ilxjtxk23https://bsky.app/profile/alannabennett.bsky.social/post/3lr2bxwfm4k2mPortland! Come see me and Anita Kelly at Grand Gesture Books this Tuesday!07 Jun 2025 21:25 +0000at://did:plc:y73cmohsaalyjbifpnfxoork/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr2bxwfm4k2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/alannabennett.bsky.social/post/3lqq2lmpqps2zCall it the Oregon girl in me but nothing tastes as euphorically SUMMER as a fresh blackberry03 Jun 2025 19:46 +0000at://did:plc:y73cmohsaalyjbifpnfxoork/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqq2lmpqps2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/alannabennett.bsky.social/post/3lqdbpd22ts2gJoin The Spring School for our June session of the DRAFT YOUR NOVEL workshop. Your novel can be at any stage! We provide a thriving supportive creative community, and dedicated time to write through our write-ins! Sign up at iamspringstudios.com/shop29 May 2025 17:49 +0000at://did:plc:y73cmohsaalyjbifpnfxoork/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqdbpd22ts2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/alannabennett.bsky.social/post/3lpzoqz54ek2pI will be in Portland talking THE EDUCATION OF KIA GREER on June 10! Come hang ❤️25 May 2025 22:16 +0000at://did:plc:y73cmohsaalyjbifpnfxoork/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpzoqz54ek2phttps://bsky.app/profile/alannabennett.bsky.social/post/3lptuhuhlec2pI had the immense pleasure of directing & producing a new audio rom-com series for Meet Cute written by Casey Boykins, and the trailer is out now! This was also my first time directing sex scenes so…buckle in :) https://open.spotify.com/episode/7deLNdGilB0wCSwPZaQ5Fq?si=GfP5xsr7Q6W8eigbmFrwtA&context=spotify%3Ashow%3A67jrL2uia5n5vbc7bo7WAg23 May 2025 14:42 +0000at://did:plc:y73cmohsaalyjbifpnfxoork/app.bsky.feed.post/3lptuhuhlec2phttps://bsky.app/profile/alannabennett.bsky.social/post/3lpp6wppkak2dMy two Lyfts in San Francisco have been teslas and sitting in the back of those things I have never been more carsick in my LIFE. I felt every bump, every wobble, felt like I was in a Flintstones vehicle.21 May 2025 18:06 +0000at://did:plc:y73cmohsaalyjbifpnfxoork/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpp6wppkak2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/alannabennett.bsky.social/post/3lpouxayjs22aI had a great time talking Kia Greer at the Kiss & Tell Literary Salon at Books Inc with theee Jasmine Guillory. And two of my siblings came! And a couple friends from college! And I didn’t even know most of the people in the audience?!? A rare occurrence for a debut tour!!21 May 2025 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:y73cmohsaalyjbifpnfxoork/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpouxayjs22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/alannabennett.bsky.social/post/3lpi6y75mwk2lI would love to hear about your favorite YA novels that feature a main character with depression18 May 2025 23:18 +0000at://did:plc:y73cmohsaalyjbifpnfxoork/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpi6y75mwk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/alannabennett.bsky.social/post/3lphkun6blc24I was the kind of media nerd growing up who POURED OVER the Entertainment Weekly Must List, so it’s so surreal and cool to see THE EDUCATION OF KIA GREER on it this week! https://ew.com/final-destination-murderbot-blaxploitation-classics-vol-1-must-list-may-16-1173671518 May 2025 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:y73cmohsaalyjbifpnfxoork/app.bsky.feed.post/3lphkun6blc24https://bsky.app/profile/alannabennett.bsky.social/post/3lpeukcwqcs2iYou’re legally obligated to tell me if you’re reading my book and liking it17 May 2025 15:33 +0000at://did:plc:y73cmohsaalyjbifpnfxoork/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpeukcwqcs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/alannabennett.bsky.social/post/3lpck7rptp22zNew York was a dream. Thank you to @caseymcquiston.bsky.social for a great convo about nepo babies and the gap between a public and private life. My cup is so full after last night.16 May 2025 17:23 +0000at://did:plc:y73cmohsaalyjbifpnfxoork/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpck7rptp22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/alannabennett.bsky.social/post/3lpa4g37aek2xTalked THE EDUCATION OF KIA GREER with @lindaholmes.bsky.social in DC at @eastcitybooks.bsky.social and had a BLAST. New York, I’ll see you tonight for my convo with @caseymcquiston.bsky.social!15 May 2025 18:11 +0000at://did:plc:y73cmohsaalyjbifpnfxoork/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpa4g37aek2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/alannabennett.bsky.social/post/3lp7jpoak6s2xKicked off the EDUCATION OF KIA GREER mini-tour with a launch party in LA & a convo moderated by @chescaleigh.bsky.social I couldn’t feel more full. Thank you to everyone who’s already read TEOKG — and to everyone who’ll give her a chance now that she’s out in the world.15 May 2025 12:36 +0000at://did:plc:y73cmohsaalyjbifpnfxoork/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp7jpoak6s2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/alannabennett.bsky.social/post/3lp2nejcjtk25THE EDUCATION OF KIA GREER is officially in bookstores across North America. I hope you love her even 1/1000000000000th as much as I do.13 May 2025 13:58 +0000at://did:plc:y73cmohsaalyjbifpnfxoork/app.bsky.feed.post/3lp2nejcjtk25https://bsky.app/profile/alannabennett.bsky.social/post/3loqu3rlccc2gMy debut novel THE EDUCATION OF KIA GREER comes out in FOUR DAYS. My heart is hammering. I hope the book can make your heart hammer, too. bit.ly/3GLISvU09 May 2025 16:32 +0000at://did:plc:y73cmohsaalyjbifpnfxoork/app.bsky.feed.post/3loqu3rlccc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/alannabennett.bsky.social/post/3lo235p7bjc2kCome see meeeee (or at least these really cool other people) May 14: DC with Linda Holmes May 15: NYC with Casey McQuiston May 20: Bay Area with Jasmine Guillory June 10: Portland with TBD30 Apr 2025 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:y73cmohsaalyjbifpnfxoork/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo235p7bjc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/alannabennett.bsky.social/post/3lo235p7bjc2kCome see meeeee (or at least these really cool other people) May 14: DC with Linda Holmes May 15: NYC with Casey McQuiston May 20: Bay Area with Jasmine Guillory June 10: Portland with TBD30 Apr 2025 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:y73cmohsaalyjbifpnfxoork/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo235p7bjc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/alannabennett.bsky.social/post/3lnzxqxdze22kI’m on this week’s episode of Normal Gossip! The theme? MAGICIANS. Go listen. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/normal-gossip/id1597761181?i=100070551500330 Apr 2025 14:06 +0000at://did:plc:y73cmohsaalyjbifpnfxoork/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnzxqxdze22khttps://bsky.app/profile/alannabennett.bsky.social/post/3lnolffwytc2kQuite literally a dream come true that Meg Cabot even knows who I AM26 Apr 2025 01:26 +0000at://did:plc:y73cmohsaalyjbifpnfxoork/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnolffwytc2k