John Wiswell

@wiswell

Nebula Award & Locus Award winner. Novels: SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN (2024), WEARING THE LION (2025), THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS (2026). Disabled. Ace/aro. He/him.

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John Wiswell@wiswell· 24d

I had the freaking best time at @solidstatebooksdc.bsky.social books tonight in DC! Thank you @restingdinoface.bsky.social for a wonderful conversation, and to the shockingly huge audience for all the laughs and interesting questions. Tonight was a joy under a smoky sky.

John laughing as he listens to Riley Black being brilliant.

John laughing and pointing at a cake made up to look like his book cover.

John gesturing grandly at a chalkboard with a gorgeous drawing of a dragon and an ad for his appearance.

John jumps out of his seat with arms spread to say 'Hi' to the crowd at Solid State Books.

John Wiswell@wiswell· 26d

Had an absolute blast at Doylestown Books tonight! Thanks to everyone for coming out, and to @chuckwendig.bsky.social for the fabulous conversation.

A crocheted dragon sits in front of copies of The Dragon Has Some Complaints and The Staircase in the Woods.

John watches Chuck Wendig make a great point.

Chuck Wendig watches John make a great point. The circle of life is complete!

John Wiswell@wiswell· 26d

Checked into Doylestown! Did anybody lose a bag?

A decorative tower of luggage from the lobby of the Doylestown Inn.

John Wiswell@wiswell· 27d

Thank you to everyone who came out to The Strand tonight in NYC! A night I was dreaming of for months. It was better than I dared dream.

A large crowd holding up books. John Wiswell and Sarah Beth Durst stand in the center.

John Wiswell@wiswell· 28d

Good night, my beloved book. Sleep well. You have a big release day tomorrow.

A copy of THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS is tucked into bed as though it is a sleeping person.

John Wiswell@wiswell· Jul 11

@jedediahberry.bsky.social I met these triplets on a shelf today at Oblong Books!

Three copies of KILL ALL WIZARDS sitting together above a shelf talker.

The shelf talker, reading: Kill All Wizards by Jedediah Berry. Tea, biscuits, and some bloody good revenge. In this high-fantasy world we follow the barbarian, Gotchimus, as he relays his tale of vengeance, and the harrowing events that brought him here. -Phoebe

John Wiswell@wiswell· Jul 11

@megelison.bsky.social Look who I saw at Oblong Books!

A shelfie of Meg Elison's Foundling Fathers, sitting above a shelf talker gushing about the book.

The shelf talker, now close enough to read. It says "Foundling Fathers by Meg Elison. I ripped through this novella, with its premise that's so wild that there are bound to be right wing extremists actively working on a project just like it. This book is irreverent, funny as hell, and also about self-determination, the myths we make of people, and the trouble teenage boys will get themselves into, no matter what century they're from! -Frederick.

John Wiswell@wiswell· Jul 10

I signed a few books today!

John smiling from over a veritable wall of copies of his book. Good times!

Five towers of copies of THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS, with John's four pens sitting on the table in front of them.

John Wiswell@wiswell· Jul 10

as though i wasn't self-conscious enough

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John Wiswell@wiswell· Jul 8

Unboxing my new Fantasy novel the only way I know how: WITH A SWORD.

John Wiswell@wiswell· Jul 8

Without downloading any new pics, describe your gender with one image.

Kirby, the pink Nintendo character, sits at a desk with a placard reading "Expert." He is on the phone. Kirby looks happy as he says, "No."

John Wiswell@wiswell· Jul 6

We're one week away from The Dragon Has Some Complaints flying into the world! And just a week away from my first real book tour. NYC, Pennsylvania, Delaware, D.C., and Baltimore! I shall see you soon!

We're one week out from The Dragon Has Some Complaints flying into the world!

July 14: The Strand, NYC, with Sarah Beth Durst
July 15: Doylestown Bookshop, Doylestown PA, with Chuck Wendig
July 16: Huxley & Hiro Booksellers, Wilmington, Delaware
July 17: Solid State Books, Washington DC, with Riley Black
July 18: Greedy Reads, Baltimore MD, with Jo Miles

John Wiswell@wiswell· Jul 5

Captain Marvel/Shazam chowing down on a loaded hot dog. He says, "Mmm... You know, I think of all the advancements in civilization I've seen so far, hot dogs from a cart might be the very best one!"

John Wiswell@wiswell· Jun 30

Cillian Murphy pointing in people's faces. He says, "no posting that you can go to jail over. No fucking posting that you can go to jail over."

John Wiswell@wiswell· Jun 26

I'm not a violent person, but some opinion writers would benefit from having a copy of @megelison.bsky.social's Book of the Unnamed Midwife glued to their faces.

A quote from a NYTimes op-ed reading "I am not completely opposed to contraception. I think, though, that women in particular should behave as if contraception doesn’t exist… Maybe that’s my concrete proposal: that you should use contraception within marriage rather than as a means of seeming to have consequence-free sex.”

I've screen-capped it because OP posted a link to the op-ed, and sharing the op-ed is exactly what the author wants.

John Wiswell@wiswell· Jun 24

A news story reading: How Private Equity Destroyed Toys “R” Us: The Real Story Behind the Bankruptcy
November 30, 2025
Updated April 6, 2026
Abandoned Toys ‘R’ Us store representing the company’s bankruptcy and decline

John Wiswell@wiswell· Jun 24

If you're wondering why it takes me so long to respond to emails, my inbox is full of junk like this. These three literally all landed in the same hour.