photo by Sylvie Rosokoff

ABOUT

Adrienne Tooley grew up in Southern California, majored in musical theater in Pittsburgh, and now lives in Brooklyn with her wife, their dog, eight guitars, and a banjo. She’s the author of four sapphic fantasy novels for young adults, including the Betrayal Prophecies duology, Sofi and the Bone Song and Sweet & Bitter Magic. Her fifth novel, There Are Ghosts Here, a speculative YA thriller will be published by Delacorte Press in 2026. In addition to writing novels, she is an indie-folk singer/songwriter whose music can be found on Spotify.

Adrienne is represented by Jim McCarthy of Dystel, Goderich, & Bourret.

✨ NEW BOOK NEWS 🌙 So excited to finally be able to shout about this book, which has lived in my brain since 2021 and found a perfect home with the brilliant Krista Marino, who got it and got me right from the jump. I’ve been wanting to make t
book news soon? soon, book news? 👀 no jokes, just emoji hints: 🏚️🌊🌙🌧️✨ —————— #yaauthor #writerslife #bookish #yabooks #authorsofinstagram #secrets #savethebees
the duality of woman (I did not grow these strawberries, please, I can barely keep a succulent alive) #strawberries #bookish #acertainhunger
take selfies not depletable environmental resources to make soulless AI art.
been doing a lot of walking, and whew has it done wonders for my mind. unraveling plot details, dreaming up new ones, writing down sounds and smells, the way the wind roars in my ears, how the sun feels on my face, the way the trees creak and the gra
this particular sixth grader seems to have misinterpreted the meaning of the phrase “keep your eyes on your own paper” but tbh I like this one better. #motivation
Been averaging five miles a day while working on this revision. Wake up, coffee, walk, unraveling the threads of this story I’ve held in my heart for so long. The dog loves this development. She takes naps at my feet while I write. This story i
not sure if I should be offended that the second my wife saw this mug she said she had to buy it for me. anyway joke’s on her because now I have a great new mug.