Good news, everyone! I have an event at Books Of Wonder on Friday, Oct. 10, at 6 p.m., presenting “YA Thrills and Chills” with Yueh Yang (Omen Girl) and Mariko Tamaki and Nicole Goux (This Place Kills Me). I’ll be reading from and signing Little Nightmares: The Lonely Ones.
Coincidentally, Oct. 10 is also the release date of Little Nightmares III. So, if you want to stay home to play the game we’ve all been waiting for, or don’t live near NYC, you can also order a signed copy of The Lonely Ones from Books of Wonder: https://booksofwonder.com/products/9781338888959… If you would like it personalized too, get your order in by Oct. 8!
Happy pub day to LITTLE NIGHTMARES: THE LONELY ONES
I love the Little Nightmares video games, and it was thrilling to bring the atmosphere and mystery of the series to the written page. Thank you to Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe and Scholastic for trusting me with such an intricate and compelling world. I hope all the other LN fans out there read and enjoy this original story. If you do, please consider telling your friends, requesting it from your library, and leaving a review. And don’t forget to pick up Little Nightmares III on October 10, 2025! I’ll be playing it along with you.
The Lonely Ones is currently available in the U.S. in paperback, audio, and digital. Support your local bookshop! https://bookshop.org/p/books/untitled-fiction-e-c-myers/670473168cb5fbd0?ean=9781338888959&next=t
Sometimes the adventure chooses you
I missed the announcement in Publishers Lunch, but FYI: I wrote a Choose Your Own Adventure! It’s called Kaiju Gaga, a book for younger readers about a romp through a museum where a movie prop egg cracks and a real-life baby monster emerges.
CYOA was a big part of my childhood, and young me never could have dreamed I would get to write one. I hope when this book debuts early next year, YOU will choose this adventure! I promise that it’s monstrous fun for kids and kaiju enthusiasts.
Gamers Pub Day!
Gamers: Attempting Connection is out today! If you are a gamer, or the parent of a gamer, or just game-curious, please pick this one up wherever books are available (including and especially your local library). Of all the books I’ve had published so far, writing this one felt the most like play.
In addition to being an author, I’m a parent, and a gamer, and a live streamer—and Gamers brought all of those diverse experiences together. I would love to make video games too, but at least in this book, I was able to make up some that hopefully seem like real games. (But seriously, where are my Time Bashers die-hards? I know you’re out there.)
If you love video games and their history, I think you’ll enjoy the many references and easter eggs I’ve sprinkled throughout, and I hope this will inspire new generations of gamers to check out classic games like Maniac Mansion and Portal.
But what’s this book about? It’s about four kids, Chell Park (@Chell-on-Wheels), Josh Bard (@Bard.Mode), Mario Delgado (@del_gato), and Alyx Achebe (@Double-A), who have very different lives and interests but discover they have at least one thing in common: They love playing video games. This inspires them to start their middle school’s first-ever esports team, which in turn helps them better connect with each other and their families in ways they never thought possible.
Many thanks to my editor, Kate Egan, for trusting me with and guiding this story, and to the whole production team that helps make my words look good and get them into the hands of readers, and in particular Khadijah Khatib, who illustrated the cover, and Chelsea Hunter, who designed the jacket. It has been a joy to work with everyone at Pixel + Ink to introduce everyone to Chell and her new friends.
“Go, Gamers!”
Buy the book: https://holidayhouse.com/site/pixel-ink/?book=gamers-1-attempting-connection
Read a review: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/e-c-myers/gamers-1/
Read my guest post at Teen Librarian Toolbox, “Bringing People Together”: https://teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/05/05/bringing-people-together-a-guest-post-by-e-c-myers/
Thank you for your support, whether you buy, boost, read, or review it! Please enjoy.
Stream Team Pub Day!
The Stream Team #1: Battle Squad is out today! It should be available wherever books are sold, or you can request it from your local library. This was a fun book to write with NickEh30 and the team at Andrews McMeel Kids, and I hope kids (and kids at heart) enjoy reading about Teddy, Stackz, Tina, and Yuri.
Anyone who likes playing Fortnite or watching people play Fortnite, or streaming video games themselves should check out Battle Squad. But you don’t have to take my word for it: Publishers Weekly calls it “a fast-paced, energetic, and good-natured start to this adventure series that promotes the virtues of teamwork and friendship while evoking the same sense of chaos and danger as the battle royale games it emulates.” And Kirkus says, “Teamwork’s the name of the game in this action-packed romp.”
You can learn more, read a sample, and buy it at https://publishing.andrewsmcmeel.com/book/the-stream-team/
Thank you for your support, whether you buy, boost, read, or review it!