Aimee lucido
I’m an author and crossword puzzle maker!
- I'll be hosting at the Orcas this year! Also if you want to buy a puzzle pack that also supports the Trevor Project you can find more info here!
- The most important awards of the year are out: the 14th ORCAS. A puzzle pack of 81 nominees to benefit The Trevor Project. A star-studded show. Your walk along the black-and-white-checkerboard carpet starts here: crosswordfiend.com/14th-orca-aw...
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- So honored to be included in this week's Read Local spotlight for SCBWI Westchester! Read the full interview here scbwiwestchester.wordpress.com/2025/12/16/r...
- This makes me so happy!! Thank you so much for sharing EMMY and the rest!
- Ahhh so excited to have them be read by kids!!
- I hope you love it and share it with lots of kiddos!
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- Looking for a puzzly gift to give to a wordy friend this holiday season? Check out this holiday gift guide from PuzzCulture! And yes, WORDS APART is on there :) puzzculture.com/2025/11/25/p...
- I have so many copies of my books sitting around and I would love to give them away for the holidays. Kids, teachers, librarians, bookfluencers... who wants 'em?
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- I had an absolute blast talking all things crossword and trivia with @thecrosstalkpod.bsky.social!! Check out the podcast episode here!
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- AVCX Trivia is one of the coolest trivia games out there and I'm soooo not biased in the slightest
- Well well well what do we have here???
- I love seeing WORDS APART included in this fabulous roundup of novels in verse!
- 🌼 42 2025 Middle Grade and Young Adult Novels-In-Verse 🌼 popgoesthereader.com/42-2025-midd... #BookSky #KidLit #YALit #MGLit
- WHAAAAT???
- Read a little more about how Words Apart came to be here, in this Q&A with @deborahkalb.bsky.social ! deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2025/10/q-wi...
- HAPPY BOOK BIRTHDAY TO WORDS APART!!!!! I never thought I would get here but somehow I did. Thanks to everyone who made it a reality @versifybooks.bsky.social. You can buy signed copies of the book at bit.ly/wordsapart-e... and bit.ly/wordsapart-w... or unsigned copies wherever you'd like!
- I had such a fabulous time last night at @booksofwonder.bsky.social celebrating the launch of WORDS APART! And I’m extremely grateful to everyone who showed up to collaboratively build a crossword puzzle together. Such a fantastic way to release this book into the world at long last!
- I have an article in @publisherswkly.bsky.social today about how sometimes, writing sucks. Read it here! www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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- @bloomberg.com has a daily game! Alphadots is a word puzzle with a plot twist. Created by Jeff Chen, the puzzle is crossword-adjacent, but it's its own a totally novel concept. You can check it out here: www.bloomberg.com/games/alphad...
- I'm absolutely thrilled to see such an incredible review of Words Apart! I'm so happy the book resonated with you :)
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- In honor of receiving the copies of my upcoming book, WORDS APART, I'm announcing a pre-order campaign! Pre-orders of WA through @booksofwonder.bsky.social and Mrs. Dalloway's get a free year-long subscription to @avcx.bsky.social! Pe-order here! bit.ly/wordsapart-east bit.ly/wordsapart-west
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- I'm going on book tour!!! Meet me in NYC *and* The Bay Area for the launch of my upcoming #crossword -adjacent #middlegrade novel, WORDS APART! We'll have book signing, snacks, and *of course* puzzles. I hope to see you there! Don't forget to RSVP!
- The reviews are coming in for WORDS APART and the critics are loving it! We even got a starred review from Booklist! I'm so thrilled to share this story with the world in just under two months. Watch this space for information about a book launch -- on both coasts!
- WORDS APART launches in just about two months! I'm a huge fan of @terrilibenson.bsky.social's INVISIBLE EMMIE series and so having her blurb my book is a huge honor. Thanks Terri!
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- @anneursu.bsky.social is one of my all-time favorite middle grade authors and it's a major honor for her to have such wonderful things to say about my upcoming book, WORDS APART
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- Check out my newsletter! I include bonus questions and behind-the-scenes info on how the quiz gets made!
- Check out my newsletter where I go deep into the trivia process behind the Pointed questions!
- I'm such a massive fan of @lindsaywrites.bsky.social work and having her blurb my upcoming middle grade, WORDS APART, is pretty incredible. Thank you Lindsay for reading this book and for your kind words (apart)!
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- PASTA PASTA LOTSA PASTA was named one of the best books of 2024 from Bank Street! This is such an honor and I'm thrilled to be included on such a great list of books!
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- New #NYTXW today!
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- Bonus Points just dropped! Every week, after you play @bloomberg.com's Pointed news quiz, you can get behind-the-scenes info as to how the quiz gets made, see some deleted scenes, and also get a hint for next week's quiz. Check out the first one here: www.bloomberg.com/newsletters/...
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- I'm so honored that @kloshaughnessy.bsky.social wrote such an incredible blurb for my upcoming middle grade, WORDS APART. And look at this cool graphic @versifybooks.bsky.social made!! I couldn't be more excited for people to finally meet Olive and Mattie. Preorder here! bit.ly/barnesandnoble-wa
