Sydney Dunlap
SCBWI member, teacher, animal lover, anti-trafficking advocate. Award-winning author of IT HAPPENED ON SATURDAY and forthcoming RACING THE CLOUDS (2/18/25). Rep: Ann Rose/The Tobias Agency sydneydunlap.com
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- If you suspect something, please, please speak up. Your attention and action could save a life!
- Looking for a last-minute gift for a 10-14 year old or a teacher or librarian? Please consider one of my novels! It Happened on Saturday addresses social media safety and Racing the Clouds reads more like a mystery with an unreliable narrator and flashbacks offering clues to what's really going on.
- Please meet me in St. Louis if you're going to AASL! Can't wait to talk with librarians from across the country, catch up with author friends, and present with @alitereseauthor! #middlegradebooks #middlegradefiction #mgbooks #authorpanel #ithappenedonsaturday #racingtheclouds
- I adore Melissa Taylor's Imagination Soup blog and am so excited to be a guest author!
- Every time I see It Happened on Saturday or Racing the Clouds on a bookstore or library shelf, it’s a little surreal after chasing my publishing dream for so long. It was so much fun to go into the Barnes & Noble at College Station, TX and see this display! Next signing is B&N Baybrook 9/6 at 2 PM.
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- Here are some places I'll be sharing RACING THE CLOUDS over the next few months! If you're interested in an author visit while I'm in your area, please reach out to me or contact www.hownowbooking.com directly! More info about programs I offer can be found on my website: sydneydunlap.com/events/
- Thank you, School Library Journal, for including RACING THE CLOUDS in such wonderful company! Congratulations to all! 😊
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- Looking forward to meeting lots of readers this summer! Houston friends, please come say hi if I'm ever in your neighborhood!
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- Here's an interview (and book giveaway!) featuring Tommy Phillips and his wonderful middle-grade series, The Curious League of Detectives and Thieves! fromthemixedupfiles.com/author-spotl...
- Teachers, librarians, and parents: In celebration of Juneteenth, I wanted to share this wonderful book by my friend, Tonya Ellis. This is a beautifully-written, lyrical picture book that joyfully showcases the origins of Houston's Emancipation Park with gorgeous language and lovely illustrations.
- Just read this beautiful, heart-wrenching story about a boy coming to terms with his father's schizophrenia. Told with sensitivity and grace, this story includes interesting South Asian cultural elements, such as folktales, religious traditions, and foods. Such a unique and wonderful read!
- What an amazing surprise to find my new book listed here among several of my all-time favorite books/authors! This is such an excellent article about an incredibly important topic--kids need to be able to see themselves and their families represented. www.highlightsfoundation.org/2025/05/16/f...
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- Happy National Rescue Dog Day from these two!!
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- Back from a whirlwind trip to the East Coast, presenting at the awesome MLA/DLA Annual Conference in Ocean City, MD, followed by events at two warm, welcoming bookstores: Caprichos Books, Ocean Pines, then Barnes & Noble, One Loudoun. So grateful for these opportunities to meet librarians & readers!
- I’m very excited for this event at Caprichios Books tomorrow, as well as our panel, “Bridging the Middle: How Tween Literature Can Spur Intergenerational Conversations for Healing and Change” at the MLA/DLA conference in Ocean City, MD! It’s an honor to present with these amazing authors!
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- I'm thrilled to share the news that RACING THE CLOUDS has received a starred review in School Library Journal! I'll be at the One Loudoun Barnes & Noble this Saturday from 1-4 PM signing copies of it and IT HAPPENED ON SATURDAY and would love to see DC/MD/VA friends if you have a chance to stop by!
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- I’m very excited to see Racing the Clouds featured here in such wonderful company! Thank you, @imaginationsoup.bsky.social!! imaginationsoup.net/middle-grade... #middlegradebooks #middlegradefiction #newreleases #kidlit @thetobiasagency.bsky.social @annmrose.bsky.social @jollyfishpress.bsky.social
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- Houston/The Woodlands Friends: Would love to see you this afternoon! #booklaunchevents #independentbookstores #indiebookstores #newreleases #racingtheclouds #middlegradebooks #middlegradefiction #opioidawareness #addictionawareness #intergenerationalstories
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- DC/Bethesda peeps, be sure to check out Wonderland Books, a beautiful new bookstore in Bethesda. With Racing the Clouds just released, how fitting that the bookstore in the town where I grew up was the first place I got to see my two books side by side on a shelf. SIgned copies are available there!
- It was such a privilege to get to consult with Lt. John Mocello of the Leesburg Police Department on the topic of human trafficking as I wrote It Happened on Saturday and on addiction/the opioid crisis as I wrote Racing the Clouds. So wonderful to be back in Virginia and get to catch up in person!
- Back in Virginia and got to see Beaker and Bunsen this afternoon!
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- I was lucky enough to read this early, and it is absolutely amazing!!
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- Huge thanks to @jollyfishpress.bsky.social and to my wonderful editor @meggaertner.com and amazing agent @annmrose.bsky.social for all you've done to help me share Sage's story with the world! Racing the Clouds is now available everywhere! 🎉🎉 #middlegradebooks #middlegradefiction #MG #newreleases
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- Tonight is "Publishing Day Eve" for Racing the Clouds! Thank you @meden_author for this great review!! #middlegradebooks #middlegradefiction #middlegrade #middlegradereads #mgbooks #mgbookstagram #mg #racingtheclouds #addictionawareness #opioidawareness #mentalhealthawareness #newreleases
- Two more days until Racing the Clouds launches! Thank you @lynnekelly.bsky.social for this wonderful review! #middlegradebooks #middlegradefiction #mgbooks #newreleases #kidlit #addictionawareness #mentalhealthawareness #middleschoolteachers #teachers #librarians #opioidawareness #intergenerational
- I've been holding on to this news for a long time, and today I can finally announce that IT HAPPENED ON SATURDAY is a 2025-2026 Virginia Readers' Choice Selection! I am thrilled to have it in company with these amazing books--here is the list if you want to check it out: vslatoday.org/VRC-2025-2026/
