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🇯🇲🇹🇷 author of KING OF DEAD THINGS (2024) and KING OF LOST DREAMS (2026) 📚 rep: @curtisbrownbooks

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Aaaaaand it’s here in the UK! 👑✨

KING OF LOST DREAMS is now available wherever books are sold.

Thank you so much to everyone who’s already sent me photos of your pre-orders. 💛 I’m feeling incredibly proud, but also a little sad to say goodbye to my favourite fictional thieves.

Click the link in my bio to order your copy! 🚨

Shoutout to @hansonakatti for the beautiful cover illustration.

UK version: @puffinbooksuk
US version: @simonteen

#bookstagram #blackbooks #yafantasy #2026newreleases by @nevinholness

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3 months ago

🚨It’s release day! 🚨KING OF LOST DREAMS has officially landed in the US.

For Malcolm, the son of the duppy king, confronting his past means facing heartbreak, truths he isn’t yet ready to face, and perhaps even first love. Meanwhile, Eli—a silver-tongued thief with no memories of his past—is more determined than ever to uncover his lost identity and finally discover where he came from… if his past doesn’t catch up with him first.

This book has been two years in the making, and it’s my little love letter to London. I’m so excited to finally share the conclusion of Eli and Malcolm’s story with you all.

And for the UK people dem: your turn is almost here—pre-order now for Thursday! 👑✨

#bookstagram #blackbooksmatter #fantasybooks by @nevinholness

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3 months ago

KING OF LOST DREAMS is released next week! 👑

If you can’t wait to find out what messy antics Eli’s been up to, you can read an extended excerpt on the @simonteen website… but only until the end of July.✨

Pre-order at all the usual places via the link in my bio. by @nevinholness

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4 months ago

It’s here! 🥳

So excited to reveal the UK cover of King of Lost Dreams, the final part of the King of Dead Things duology. (Peep the trainers — I’m obsessed 😭👟)

The book is out this July at all the usual places, so you can pre-order now via the links in my bio ✨

For everyone asking:
– yes, you will find out what happens to Eli
– yes, there will be some romance 👀
– no, I cannot promise everyone makes it out unharmed ☺️

Cover by @hansonakatti
UK edition @puffinbooksuk
US edition @simonteen by @nevinholness

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6 months ago

All I want for Christmas is… more danish pastries pls thanks x taken in Copenhagen, Dennmark by @nevinholness

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10 months ago

Happy Halloween! 🎃 I’m so excited to share the US cover of KING OF LOST DREAMS, the sequel to King of Dead Things, coming July 2026.

Something is lurking in Eli’s dreams, giving teeth to his nightmares. When Eli and his friends find a mysterious letter in the ruins of a former magical sanctuary full of its own secret histories, he and their friends set out to find a hidden key that may just be the answer to all their problems. If they want a chance against the shadow that’s been hunting Eli, they’ll need to learn the magic of their ancestors and go back to the very beginning: when magic first arrived in London.

Cover by @tajfrancis
Pre order via @puffinbooksuk @simonteen
Instagram graphic by @joeyindaplace by @nevinholness

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a year ago

Me in London: bun all tourists
Me in Paris: 📸📸📸 taken in Musée du Louvre by @nevinholness

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a year ago

At @ssbaward I was asked “where do I write?” Short answer: anywhere free. Obsessed with these illustrations of me & characters from my book by the iconic @chris_riddell 🤩 taken in London, United Kingdom by @nevinholness

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2 years ago

Very proud that KING OF DEAD THINGS is included in the selection for Penguin Books x Canary Wharf Short Story Stations alongside iconic books by James Baldwin, Diane Abbott, Neneh Cherry (and many more).

In celebration of Black History Month, you can stop by the dispenser at Canary Wharf’s Crossrail Place Roof Garden and Jubilee Place where you can read & listen to a collection of short stories, excerpts and poems. And it’s free! 👑

📷 @seanpollockphoto
@penguinukbooks
@canarywharflondon taken in Canary Wharf, London by @nevinholness

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2 years ago

KING OF DEAD THINGS has officially landed across the pond today! 🇺🇸

So proud of the US version we’ve put together with the amazing team at @simonteen. And a hardcover too! 😍

Available at all the usual book places, click the link in the bio to shop!

#2024debuts #yafantasy #authorsofinstagram by @nevinholness

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3 years ago

I’m so obsessed with the beautiful cover of the Spanish version of KING OF DEAD THINGS (and still shook that it’s going to be in another language!)

EL REY DE LO MUERTO will be published in June 2024 with @youngkiwi_ed ✨

Click the link in the bio for more info! @curtisbrownbooks

#authorlife #2024debuts #writersofinstagram by @nevinholness

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3 years ago

10 more days until the US release of KING OF DEAD THINGS! Visit the @simonteen website to read a free exclusive excerpt of the first four chapters, limited time only 👑 by @nevinholness

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3 years ago