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Edgar-nominated Author of The Mechanics of Memory | THE TURN releases May 25, 2027
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I love attending conferences and book festivals! Writing can be a lonely endeavor, and I find meeting with writers and readers energizing. However, I’m frequently mistaken for other crime fiction authors. I, myself, am terrible at recognizing faces. That’s why it’s so important that conferences offer name badges in a large, legible font!

Scroll through to see some of the most common cases of mistaken identity.

Steph Cha is an award-winning novelist and screenwriter. A graduate of Stanford University and Yale Law School, she is also a decade younger than me.

Here we are in the same room together. Ignore Matt Goldman. (He is the one in the middle.)

Audrey Lee’s speculative crime fiction is original and her prose beautiful. I LOVE her writing and am eager for her next one The Turn to come out.

Jennifer Morita is the Lefty and Macavity-Award Winning author of Ghosts of Waikiki. She is great at Zumba and much nicer than me. I am not Jennifer.

Here’s proof!

Jennifer Chow is an award-winning cozy mystery author based in California. She is much, much nicer than me. I am also not this Jennifer.

But I do love seeing her!

I met bestselling fantasy author Julia Vee earlier this year. She has a crime fiction novel coming out soon so there will be even more opportunities for mistaken identity.

Julia and I together! Ok, maybe I do look a bit like Steph Cha.

And finally…Pulitzer Prize Winner and MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellow Viet Thanh Nguyen. I’ve never met him in person but I have been asked by booksellers, “Are you sure you’re not him?”

Yes. Yes, I am.

#asianauthors #thrillerauthor #mysteryauthor #writingcommunity

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Thank you, Soledad Unified School District, for coming together and building community with us during a half-day professional development! We worked with 200+ certificated and classified staff to discuss creating cultures of prosperity, the power of projection, and practical strategies for demonstrating unconditional belief.

Thank you, Soledad Unified, for the work and energy you pour into supporting your students and communities every day.

#atpromise #drrios #drvictorrios #teachers #schools #masbloom #myteacherbelieves #sisepuede #firstgeneration

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Thank you to Dr. Victor Rios and Audrey Lee for an amazing professional development presentation on Creating Cultures of Prosperity and Belonging! Your insights, knowledge and passion provided valuable inspiration and meaningful takeaways for our team.

🎉Additionally thank you to our food service team for breakfast, and JROTC for attending!! 🎉

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A powerful day of professional learning with dedicated educators.

Scholar System brought teachers together to learn, connect, and reflect on the work that makes a lasting difference for students.

#atpromise #drrios #drvictorrios #teachers #schools #masbloom #myteacherbelieves #sissepuede #firstgeneration #scholarsystem #leadership

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People of the Bay! It was extraordinarily great…to be in conversation with the powerfully perceptive Jeff Chang, and in cultural communion with everyone who trekked to Book Passage SF to celebrate Bust a Move.

Thank you Cheryl, Gayathri, and the team at Book Passage, and to the magnificent and magnanimous Kimberley Cameron who made this dream come true. Mad props to photographer Brian “B-Dub” Williams, who popped up to share his own memories of Matt Dike and the original Delicious Vinyl crew. Like Blackalicious said: “A scholar ain't a scholar if he ain't got scholastic education, and if not that, then learn from life!”

To Doug and Judy Weil, Kevin and Alisa Rafter, authors David Silver and Audrey Lee, and all bibliophiles vintage and box fresh, your presence was glorious. Finally, a very special thanks to the City of San Francisco for its early evening Golden Gate glow. Peace!

Photo phenom: @kentakito.2003

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Thank you to Soledad Unified School District for the incredible opportunity to kick off the school year during their district opening! The day was filled with connection, practical tools for supporting students, and cultivating an ecosystem of cariño across the entire district.

We opened with a keynote on Creating Cultures of Prosperity & Belonging, followed by four rotating workshops featuring Dr. Cassandra Villa, Audrey Lee M.Ed., Jesus Vera, and Jose Anzaldo, focused on:

-Cultivating Student Self-Efficacy & Belonging
-Strategies for Supporting Co-Regulation
-Empowering Voice & Affirming Identity
-Fostering an Asset-Based Classroom Culture

“This was by far one of the most impactful in-services that we’ve had here at Soledad Unified School District.”

Thank you once again to the amazing Soledad community for a meaningful day of learning and connection!

#atpromise #drrios #drvictorrios #teachers #schools masbloom myteacherbelieves sisepuede firstgeneration scholarsystem leadership drvilla jesusvera joseanzaldo audreylee

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✨BFF — Book Feature Friday ✨

It’s AANHPI Month, and I’m giving props to some amazing authors and their books:

📚THE MECHANICS OF MEMORY, by Audrey Lee @audreyleeauthor

📚THE LAST TIGER, by Julia Riew @juliariew & Brad Riew @bradriew

📚BAT EATER AND OTHER NAMES FOR CORA ZENG, by Kylie Lee Baker @kylieleebaker

📚YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID, by K.T. Nguyen @ktnguyen_author

📚MOLKA, by Monika Kim @monikakimauthor

📚BUT WON’T I MISS ME? By Tiffany Tsao @tiffanytsao

📚JAPANESE GOTHIC, by Kylie Lee Baker @kylieleebaker

📚WHAT HUNGER, by Catherine Dang @dangitcat

📚THE EYES ARE THE BEST PART, by Monika Kim @monikakimauthor

📚IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, by Ling Ling Huang @violingsquared

📚THE LIBRARY AT HELLEBORE, by Cassandra Khaw @casskhaw

✨Go to these authors’ pages and see what they’re up to. If you vibe with them, give them a follow!

❓QOTD: Which ones have you read? Which ones are on your TBR? What Asian author’s thriller, horror, or fantasy would you recommend?

✔️AOTD: I’ve read every single one of these books. If you have any questions, ask away!

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Which of these underrated books are you moving to the top of your TBR?!

#underratedbooks #books #reading #goodreads #whattoreadnext

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Why am I just now reading this?? I have had soo much FOMO over this book!! Hands down 5 stars!! ⭐️ Thank you so much @bibliopeeks @audreyleeauthor @camcat_books for the gifted copy!! 🥰 I was a very lucky girl and won this giveaway!

Wow!! 🤯 My mind is blown. What a fantastic debut!! Can you imagine how terrifying it would be to lose time?? You find yourself in an institution getting therapy… because you can’t recall parts of your past. In fact… apparently you have forgotten some very KEY parts of your past. 😧😳

That is what happened to our girl Hope. As she started to put the pieces back together… she was terrified to find out things about herself… so was I. Both Hope and I had NO idea what was real. Which is very unsettling in this situation. The ending blindsided me! 🤯👏

Okay seriously I can say no more!! 🤐 This is one that you definitely need to go in blind!! Unique… twisted and shocking!! I can NOT wait for @audreyleeauthor ‘s next book!!! Never Be Told comes out 9/1/26!!! 🥳🥳🥳 Yes… I did preorder it!!

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Is this on your TBR? Last book that blew your mind? What are you reading today? ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

#bookstagram #bookstagrammademedoit #debutbook #bookstagrammersunite

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🔔 MY Q2 MEGA-LIST OF MYSTERY/THRILLER/HORROR BOOKS TO ADD TO YOUR TBR 🔔

Are you ready? Like really, really ready? Because it’s time for my second download of all things mystery, thriller, suspense, horror, and crime fiction. After all, just like I promised, I’m back with this monster list that details what books are set to release between April and June of 2026.

What’s exactly in this mega-big post? Well, covering anything and everything filled with unbridled suspense, dark secrets, messed up families, a sense of foreboding, or spine-tingling fear, it’s the ultimate catalog of upcoming releases for any lover of thrills and chills.

So, my dear readers, if you’re just as excited as yours truly to dive into these novels, be sure to SAVE AND REPOST THIS NOW in order to be able to check back whenever you want in the future. I mean, I can’t imagine that you’re going to want to chance losing this unbeatable list of reads. Okay, so now is the time. Go get your pens and paper and log into your favorite bookstore online. All I know is that publishers better be ready, because we’re coming for those new releases RIGHT NOW!

🪧 Stay tuned for another installment about what’s being released between July and September. There were simply too many to include in this one post.

👉 Go to my Amazon Storefront to order. As an Amazon Associate, I earn through qualifying purchases and I’d love your support (link in bio).

⁉️QOTD: What 2026 books are you most excited to read? Any that you’ve already inhaled and absolutely loved? Tag the author in the comments so they know you’re a fan!

#2026Books #ReadersGuide #BookLovers #WhatToRead #BookRecs bookstagram, booktok, book community, books coming in 2026, new books, 2026 book releases, horror books, mystery books, suspense books, thriller books, reading list, TBR list, booksta, book content creator

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Star author panel: Catriona McPherson (Lefty Award winner this year), Susan C. Shea, Claire Booth, Audrey Lee, and Gigi Pandian. Discussing the sometimes blurry boundaries between protagonist and author. Left Coast Crime. 📘🔎👍

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Friends. You are enough. Truly.

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