essiejchambers's profile picture. Nationally bestselling author of SWIFT RIVER @simonschuster @dialoguebooks. Oscar short-listed DESCENDANT on @netflix. Rep'd by @juliebarer @thebookgrp.

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@essiejchambers

Nationally bestselling author of SWIFT RIVER @simonschuster @dialoguebooks. Oscar short-listed DESCENDANT on @netflix. Rep'd by @juliebarer @thebookgrp.

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THE BEST NEWS!!! @essiejchambers's SWIFT RIVER is longlisted for @Center4Fiction's First Novel Prize! 🥳 Learn more: centerforfiction.org/book-recs/2024… 📖: simonandschuster.com/books/Swift-Ri…

SimonBooks's tweet image. THE BEST NEWS!!! @essiejchambers's SWIFT RIVER is longlisted for @Center4Fiction's First Novel Prize! 🥳
Learn more: centerforfiction.org/book-recs/2024…
📖: simonandschuster.com/books/Swift-Ri…


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Essie Chambers has won the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence, given annually to an emerging African American fiction writer, for SWIFT RIVER. The debut novel was published last year by Simon & Schuster. @essiejchambers @braf1964 @simonschuster ow.ly/E2Pu50WwSen

KirkusReviews's tweet image. Essie Chambers has won the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence, given annually to an emerging African American fiction writer, for SWIFT RIVER. The debut novel was published last year by Simon & Schuster. @essiejchambers @braf1964 @simonschuster ow.ly/E2Pu50WwSen

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The @FranklinParkBK Reading Series Summer Launch was a magical night! Huge thanks to phenomenal readers (L to R) @TruckLesbian, Paula Bomer, @tangykat, @lenamschmitt, @essiejchambers, and @MorganJerkins, and lots of ❤️ to our amazing audience! 🗓️Next event is July 14.

PeninaRoth's tweet image. The @FranklinParkBK Reading Series Summer Launch was a magical night! Huge thanks to phenomenal readers (L to R) @TruckLesbian, Paula Bomer, @tangykat, @lenamschmitt, @essiejchambers, and @MorganJerkins, and lots of ❤️ to our amazing audience! 🗓️Next event is July 14.

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TONIGHT, 8PM, at @FranklinParkBK Reading Series: We're launching our summer season with outstanding fiction & poetry from @MorganJerkins, @TruckLesbian, Paula Bomer, @essiejchambers, @tangykat, and @lenamschmitt! #FreeAdmission, beer specials, book raffle. facebook.com/share/19x6QTdH…

PeninaRoth's tweet image. TONIGHT, 8PM, at @FranklinParkBK Reading Series: We're launching our summer season with outstanding fiction & poetry from @MorganJerkins, @TruckLesbian, Paula Bomer, @essiejchambers, @tangykat, and @lenamschmitt! #FreeAdmission, beer specials, book raffle. facebook.com/share/19x6QTdH…

essie chambers reposteó

Never too much, always so good! Luther: Never Too Much wins Outstanding Documentary (Film)! #NAACPImageAwards

naacpimageaward's tweet image. Never too much, always so good! Luther: Never Too Much wins Outstanding Documentary (Film)!  #NAACPImageAwards

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Join us to celebrate Rachel Lyon's FRUIT OF THE DEAD paperback launch! 📖✨ With special guests @essiejchambers, @crystalhanak & more, this lively reading & signing is on Tue, Feb 4th at P&T Knitwear, NYC. RSVP here: bit.ly/3WkSliN

ScribnerBooks's tweet image. Join us to celebrate Rachel Lyon's FRUIT OF THE DEAD paperback launch! 📖✨ With special guests @essiejchambers, @crystalhanak & more, this lively reading & signing is on Tue, Feb 4th at P&T Knitwear, NYC. 

RSVP here: bit.ly/3WkSliN

Still recovering from that first sentence. Honor on top of honor. Thank you @naacpimageaward !! And thanks for sharing @KirkusReviews

Alyssa Cole, Essie Chambers, and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson are among the authors nominated for the NAACP Image Awards. The winners of the awards will be revealed on Feb. 21 and 22. ow.ly/hLjs50UBmaf @naacpimageaward @AlyssaColeLit @essiejchambers

KirkusReviews's tweet image. Alyssa Cole, Essie Chambers, and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson are among the authors nominated for the NAACP Image Awards. The winners of the awards will be revealed on Feb. 21 and 22. ow.ly/hLjs50UBmaf @naacpimageaward @AlyssaColeLit @essiejchambers


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Congratulations are in order for Joseph Earl Thomas (@jetvgc), author of GOD BLESS YOU, OTIS SPUNKMEYER, and winner of The Center for Fiction’s 2024 First Novel Prize!

Center4Fiction's tweet image. Congratulations are in order for Joseph Earl Thomas (@jetvgc), author of GOD BLESS YOU, OTIS SPUNKMEYER, and winner of The Center for Fiction’s 2024 First Novel Prize!
Center4Fiction's tweet image. Congratulations are in order for Joseph Earl Thomas (@jetvgc), author of GOD BLESS YOU, OTIS SPUNKMEYER, and winner of The Center for Fiction’s 2024 First Novel Prize!

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@essiejchambers will be joining us on March 22nd for the Pasadena Festival of Women Authors. Her debut novel, Swift River, debut novel is a coming-of-age story and a history of the “sundown towns” in America. Individual tickets go on sale January 15th at pfwa2025.org.

PasadenaLit's tweet image. @essiejchambers will be joining us on March 22nd for the Pasadena Festival of Women Authors. Her debut novel, Swift River, debut novel is a coming-of-age story and a history of the “sundown towns” in America. Individual tickets go on sale January 15th at pfwa2025.org.

Good people of the UK, go get this gorgeous book! Congrats @temim & @dialoguepub.

So excited that City of Laughter is out today in the UK! ❤️



essie chambers reposteó

Excited to launch an initiative to connect students with diverse internship and job opportunities in the literary field! If you’re a literary organization interested in collaborating, let’s connect & create meaningful ways for the next generation. #LiteraryCommunity #Internships


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Hey. My book got a thing. Congrats, fellow long listers!!

Morgan_J_Talty's tweet image. Hey. My book got a thing. 

Congrats, fellow long listers!!

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SWIFT RIVER by @essiejchambers is longlisted for @ALALibrary's 2025 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction! 🥳 ala.org/carnegie-medal…

SimonBooks's tweet image. SWIFT RIVER by @essiejchambers is longlisted for @ALALibrary's 2025 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction! 🥳
ala.org/carnegie-medal…

This means so much to me! Thank you @ALALibrary , @ALA_Booklist, and the selection committee. I'm especially grateful to the superhero librarians who create reading sanctuaries and inspire lifelong book-love. Check out the full list ala.org/carnegie-medal…

essiejchambers's tweet image. This means so much to me! Thank you @ALALibrary , @ALA_Booklist, and the selection committee. I'm especially grateful to the superhero librarians who create reading sanctuaries and inspire lifelong book-love. Check out the full list ala.org/carnegie-medal…

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So delighted to see Juli Min's beautiful SHANGHAILANDERS on this longlist, alongside @dialoguepub's COLOURED TELEVISION and SWIFT RIVER ❤️

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essie chambers reposteó

SWIFT RIVER by @essiejchambers is the winner of the 2024 @barnesandnoble Discover Prize, given annually to a debut novel. Chambers’ novel, which was previously longlisted for @Center4Fiction’s First Novel Prize, was published in June by @simonschuster. ow.ly/Ofcg50TQZ8S

KirkusReviews's tweet image. SWIFT RIVER by @essiejchambers is the winner of the 2024 @barnesandnoble Discover Prize, given annually to a debut novel. Chambers’ novel, which was previously longlisted for @Center4Fiction’s First Novel Prize, was published in June by @simonschuster. ow.ly/Ofcg50TQZ8S

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So excited that City of Laughter is out today in the UK! ❤️



essie chambers reposteó

THE STONE HOME is a finalist for the Maya Angelou Book Award, which honors writers committed to social justice. 🪽 Alongside these incredible humans @AubeReyLescure, @Morgan_J_Talty, @jamelbrinkley, and Aisha Abel Gawad kclibrary.org/news/2024-10/2…

crystalhanak's tweet image. THE STONE HOME is a finalist for the Maya Angelou Book Award, which honors writers committed to social justice. 🪽

Alongside these incredible humans @AubeReyLescure, @Morgan_J_Talty, @jamelbrinkley, and Aisha Abel Gawad

kclibrary.org/news/2024-10/2…

essie chambers reposteó

River East, River West is a finalist for the Maya Angelou Book Award— so grateful for this honor, and to be in the company of writers I deeply respect. Congratulations all!!! @Morgan_J_Talty @crystalhanak @jamelbrinkley &Aisha Abdel Gawad kclibrary.org/news/2024-10/2…

AubeReyLescure's tweet image. River East, River West is a finalist for the Maya Angelou Book Award— so grateful for this honor, and to be in the company of writers I deeply respect. Congratulations all!!! 

@Morgan_J_Talty 
@crystalhanak @jamelbrinkley &Aisha Abdel Gawad 
kclibrary.org/news/2024-10/2…

essie chambers reposteó

THIS WEEKEND! Come join us at the Morristown Festival of Books! 🤩 Saturday's event begins at 10 am and is FREE with no tickets needed. We have our schedules on our website with all the amazing authors for adults, kids and YA readers. morristownbooks.org


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