Loretta Chefchaouni
@lorechefwrites
YA fantasy author | THE LUSTROUS DARK (Peachtree Teen Summer '26) | A THOUSAND NIGHTS (Summer '26)
My book combining the lush mythology of This Woven Kingdom with the mother trauma of Snow White is being published! I’m thrilled to work with @AshleyHearn at @peachtreeteen who gets all the layers of The Lustrous Dark and has the vision to grow this story into its final form!!

IT'S PM OFFICIAL!!!!!!! ✨🖤✨🖤✨🖤✨🖤✨🖤✨ I'm so excited for all the things to come over the next year, and very thankful to those who are here to share it with me and the ones who played a part in helping me get this far! 😭🫶🏼 #2026debuts #WritingCommunity

Today my book child is out in the world! Thank you for all the support! This is so surreal.
💫 MAPW Student Spotlight 💫 Creative Writing student Sara Omer's book 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘺𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯 𝘒𝘪𝘯𝘨 (@TitanBooks) is out now! She also has upcoming events in Georgia this month (details forthcoming). Congratulations, Sara! #getyourwriteon
🎶 Would you like to win a galley? 🎶 Giveaway for THE LOST RELIQUARY happening right now over at Goodreads, until 7/16. goodreads.com/giveaway/show/…
I don't know what it is, but my coffee today tastes like dreams coming true. Mmmmm. Alhamdulillah. #authormilestone #2026debuts

✨Please RT✨ Excited to share that we have 5 amazing full manuscript critiques from incredible agents and and authors currently available for $500 to benefit the WE THE PEOPLE teaser fundraiser to benefit #KidLit4Ceasefire! 32auctions.com/WTPTeaserFundr…
One week left to win a free print copy!!
✨Please Share!✨ I've received news that Mariam's nephew was injured the day he was to evacuate and needs surgery due to shrapnel being close to his liver. If you're able to help, I would be so grateful. GFM: gofund.me/4d5e69c0 Solo Fundraiser: 32auctions.com/KL4CAuction
✨@ $2,100/$8,000 current goal✨ Please boost, donate, or buy items to help families in Ga*a GFM: gofundme.com/f/urgent-help-… Auction: 32auctions.com/KL4CAuction
✨pls share✨ I’m at $1,200/$4,000 of my goal this week to help evacuate Mariam’s mom. If you can donate and/or share, I would be so grateful! GFM: gofundme.com/f/urgent-help-… 32Auction: 32auctions.com/KL4CAuction
This premise does more than remix folklore, it interrogates legacy, addiction, and systemic erasure of power. Framing Snow White through women’s stolen magic reframes the myth as critique, making space for agency, inheritance, and the politics of recovery.
My book combining the lush mythology of This Woven Kingdom with the mother trauma of Snow White is being published! I’m thrilled to work with @AshleyHearn at @peachtreeteen who gets all the layers of The Lustrous Dark and has the vision to grow this story into its final form!!
The Black Parade by Ilana Lindsey coming from Ninestar Press in 2026. They can burn down the world, but they’ll never take your heart.
She’s here and she’s beautiful!! Final copies!!!
If pegasus-riding princess knights wielding ancestral weapons in a Middle Eastern-inspired world is something you’d be interested in…
BEGGING for more books with female knights preferably sapphic female knights pleaseeee
Al hamdulilah, so happy to hear the ruling on Sr Rumeysa Ozturk who has finally been ordered released after traumatically being abducted and suffering multiple asthma attacks in prison. May ALL of our people walk free.