My next book comes out IN JUST ONE MONTH!

Do you need dragon to heal in your life?

In this fraught time, I would like to share a little good news.

After seven months of medical hell, I thought I'd lost my creative spark. That the capacity to write and fall in love with characters had left me.

But I just started writing my next novel.

My big dragon book drops July 14th! For the next two days you can get it for 25% at Barnes & Noble using the code PREORDER25.

It's the perfect discount for a four-headed dragon who's now missing one head.

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-dragon-has-some-complaints-john-wiswell/1148361603

Unveiling the cover for THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS!

Garrodigh is a curmudgeonly three-headed dragon who pretends to be tame so he can eat for free at the local dragon-riding academy. No sooner does he infiltrate the place, though, when he’s assigned a cheery rider named Rania, who instantly believes she has a deep spiritual bond with her beast. It’s going to be a hard semester for this dragon.

Coming Summer 2026!

My monster SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN just won the Locus Award for Best First Novel! Ahhhh thanks to all the wonderful readers who have shown love for my little creature!

(Here you can see me trying to collect the scraps of my blown mind.)

MY MONSTER JUST WON A NEBULA AWARD

"Thank you" feels too small, but thank you to everyone who has supported this weird, little book.

To everybody who it made feel a little less alone? Remember: we all belong.

In WEARING THE LION, Heracles befriends the Nemean Lion and carries him everywhere, like a giant pet cat. He wears his buddy.

Since DAW Books gave me a spiffy book box, I'm giving it away! Just take a picture of you "wearing" one of your pets and see the link here. https://johnwiswell.substack.com/p/a-giveaway-for-wearing-the-lion-and