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

The big Barnes & Noble preorder sale is live! Get 25% off all preorders, including my upcoming novel WEARING THE LION, and the special edition of SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN which literally drops next week!

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/someone-you-can-build-a-nest-in-john-wiswell/1143735232?ean=9780756420215

On Saturday, May 10th I'll be signing books at the Barnes & Noble Colonie Center in Albany, NY!

I'm bringing one of my best friends, free stickers, and jokes.

Thrilled to find SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN is up for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award!

Honored to see my book alongside those by Emet North, Kelly Link, and more. Congratulations, everybody!