T.N. Lee (she/her)

#DVpit is returning in 2026 on Bluesky! A bluesky pitch event for creators from marginalized communities to pitch their unagented projects to agents and editors! #DVpit will be on Bluesky on Wednesday, September 30, 2026! go to dvpit.carrd.co for more info and stay tuned for more announcements!

#Giveaway Time to prepare for #DVpit! Enter from July 13-18, 2026 to win query and/or first pages critiques from agents! TO ENTER: • repost this post • AND reply with your category & genre! (e.g. YA Fantasy) • Entries must be for completed, unpublished work. Full rules: dvpit.carrd.co#giveaway

Short fic updates!✨ So excited to share that my flash, "Inheritance," about a girl and a wishing tree, is forthcoming in Cast of Wonders! AND "The Heart of the Fox Spirit," about a woman who meets an unconventional fox spirit in a tavern, is forthcoming in Beneath Ceaseless Skies! 🎉

I've posted the first poll for To the Sky's #Kickstarter! Do you want access chapters 1-3 of the book on the Kickstarter page, or do you want to wait until after the campaign? Vote here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/izz... #booksky #WritingCommunity #romantasy #skypirates

My flash short story, "Fenghuang and Empress," is out now in NewMyths! This is a compact, quiet piece that addresses female strength in the face of abuse, told through the eyes of the legendary Chinese phoenix. 🌳🌸 sites.google.com/newmyths.com...

Eldest daughter Ning joins the foreign mage guild ruling her kingdom to secure a future for her family. But when loyalty to the guild means sacrificing her people’s freedom, she must choose who to betray. 🌊 Elemental magic 🩷 Slow burn 🏠 Found family 🐉 Dragon shifters #SEAsianPit #YA #F #SFF

SAILOR MOON x THE UNTAMED but sapphic x Indonesian mythology A hero has enough issues like yearning over her soulmate, having a pact with a queen of monsters, saving her family from a death curse, but that involves stealing the heart of her true love #SEAsianPit #YA #F

FABLED FISHBONES, a modern retelling of Thai folklore where a grieving woman’s intense friendship with a foreign researcher unravels after the discovery of a golden fish—are the old tales true and what will she sacrifice to protect it? BLACKCAKExREMARKABLYBRIGHTCREATURESxBIGFISH #SEAsianPit #A #MR

THE ANGELS’ SUCCUBUS 🌈sapphic polyam Two angels are sent to investigate demonic activities, enlisting a succubus cam worker to help them navigate the digital world; but the veil keeping Hell locked away thins and soon they’ll be fighting more than just their growing feelings #SEAsianPit #A #PR #Q

💫 NEWLY UPDATED AGENT’S GUIDE ALERT ⚠️ Join my MC as he navigates: 🗺 being a (Viet-Chinese) perpetual foreigner in his own land 💔 first love’s trials 🎭 ruthless societal expectations 🧮 calculative loved ones 🕯️ the end of idealism #SEAsianPit #AgentsGuide #Q #A #Spec #F #LF

THE THIRD LOVE x THE NAMES After a sudden rebirth, Max wishes for an easy, love-filled life, ignoring the claim that his affection is cursed. As he avoids work & devotes himself to his beloved, de*th finds his loved ones. Max must decide if life is still worth living. #SEAsianPit #Q #A #Spec #F #LF

SAVE THE DATE: #SEAsianPit is back again 🎉 This time as an official pitch event ‼️ May 30, 2026 Check out the list of participating agents and amendments in the event rules in the 🔗 or 🧵

Reverse FRIEREN x DUNGEON MESHI x international monster myths Mal doesn’t understand how she became the world’s only immortal human, but that won’t stop her and her bookworm elf companion from slaying every mythical beast until they’ve unlocked the secret to ending immortality. #WIPPIT #WIP #A #F

#SFFChat Q3 My queen Tien with her beautiful world building in Years of Red Tears its ten layers deep with different layers of detail - every time I've read it I notice something new that just deepens every part of the narrative @authort-lee.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/auth...

#books #read #write #authorlife #blueskywriters #booksky

SIX OF CROWS x JADE CITY When her mentor goes missing Gemna joins forces w/ fellow mage Ren to unravel the connection b/w the string of disappearances and a terrible discovery that could mean a future where mages aren’t just outlawed…but wiped from existence. #QuestPit #AG #F art by nathcreare

THE VOW (HBO) x NOTHING TASTES AS GOOD 🕯️Cult indoctrination 🧠Psychological control 🍔Cannibalism Eliminate negativity, self-doubt, and pain. Change your life. Join Synergetics! #questpit #Q #A #H

KING ARTHUR X SAILOR MOON Once and Future King’ were words Morgan McArthur often heard in her childhood and academic career, but she never thought they might apply to her. Reincarnation pulls no punches, and neither so the armies of the Aesir when Mordred’s at the helm. #QuestPit #Q #NA #F #LGBTQ

Puerto Rican Practical Magic x Shameless True Apothecary features… - A Spanish-Salem town - A longstanding family brujeria - Witches & tea magic - A shady realtor with dark magical secrets - Copy cat witch shops - Romance - A little death - Family hijinks #questpit #Q #NA #A #F #R #S #PR

What if The Daevabad Trilogy was Slavic and sapphic? 👀 A divided land, a lost princess, a knight serving the king who oppresses her people. A king in need of an heir. #QuestPit #W #A #F

guide to MAGNOLIA ROT 70k words Southern Gothic Horror/ NA/YA c/o that blends the suffocating dread of Hereditary with the lush botanical horror of Hazelthorn & the dk. ancestral bargains of The Bog Wife Coming soon! #questpit #H #W

What my witchy NYC-based book would look like as a movie poster! 16-yr-old Haley has the stigmatized death magic, but when she receives warnings from dead witches about a coming threat, she’ll have to use that very magic to save all the witches in NYC. NINTH HOUSE x LEGENDBORN #QuestPit #Q #F #YA

Reverse KPOP DEMON HUNTERS x THE BRIDGE KINGDOM. A woman cursed with ice powers and vitiligo discovers the heir sent to stop her hides demon blood she can cure. They bargain to save each other. But their souls are bound, she's falling in love, and his death means hers too. #QuestPit #F #R #Q #OWN

SPLITTING IMAGE is a #Filipino diaspora urban fantasy for 3rd culture ppl who hid their true selves to earn conditional love. ♾️ #neurodivergent MC 🤎 #BIPOC cast 🪽 pre-colonial 🇵🇭 folklore 🎭 fam drama ⛓️‍💥 cycle breaking Soundtrack (Spotify): tinyurl.com/spltimg #QuestPit #OwnVoices #W #A #U #F #S #H

Two women- two life altering cases. One, a burnt out lawyer. The other is dead AS THEY H(A)UNT US explores what truth means in the face of corrupt power, and considers the question: who keeps women safe? The story contains vengeful ghosts, bad disguises and mystery podcasts #T #PR #QuestPit #Q

After 40 years without a vision of his angel, artist Peter wonders whether it’s worth carrying on living. But his “angel” is Ro, a human trying to use the visions to plead for resources in their ravaged future. Can this depressed, Twinkie-loving eccentric get the message? #questpit #Q #LF #S #D

A planet is gone, the galaxy moved on too quickly A mission of revenge turned to saving another planet But the destruction is only the beginning and their enemy is closer than they think. In CULLING a group of outcasts are in race to save the galaxy the turned away from them. #QuestPit #SF #A #Q #M

🏳️‍🌈BUFFY x SAILOR MOON A depressed grim reaper runs into the soul that got away—a now vampire wanting to move on—but first they must hunt her killer before he targets another woman. DEATH WISH is out January! “Heart-warming, heart-wrenching” -my editor #questpit #A #P #RF

PRIDE & PREJUDICE x HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE x GRACELING In an alternate, magical Regency era, Lucy Korvas must hide her "improper" wings from high society while finding a cure for her Curse, or she will be transformed into a crow forever. #QuestPit #Q #YA #HF #RF #F #historical #fantasy #romance

ARCANE x THE ISLE IN THE SILVER SEA 💔 doomed reincarnating lovers 🧙 mages who die once they're out of magic 🔬 a new magic system through science 🤓 nerd x nerd ⌛dual timeline 🖤 the consequences of repressed emotions 💆(mostly) consensual soul removal #questpit #A #F #LGBT #ND #Q

Hi everyone happy #questpit Today I’m sharing Falling Apart Together 🧟 Trans Masc MC 🧟 Found Family 🧟 Type A Female meets Type Chaos Male 🧟 Friends To Lovers 🧟 Serial Kidnapper 🧟 Mental Health 🧟 No Rules Supernatural Nightclub #A #Q #RF #PR

THE GIRLS I’VE BEEN X WHERE SLEEPING GIRLS LIE LET THE PLAYERS BLEED - 79K words * YA Speculative Thriller * Dark academia vibes * Neurodivergence rep * Coming-of-age * Found family #questpit #Q #YA #amquerying #agentsguide

The executioner’s daughter is coming for His Majesty’s head ⚔️ ♱ revenge plot with female rage ♱ slowburn romance subplot ♱ black FMC with a big sword ♱ kingdom politics with royals + knights ♱ hidden magic, trust no one… Art by author #questpit #W #DF

LORD OF THE FLIESxTHE WRONG WAY HOME 🏚️ a child’s psychological games 🍇 scared girls who fight back 🪞 sibling opposites 🐊 summer is an antagonist 🧨 surviving a puppetmaster when you’re his marionette 🌟 Big 5 editor interest 🌟 RevPit ‘25 winner #QuestPit #Q #MG #H

🧝🏿‍♂️ Afro Fantasy Cosmic Opera 📖A 100,000 word poem disguised as a book ✍🏿 Love, Darkness, and Death herself 🤌🏿Banger bars and quotables ✒️ It stares back #Questpit #NA #F #Q #AgentsGuide

STARLING HOUSE x WAYWARD CHILDREN 🌸 memory magic 🌹monsters lurking under a botanical garden 🌷mutual pining 🌻set in autumn 🍂 🌼committing small crimes to investigate an old disappearance 🪻looming threat of student loan payments 🌺 sapphic & ace rep #questpit #Q #A #F #LGBT

EDITORS GUIDE for EXTRA INNINGS ABBOTT ELEMENTARY meets TED LASSO (but make it gay) when an English teacher Owen must mentor a new teacher/coach...who is also his ex-BFF and situationship. #QuestPit #A #R #OS (soon)

CABIN IN THE WOODS × JOHN DIES AT THE END × JUMANJI 🧔 Middle-aged Dad Ensemble 🎲 TTRPG Nerds 😱 Co(s)mic Horror 🤔 But also Mystery 👻 Supernatural Folklore 🏰 Victorian Manor 🌙 Dark & Stormy Night 🤟 Final Dad #QuestPit #A #H #MY #Dis #Q #OS #AgentsGuide #AgentGuide

6 OF CROWS X WHAT WAKES THE BELLS After his sister is cursed by a vengeful goddess, a former pickpocket must steal a relic from the most powerful man in the city to save her. But he can’t pull it off alone, & not everyone in his ragtag crew can be trusted. Big 5 Editor Interest #QuestPit #NA #F #Q

Okay but also @authort-lee.bsky.social is an amazing writer and the sheer LAYERS of narrative in Years of Red Tears is spectacular to witness 🌹🌹🌹🥀

♣️♦️ PHANTASMA X SINNERS ♥️♠️ This New Adult Fantasy Features: 🃏 Dual POVs 🎲 Second Chance Romance 🃏 Deadly Bargains 🎲 Sinful Behavior 🃏 Poisons & Playing Cards 🎲 Black Social Commentary #QuestPit #NA #F #BVM #POC

When a designer drug that lets the rich edit memories sweeps through a coastal state split between luxury and neglect the poor become its testing ground. #questpit #t #u #d

Six of Crows x Romeo & Juliet An imposter princess. A pretender prince. A vengeful plot that might just get them both killed. Because when monarchs play their political games, it can only end in blood. 🗡 Reluctant assassins ⚔️ Dual POV ✨ Dangerous magic 🏳️‍🌈 All queer cast #QuestPit #Q #YA #F

A SONG OF SILVER & SCARLET The prince he’s forbidden to love. The healer she’ll sacrifice anything to save. The curse that might end them all. 🗡 Reluctant assassins ⚔️ Dual POV ✨ Dangerous magic 🏳️‍🌈 All queer cast 💜 Gay panic 👀 Plot twists for days ❤️ Just kiss already! #QuestPit #Q #YA #F #LGBTQ

To save NYC’s witches from being hunted down and possessed by malicious spirits, 16-year-old Haley Thorne must wield her death magic to travel to a monster-infested realm to stop the dead witch behind it all. LEGENDBORN x LITTLE THIEVES #QuestPit #Q #F #YA

🦟THE SYNTAX OF DRAGONFLIES🦟 ✨Grumpy prof FMC x Sunshine sculptor MMC 🦟Abducting the MMC for *science* ✨A Museum of Irrational Creatures 🦟Who defines language & why? ✨Hot research-stealing alligator ex 🦟Insp by an infamous linguistics debate #questpit #RF #A #F #Q

I, MEDUSA x WEYWARD Feminist reclamation of the Salem Witch Trials 🖤 Three witches 🖤 Generational curses 🖤 Afro-Caribbean Magic 🖤 Gothic Atmosphere 🖤 Forgotten historical figure (Tituba) #A #HF #questpit #Q

Apple TV’s SEVERANCE meets SILO 🚫 Emotion as system error 👾 The haunting is digital 📋Corporate ritual menace 🧪 Complicit Protagonist 🧨 Creeping dread to visceral action #QuestPit #Q #A #SF #S #SFF #U