Across
- 4. iconic nonbinary author
- 9. Handler's unfortunate pseudonym
- 10. fairytale writer turned villain
- 12. Cisneros street, or Adaeze's favorite fruit
- 14. prolific thriller writer Megan
- 16. crazy-making wallpaper color, apparently
- 18. tender thing in Bazterrica's dystopia
- 19. as in Wuthering, or In The
- 20. queen of teens author Sarah
- 22. AKA Robin Goodfellow
- 25. Ottessa Moshfegh's unhelpful psychiatrist
- 27. cozy South Philly bookstore (3 words)
- 28. original stream-of-consciousness girlie
- 29. favored Mona Awad book
Down
- 1. scream king's home state
- 2. Poseidon's son, per Rick Riordan
- 3. She penned a 1993 premonition-like parable
- 5. Lewis' Christ character, or Bagheera's sis
- 6. He gave ravens a bad rep
- 7. glitter vampire sequel we probably didn't need (2 words)
- 8. Dracula predecessor
- 11. beloved Black author
- 13. go big or go Homer
- 15. wayward Wonderland wanderer
- 17. "Call me ___."
- 20. _____ Copperhead
- 21. subject of Nikki Giovanni's "Allowables"
- 23. what lie under the sea (2 words)
- 24. ACAB includes Yoko Agawa's _____ police
- 26. ___ Deviants, the OG reading podcast