Leah Johnson

Writer. Midwesterner. Owner @LoudmouthIndy. MG: ELLIE ENGLE SAVES HERSELF (out now!). YA: YOU SHOULD SEE ME IN A CROWN + RISE TO THE SUN.

[Leah Johnson @byleahjohnson]

This has been one of the worst years in history for book banning, but they can’t ban us or our stories. Which is why I’m so excited to announce that IM OPENING A FREAKING BOOKSTORE!!!! @loudmouthindy will Indy’s only banned bookstore and I’m so excited to bring it to life 😭😭😭

[Leah Johnson @byleahjohnson]

@RavynnKaMia I KNOW RIGHT https://t.co/MJPvFtVzOI

[Leah Johnson @byleahjohnson]

Am I the last person to get the news that Lisi Harrison is writing a new Clique novel following the Pretty Committee all grown up?????????

[Leah Johnson @byleahjohnson]

@margoroths THIS IS NOT A DRILL https://t.co/MJPvFtVzOI

[Leah Johnson @byleahjohnson]

@chatgreenfield ITS HAPPENING https://t.co/MJPvFtVzOI

[Leah Johnson @byleahjohnson]

@haleylouwho94 The actress that played Claire in the movie confirmed it today on TikTok! https://t.co/MJPvFtVzOI

[Omar D. Foda @EgyptsBeer]

What does this mean for the election?
Brother, what does this mean for your goddamned soul?

[darius. @_dariussimpson]

at what point do we accept that our mass awareness, uncoordinated, peaceful rally campaigns were ineffective? when do we acknowledge other tactics might be required of us? not some faceless mob we can eventually let off a leash to save us…but us. right here right now.

[Leah Johnson @byleahjohnson]

Got a little too earnest on close friends and then people responded in kind bc they care about me and I remembered I’m not posting into the void so I had to go ahead and delete that posthaste. If you saw my authentic self make an appearance today no you didn’t

[Gillian Branstetter @GBBranstetter]

something about books getting smaller to save the planet while endless AI swallows glaciers whole to "summarize" emails

[Leah Johnson @byleahjohnson]

@Katchin05 We used to be a country

[Arriel (UNDER THE NEON LIGHTS out now!) 🪩 @arriwrites]

🛼 COVER REVEAL! 🪩

I’m thrilled to share the cover for my debut YA novel, UNDER THE NEON LIGHTS, out 6/3/25 with @penguinteen! UTNL follows 16-year-old Jaelyn who skates her way to a first love, self-worth, & the meaning of community. Preorder here: https://t.co/LkW8H43vIo

[🐢🐢🐢John Green🐢🐢🐢 @johngreen]

I am among those suing the state of Florida to end the state's unconstitutional and deeply unamerican banning of books. The removal of my books (and so many others) from hundreds of libraries is a despicable attack on intellectual freedom in the U.S. https://t.co/W3C2P0tE85

[Leah Johnson @byleahjohnson]

@iSmashFizzle @AnnaliseFern11 Moneyball is in this vein for me I can’t explain it!!!!

[َ @__Lily__pond]

The last days of August are a test from god

[Leah Johnson @byleahjohnson]

@ElizabethH_WI WOOOOOOO! I’m so emo about this 🥹 Congratulations!

[Elizabeth Holden @ElizabethH_WI]

😭 @byleahjohnson It literally happened! (This is at a Barnes and Noble in Pennsylvania, a photo a writer friend sent!) Two years ago, I never could have imagined this moment.

[Leah Johnson @byleahjohnson]

If you’re not from the Midwest you couldn’t possibly understand that before Michelle Obama came along we were eating walking tacos and sipping lukewarm chocolate milk for lunch WEEKLY. I grew up on ground beef and nacho cheese over a bag of corn chips. That was a Hoosier delicacy

[Leah Johnson @byleahjohnson]

Big summer for midwest princesses

[Bodega Baddie @CAMONGHNE]

Also, sorry to be the asshole, but I can’t help but mention the Black Panther Party’s continued relevance in our ambition for a just democracy. Walz’s free school meals program was a game changer for MN. And wouldn’t have happened without radical Marxist politic.

[Leah Johnson @byleahjohnson]

Something can be good without being good enough and I think that’s okay