Steph Lau (she/her)
@stephlaubooks.com
Author, illustrator, former pastry chef.
🐍🪨 MEDUSA'S PET ROCK (HarperCollins): 9/22/26
❄️🩰THE ABOMINABLE SNOW DANCER (Penguin Workshop): out now!
Rep: @allielevick.bsky.social
Website: bit.ly/stephlaubooks
🐍🪨 MEDUSA'S PET ROCK (HarperCollins): 9/22/26
❄️🩰THE ABOMINABLE SNOW DANCER (Penguin Workshop): out now!
Rep: @allielevick.bsky.social
Website: bit.ly/stephlaubooks
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Steph Lau (she/her)
@stephlaubooks.com
· Mar 18
My 2nd picture book,🐍🪨 MEDUSA'S PET ROCK🐍🪨, comes out 9/22/26 with @harperkids.bsky.social!
The premise: Medusa, but she's in elementary school, and keeps accidentally zapping the class pets. 🤫
Pre-order link: www.stephlaubooks.com/medusa
(And please request it at your library!)
#kidlit #booksky
The premise: Medusa, but she's in elementary school, and keeps accidentally zapping the class pets. 🤫
Pre-order link: www.stephlaubooks.com/medusa
(And please request it at your library!)
#kidlit #booksky
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Reposted by Steph Lau (she/her)
NEW: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins.
Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes.
Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes.
The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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September 22, 2026 at 10:15 AM
NEW: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins.
Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes.
Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes.
Reposted by Steph Lau (she/her)
This Friday at 5pm Pacific:
We're hosting a playtest party for our casual 4-player party game, Volcango!
Play in browser, or iOS/Android app.
To join the playtest, hop into our discord party:
discord.gg/MyPCEaGW?eve...
#art #animation #game #gamedev #indie #dinosaur #paleoart #animal #discord
We're hosting a playtest party for our casual 4-player party game, Volcango!
Play in browser, or iOS/Android app.
To join the playtest, hop into our discord party:
discord.gg/MyPCEaGW?eve...
#art #animation #game #gamedev #indie #dinosaur #paleoart #animal #discord
Volcango Trailer
YouTube video by Chromokun
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September 21, 2026 at 4:47 PM
This Friday at 5pm Pacific:
We're hosting a playtest party for our casual 4-player party game, Volcango!
Play in browser, or iOS/Android app.
To join the playtest, hop into our discord party:
discord.gg/MyPCEaGW?eve...
#art #animation #game #gamedev #indie #dinosaur #paleoart #animal #discord
We're hosting a playtest party for our casual 4-player party game, Volcango!
Play in browser, or iOS/Android app.
To join the playtest, hop into our discord party:
discord.gg/MyPCEaGW?eve...
#art #animation #game #gamedev #indie #dinosaur #paleoart #animal #discord
One more day till MEDUSA'S PET ROCK launches! I'll be swinging by @mrmoppsbooks.bsky.social tm morning to sign books, so if you wanted a signed, personalized copy and/or a Medusa sticker, now is the time!
moppsbooks.com/list/medusas...
moppsbooks.com/list/medusas...
September 22, 2026 at 12:11 AM
One more day till MEDUSA'S PET ROCK launches! I'll be swinging by @mrmoppsbooks.bsky.social tm morning to sign books, so if you wanted a signed, personalized copy and/or a Medusa sticker, now is the time!
moppsbooks.com/list/medusas...
moppsbooks.com/list/medusas...
I played 3 hrs of pickleball cause I was trying to work off my nervous book launch energy, and I regret to inform you that I may have overdone it
Completely Exhausted
Alt: Completely Exhausted
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September 21, 2026 at 8:52 PM
I played 3 hrs of pickleball cause I was trying to work off my nervous book launch energy, and I regret to inform you that I may have overdone it
Reposted by Steph Lau (she/her)
This genuinely made me laugh out loud today
September 21, 2026 at 1:58 AM
This genuinely made me laugh out loud today
I'm the one on the right. The one on the left is who the clothing companies make jeans for
Losing my mind while doing some research for my creature design lecture that the closest relative to the maned wolf is the bush dog. Like there has gotta be a fable where the maned wolf took all the leggie from its cousin
September 20, 2026 at 4:27 PM
I'm the one on the right. The one on the left is who the clothing companies make jeans for
Thanks everyone who came out to Fairyland Book Fest today ♥️ Loved seeing all your pet rocks!
If you missed me, I'm doing 2 more events:
🪨9/24 @6:30pm, Mrs. Dalloway's: silly prizes + a craft talk on the making of MEDUSA'S PET ROCK
🐍10/3 @3pm @berkeleypubliclibrary.org Central: Live snake storytime!
If you missed me, I'm doing 2 more events:
🪨9/24 @6:30pm, Mrs. Dalloway's: silly prizes + a craft talk on the making of MEDUSA'S PET ROCK
🐍10/3 @3pm @berkeleypubliclibrary.org Central: Live snake storytime!
September 20, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Thanks everyone who came out to Fairyland Book Fest today ♥️ Loved seeing all your pet rocks!
If you missed me, I'm doing 2 more events:
🪨9/24 @6:30pm, Mrs. Dalloway's: silly prizes + a craft talk on the making of MEDUSA'S PET ROCK
🐍10/3 @3pm @berkeleypubliclibrary.org Central: Live snake storytime!
If you missed me, I'm doing 2 more events:
🪨9/24 @6:30pm, Mrs. Dalloway's: silly prizes + a craft talk on the making of MEDUSA'S PET ROCK
🐍10/3 @3pm @berkeleypubliclibrary.org Central: Live snake storytime!
You know what's better than butts, rocks, and plants? A butt rock plant!
This is a lithops (aka living stone succulent) and is one of several rock-themed prizes I'm giving away at my book launch next Thurs 9/24, at Mrs. Dalloway's @6:30pm!
Registration link: www.eventbrite.com/e/steph-laus...
This is a lithops (aka living stone succulent) and is one of several rock-themed prizes I'm giving away at my book launch next Thurs 9/24, at Mrs. Dalloway's @6:30pm!
Registration link: www.eventbrite.com/e/steph-laus...
September 17, 2026 at 1:27 AM
You know what's better than butts, rocks, and plants? A butt rock plant!
This is a lithops (aka living stone succulent) and is one of several rock-themed prizes I'm giving away at my book launch next Thurs 9/24, at Mrs. Dalloway's @6:30pm!
Registration link: www.eventbrite.com/e/steph-laus...
This is a lithops (aka living stone succulent) and is one of several rock-themed prizes I'm giving away at my book launch next Thurs 9/24, at Mrs. Dalloway's @6:30pm!
Registration link: www.eventbrite.com/e/steph-laus...
I'll be going through pitches and giving feedback next Monday ✌️
ICYMI: UPDATED DATES! Due to a holiday on September 21st, we have expanded PreDV to be 2 days long! You can post your pitch practices on both September 21 & 22, 2026 from 8-5PM ET!
September 16, 2026 at 11:48 PM
I'll be going through pitches and giving feedback next Monday ✌️
One of my annual goals (especially now that I do art for a living) is to find a new art thing to play with. This year I wanted to try stop motion (which I've learned now is a pita and prob easier with special rigs).
Anyway, MEDUSA'S PET ROCK is out next week 😎
Order link: stephlaubooks.com/medusa
Anyway, MEDUSA'S PET ROCK is out next week 😎
Order link: stephlaubooks.com/medusa
September 15, 2026 at 2:25 PM
One of my annual goals (especially now that I do art for a living) is to find a new art thing to play with. This year I wanted to try stop motion (which I've learned now is a pita and prob easier with special rigs).
Anyway, MEDUSA'S PET ROCK is out next week 😎
Order link: stephlaubooks.com/medusa
Anyway, MEDUSA'S PET ROCK is out next week 😎
Order link: stephlaubooks.com/medusa
12yo: Syphilis? Isn't that the guy who has to keep rolling the rock?
September 15, 2026 at 4:40 AM
12yo: Syphilis? Isn't that the guy who has to keep rolling the rock?
Children's Fairyland THIS SATURDAY! I'm tabling from 10-11:20am. Come by and make your own 🪨❤️pet rock❤️🪨, check out early Medusa drafts, and get early copies of MEDUSA'S PET ROCK!
I've also got a couple other Bay Area events, so hope to see you at one 😎
stephlaubooks.com/events
I've also got a couple other Bay Area events, so hope to see you at one 😎
stephlaubooks.com/events
September 14, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Children's Fairyland THIS SATURDAY! I'm tabling from 10-11:20am. Come by and make your own 🪨❤️pet rock❤️🪨, check out early Medusa drafts, and get early copies of MEDUSA'S PET ROCK!
I've also got a couple other Bay Area events, so hope to see you at one 😎
stephlaubooks.com/events
I've also got a couple other Bay Area events, so hope to see you at one 😎
stephlaubooks.com/events
Milestone: Broke my first pickleball
September 14, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Milestone: Broke my first pickleball
Amazing. Now imagine inside is also chicken. Chicken Knight. All hail Chicken Knight.
Really good chicken helmet. Best chicken helmet I’ve ever seen maybe.
September 13, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Amazing. Now imagine inside is also chicken. Chicken Knight. All hail Chicken Knight.
Those ears 🥹
I’m at a community science event and there is a bat here named Radish.
September 13, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Those ears 🥹
Another day, another artist crying cause they loathe self-promotion.
It turns out there are reasons we use Canva (that is, cause my handwriting is atrocious).
Anyway, buy my book and stuff. it's Medusa, but she's in elementary school and keeps zapping the class pets. Sale through end of Friday.
It turns out there are reasons we use Canva (that is, cause my handwriting is atrocious).
Anyway, buy my book and stuff. it's Medusa, but she's in elementary school and keeps zapping the class pets. Sale through end of Friday.
September 10, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Another day, another artist crying cause they loathe self-promotion.
It turns out there are reasons we use Canva (that is, cause my handwriting is atrocious).
Anyway, buy my book and stuff. it's Medusa, but she's in elementary school and keeps zapping the class pets. Sale through end of Friday.
It turns out there are reasons we use Canva (that is, cause my handwriting is atrocious).
Anyway, buy my book and stuff. it's Medusa, but she's in elementary school and keeps zapping the class pets. Sale through end of Friday.
Dang, I've never been to school in New York but I want one
My favorite doorknobs are the ones the New York City public schools installed at the turn of the 20th century. You can still occasionally find one on eBay!
September 10, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Dang, I've never been to school in New York but I want one
WTH Photoshop?! Shoving random buttons in the prime brush selection spot!
PSA for anyone supremely annoyed about this: you can turn it off under Window>AI Assisted Editor
PSA for anyone supremely annoyed about this: you can turn it off under Window>AI Assisted Editor
September 9, 2026 at 10:03 PM
WTH Photoshop?! Shoving random buttons in the prime brush selection spot!
PSA for anyone supremely annoyed about this: you can turn it off under Window>AI Assisted Editor
PSA for anyone supremely annoyed about this: you can turn it off under Window>AI Assisted Editor
Cover design process for my picture book MEDUSA'S PET ROCK (which omg, is coming out in just 2 weeks 😱) #kidlitart
September 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Cover design process for my picture book MEDUSA'S PET ROCK (which omg, is coming out in just 2 weeks 😱) #kidlitart
In which, I've turned into a bacterium
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September 4, 2026 at 2:52 PM
In which, I've turned into a bacterium
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I'm Steph, an author-illustrator who enjoys stories with misfits, mischief, and found family. My 2nd PB, Medusa's Pet Rock (@harperkids.bsky.social) comes out in 2.5 weeks!
Rep: @allielevick.bsky.social
Portfolio: www.stephlaubooks.com
Rep: @allielevick.bsky.social
Portfolio: www.stephlaubooks.com
September 3, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I'm Steph, an author-illustrator who enjoys stories with misfits, mischief, and found family. My 2nd PB, Medusa's Pet Rock (@harperkids.bsky.social) comes out in 2.5 weeks!
Rep: @allielevick.bsky.social
Portfolio: www.stephlaubooks.com
Rep: @allielevick.bsky.social
Portfolio: www.stephlaubooks.com
I do so like feeling clever! Booklist had some nice things to say about my 2nd picture book, 🐍🪨MEDUSA'S PET ROCK🐍🪨
Comes out 9/22/26 from @harperkids.bsky.social :)
Pre-order links and more info: www.stephlaubooks.com/medusa
Comes out 9/22/26 from @harperkids.bsky.social :)
Pre-order links and more info: www.stephlaubooks.com/medusa
September 1, 2026 at 6:42 PM
I do so like feeling clever! Booklist had some nice things to say about my 2nd picture book, 🐍🪨MEDUSA'S PET ROCK🐍🪨
Comes out 9/22/26 from @harperkids.bsky.social :)
Pre-order links and more info: www.stephlaubooks.com/medusa
Comes out 9/22/26 from @harperkids.bsky.social :)
Pre-order links and more info: www.stephlaubooks.com/medusa