Author Maggie Tokuda-Hall

Also An Octopus!

On sale now!  Buy it from my Indie of choice, Books Inc.Or from my eRetailer of choice, iBooks (bonus, I narrate this edition) Here’s a bunch of reasons you should buy it, according to people who are not me:  It’s a Parent’s Choice Award Gold Medal Winner! A Bank Street Best Children’s Book of 2017 […]

The Write Stuff

I did an interview with SF Weekly’s regular column, The Write Stuff, courtesy of the fantastic Evan Karp, which you can read here. We also recorded the video, above.

My Last Chronicle Books Blog

I left Chronicle Books about 2 months ago, but they still posted my last few blog entries for them anyway! You can read one I wrote about princesses here. 

The Book Report: The Secret History

I visited KALW radio station, and recorded my recommendation of The Secret History by Donna Tartt, as part of the Litography Project. You can hear it here! 

Reading for Joyland Magazine

You can see a video of me reading my story, Mother Miri Full of Grace, published by Joyland Magazine at the fabulous Why There Are Words reading series in Sausalito. 

That time I wrote Lemony Snicket into tentacle porn

AKA the night that Daniel Handler called me a skank. This was for a great Shipwreck SF event, run by Amy Stephenson and Casey Childers and hosted by The Booksmith. Hear the reading of some pretty meta tentacle porn here. 

A short story about babies, and a bowling ball.

You can read a short story I wrote about being a female, and also pregnant, and also overwhelmed on Joyland Magazine, here. It was edited by Kara Levy, who also happens to go to same gym as me. 

Guest Blogging at Boing Boing

Recently, I did a little stint of guest blogging for Boing Boing, which was super fun. My favorite article I wrote was about Cal’s secret hyena colony, which you can read here. You can see all the articles I wrote here, including but not limited to: a review of Grasshopper Jungle, an interview with M.T. […]

I’m a dirtbag, and I’m sorry.

I’ve written some smutty things but I think this one is kind of the worst. Written for the Masculinity themed Give Me Fiction, and remembered in shame. If the player above is acting finicky, you can listen here, too.