Chris Bohjalian

The New York Times Book Review has spoken. So grateful to Sarah Lyall for her faith in my work. The Amateur is out now. Link to her review here: tinyurl.com/2nv5ah3m Get your copy today! And it is still 50% off at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and BN.com .)

Feeling so much JOY that Scott Colom won in Mississippi! I am so proud of the voters who put him over the top. When the good guys win, we all win. nytimes.com/live/2026/11/11/…

I want to raise up all the women and men who are serving now and served in the past, including these 3 men from my family: World War Two veterans Warren Nelson (my uncle) and Aram Bohjalian (my father); and — in the center — Korean War veteran Fred Muench (my uncle). #veteransday

I can't wait until @laurenboebert concedes. I hope she admits defeat by interrupting a performance of "Beetlejuice" and has to be evicted from the theater...again.

Day 8 in the cone, post-cataract surgery. I’ve been writing on that couch beside Jesse the last week, and we’re finding ways to “enrich” her life. We’re getting there!

For the win.

Gratitude on a Monday to my readers for many things, including the thoughtful gifts you’ve given me over the years to celebrate each book. Here are a few that sit in my library…but please know that I treasure them all: Thank you. Let me know if you want a story behind any!

I had a great time joining Madeline Martin, Stephanie Dray, and John Saunders on the "History Hive Five" to discuss seventeenth-century witchcraft and HOUR OF THE WITCH. If your streaming queue isn't overloaded and you have a few minutes, click here: youtube.com/watch?v=zGZTlzXp…

Riding in just a jersey in November. Not a fan of global climate change, but I did grab a ride yesterday.

Jesse had cataract surgery this week. We don’t know yet how much vision 👀 she may have recovered, but since she just escaped her cone, I’m exploiting her before putting the cone back on. Swipe across to see a few novels 📚 I’ve loved that inspired THE AMATEUR in some ways.

Well. Two things about Trump choosing Stephen Miller as his new Chief of Staff: 1) Trump learned nothing from Tuesday and you really can’t teach an 80-year-old dog new tricks; 2) Joseph Goebbels might not have killed himself in May 1945 and is, perhaps, an unkillable vampire.

We don't talk enough about climate change. . .sort of like we don't talk enough death. Not being ghoulish, just real. This article in the Burlington Free Press about how the climate has changed in Vermont the last century is, um, sobering. burlingtonfreepress.com/stor…

Not only is incoming U.S. Senator @AnnieAndrewsMD going to be a great Senator, she deserves her own @Netflix standup special. Watch her videos. We're talking comedy genius -- with a scalpel sharp irreverence and ability to shine a surgical light on MAGA hypocrisy.

I could not be more honored or grateful to see THE AMATEUR here. Thanks, Becky Meloan! Book clubs rock and the way you celebrate them is such a gift. I recommend Becky’s Substack with fervor and joy. It’s a reader’s dream. Subscribe. (You’ll thank me.) whatsournextbook.substack.co…

First walk post-cataract surgery.

Jesse had cataract surgery and our girl will wear the cone of shame for 2 weeks, and endure 21 eyedrops and 9 pills a day. Hoping she regains a little eyesight. We're so deeply grateful to the miraculous eye surgeon and loving team at Burlington Emergency and Veterinary Services!

Look at that BLUE sky! Quick ride before picking up Jesse after her cataract surgery. 🤞

I am so proud of U.S. citizens today.There is lots to do — easy stuff like not building White House ballrooms and DC arches with sniper towers, and important stuff like caring for the poor, vulnerable, and scared among us. Also? Let’s remember that Ukraine’s our ally, not Putin.

It feels like the U.S. is coming to its senses — and, just maybe, we are about to wake from a horrific national nightmare. I am so proud of Georgia and South Carolina. I am hoping soon to become just as proud of Michigan, Maine, Ohio, Kansas, and Texas.