Leila Siddiqui

Cults, and gothic castles, and unknowable gods, and beauty that comes with a cost! It’ll all be here this summer, and horror week is the time to announce the authors responsible for it! Join us at the Framingham Public Library @frampub on Saturday, August 8th for all this and more @darksummerbookfest 👻🧹🧟‍♂️ ☠️🔮🐈‍⬛️ @eksathue @renee_s._decamillis @leilasidd13 @alexispowellstories #FPLreads #FraminghamPublicLibrary #DarkSummer #DarkSummerBookFest #BookTalk #DarkRomance [Video description: A video with photos of all the above authors and their books.]

Get excited, because Leila Siddiqui @leilasidd13 will be at the library this summer! Dark Summer Book Fest is Saturday, August 8th at the Framingham Public Library @frampub . “Leila Siddiqui is a Chicago-born Texan who calls New York home. She is currently the co-host of Come Play With Us, a spooky storytelling podcast, and also works in publishing in the marketing department. Leila spent a childhood fascinated by history and horror, and how intricately both can be entwined, and now wants to write the kind of fantastical and strange fiction she loved to read growing up, by shedding light on pieces of history the rest of the world tends to forget or write off. She is a horror film devotee and when not writing, spends her time crafting and fawning over her very floofy cats. She lives with her partner in Queens.” #darksummerbookfest #horrorbooks #horror #horrorbookstagram #framinghampubliclibrary

I’m so excited to be at @bookcon this weekend! On Saturday, I have the great honor of moderating a Q&A with @kuangrf on the Main Stage. And on Sunday, I’ll be on a panel with my friend @authorelizabethagyemang , and authors @itsladarrion , @mariamorawrites , and @linsey.miller moderated by the lovely @utopia.state.of.mind . Including a picture of my cat Gizmo who could not care less about any of this because both events are happening during “treat time” and I will not be home to dispense them. Spotlight on R.F. Kuang Sat, Apr 18, 2026 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM Main Stage - Level 5 Dancing with the Dark: Creating Atmospheric Stories with a Critical Lens in Dark Academia, Horror, and Fantasy Sunday April 19 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Room 1A01-02 (Hall 1A-B) SIGNING Sunday April 19 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM Hall 1A (Table 32A-B)

Next Tuesday | 1816: London is a hostile place for the newly disembarked Mehrunissa Begum, who’s come to deliver her brother’s letter of inheritance before returning to her comfortable life in Lucknow, India. Only, she can’t find her brother anywhere and has no money for the return trip. With nowhere else to go, Mehr finds refuge in a boardinghouse for Indian maids. If she can’t find her brother, she reasons, she will get a job and start saving. Mehr is soon hired at the English estate of Mary and Percy Shelley, young artists of burgeoning fame who are on the run from secrets of their own. Mary is brooding and quiet, but takes a curious liking to her new maid, asking her to accompany the Shelleys and her stepsister, Claire—as well as the eccentric Lord Byron and his physician, John Polidori—to Lake Geneva for the summer. Almost immediately, Mehr notices strange, ghostly events at the villa. The walls breathe, portraits shift, and phantoms appear like unbidden guests who refuse to leave. The weather is fierce and foreboding, showing no signs of softening its relentless pall. And as Mary Shelley begins work on what will become her earth-shattering literary phenomenon, Mehr finds herself trapped in the villa as the rest of its inhabitants descend into madness. RSVP at tinyurl.com/snfl7storiesup 🖤 @soho_press

🍇🎊👻 Last Friday night was the launch party for THE GLOWING HOURS by Leila Siddiqui at @twistedspinebooks ! This mind-being, revisionist gothic horror story about the fabled summer Mary Shelley began work on ‘Frankenstein,’ as told by her Indian housemaid Mehrunissa “Mehr” Begum, is available now wherever you find your books. #hellshundred

Soho Press chats with Leila Siddiqui to THE GLOWING HOURS 🍇 “THE GLOWING HOURS is a haunting, surreal, and utterly engrossing gothic horror novel that hooked me from the very first page. With her adult debut, Leila Siddiqui has distinguished herself as an incisive and exciting voice in horror.”—Alexis Henderson, author of ‘The Year of the Witching’ #theglowinghours #leilasiddiqui #hellshundred

The Glowing Hours is officially out today! I’m so grateful to my agent @lanewriteswords and my editor Nick at @soho_press for making it possible. I also owe so much gratitude to @lexish and @thegravemuse for taking the time to read and blurb this newbie author’s title. It took a lot to bring this book into the world and I’m so excited to finally share it with everyone!

3 weeks till publication! So humbled from receiving a @publisherswkly starred review, and inclusion in roundups from @crimereads and @ms_magazine . Showed my cat my finished copy once it came in and she didn’t care which was even more humbling! #glowinghours #booknews #horrorbooks #catsandbooks

First time doing a book signing AND attending @americanlibraryassociation ’s annual event! Even though I was so nervous that I think I may have spelled my name wrong a couple times, it was so amazing meeting librarians face to face and hearing their enthusiasm for my book, and all things gothic and Frankenstein! So grateful for the sales and marketing team at @soho_press and my agent @lanewriteswords for getting me this far! #ala2025 #horrorbooks #booksigning #author #authorlife

Had so much fun at @soho_press ’s Horror Party last night. It was such an honor being one of the featured authors! I got to catch up with my editor Nick Whitney and meet the incredible marketing and publicity teams. The Glowing Hours themed cocktail was STRONG and so were the good vibes! All thanks of course to my amazing agent @lanewriteswords . #TheGlowingHours is out Feb 3rd! #publishingjourney #booknews #authorlife #authorgram #horrorgram #horrorfiction

Don’t miss the Spring 2025 virtual book fest on May 8! Join Penguin Random House, LJ, and SLJ for a free day of author chats, book buzz, and reader fun. Save your spot now! 📚 📅 Thursday, May 8th 🔗 Register now at the link in bio! #PRHBookFest

So excited to post this! I have a new book coming out with @soho_press ! And happy 7th birthday to my first born daughter 😭😻