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Sara Goodman Confino is the bestselling author of five novels: Don’t Forget to Write, Behind Every Good Man, She’s Up to No Good, For the Love of Friends, and the upcoming Good Grief. After spending more years than she’s willing to publicly admit teaching high school English and journalism, she is currently writing full time and trying to make a living off of the crazy stories in her head. She lives in Montgomery County, Maryland with her husband, two sons, two miniature schnauzers, and a goldfish that seems to be vying for the world record of longest living fish. When she’s not writing or frantically parenting, she can be found on the Peloton, at the beach, or at a Bruce Springsteen concert, sometimes even dancing onstage.
My last #smallbusinesssaturday post, I swear! But I wanted to send some love to the independent bookstores that have shown me love over the years.
My branch of a DMV book chain as a kid (RIP Crown Books) used to save a copy of the new Babysitters Club book at the register for me every month because they knew I’d be in on release day to buy it. They made me feel seen and important as a reader. And that’s the kind of store that these all are. So if you’re looking to buy books this holiday season, or year round, I HIGHLY recommend buying from @wonderlandbookstagram, @bethanybeachbooks, @browseaboutbooks @beachboundbookshop, and @parkbooksmd. Every one of those stores is owned and operated by a FABULOUS team, who make both authors and readers feel like family. And they all have websites and ship if they aren’t local to you.
(And I’m planning to hit all five of you up for June events when Off the Record drops, so… emails coming soon! Love you!)
Shop small. Shop local. Buy books. And keep indie bookstores alive so my kids and yours get that same kind of experience that I had as a young reader! 🩷
Speaking of #smallbusinesssaturday, this is my friend @jessgha. In addition to being an amazing lawyer, mom, author, and friend, she’s also a small business owner. She opened @jurisdictionclothing a couple years ago and became my fashion guru along with my alpha reader (seriously, she and my mom yell at me if they’re not getting a chapter a night!). She’s the queen of convincing me to treat myself (I’m terrible at doing that without her telling me I deserve it) and always has exactly what I didn’t know I desperately needed.
The store also sells signed copies of my books!
Check them out in store at @cabinjohnvillage or online (jurisdictionclothing.com) and support this store owned by one of my very favorite people on the planet!
Today’s #swimclassread is my OFF THE RECORD copyedits! We’re getting real here folks!
But it’s also #smallbusinesssaturday so I want to highlight my favorite bookstore, @parkbooksmd.
Listen, being a baby author is hard. No one thinks you’re a big deal and you can’t BECOME a big deal without support from the people who don’t know who you are yet. I wrote to Melody, the owner of Park Books, as one of those baby authors—basically apologizing for bothering her, and she replied that above all, she supported authors. And boy has she proven that!
Fast forward a couple years and I am so proud to call her my friend. So if you’re looking for a place to buy books for yourself or as holiday gifts, support your local indie. If you don’t have one, support mine. And if you want signed books of mine as gifts, put the personalization you’d like in the comments of your order from Park Books and I’ll go sign them!
And yes, signed preorders of Off the Record are coming from Park Books as soon as we can do the cover reveal! Stay tuned!
The best time at the best movie with my best friend. Love you @jenlu13. For good 🩷💚
#wickedforgood #wicked #bff
It’s been so fun watching my stack of translated books grow. One of my favorite things has been being able to gift copies to people I know who speak these languages. A couple more are out now that I haven’t gotten yet and more coming in 2026–and my parents snagged that Polish edition of For the Love of Friends in Poland the week it came out! 😎
It doesn’t have a cover yet (so so so soon! Keep an eye on this space if you want in on the reveal! It’s coming!), but OFF THE RECORD has a description! Here’s what’ll be on the back of the book.
I. CANNOT. WAIT.
Off The Record comes out June 9 and it is seriously my favorite thing I’ve written.
We’ll have signed preorders from @parkbooksmd ready to go as soon as we have a cover.
And I thought waiting for June was rough as a teacher! 😉
#offtherecord #bookstagram #comingsoon
While I am obviously a queen every month (in the sense that I am late for absolutely everything but insist everyone else is merely early), it’s Jewish Book Month, which means my books get their chance to reign!
But if you’d like to present me with a tiara and sash, I wouldn’t turn it down.
As usual, no, I don’t know why I’m like this.
Anyway, just your reminder to support Jewish authors and read Jewish books this month (and every month. I DO have another one coming out in June after all! 😉)
#bookstagram #jewishbookmonth #theprincessdiaries
I sent out my author newsletter Wednesday and opened with this. THREE HOURS LATER, I got the first round of the cover for Off the Record in my email. Should I buy a lottery ticket???
No, I can’t show you the cover yet. BUT if you want to be one of the very first people to see it, follow my substack!
https://open.substack.com/pub/saragoodmanconfino
#bookstagram
Sara is represented by Rachel Beck at Liza Dawson Associates. Contact Ms. Beck at RBeck@lizadawson.com.
Sara is represented by Ann-Marie Nieves of Get Red PR. Contact Ms. Nieves at am@getredpr.com.
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