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CARLA'S INSTAGRAM

carlajeanconti

Carla is the award-winning author of CHAINED BIRDS: A TRUE CRIME MEMOIR, a story of a wrongful conviction, inmate abuse, & prison gang hit orders.

‼️ 📚 #BookGiveaway Alert! There's still tim

‼️ 📚 #BookGiveaway Alert! There's still time to enter before the April 20 deadline ... 2 lucky winners get these 🔟 #PsychologicalThrillerBooks & a Grand Prize winner gets an autographed copy of #GONEGIRL by @thegillianflynn ‼️ Are you kidding me? 😱 I'm SO excited #ChainedBirds is among these titles! The #booksweeps contest 🔗 is👇 Good luck, everyone! 🤞

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@wildbluepress_truecrime @wildblue_press @mark_hacker_author @cherannwright #TrueCrime #CarlaConti #PsychologicalThrillers #BooksWorthReading #ThrillerBooks #ThrillerBookRec #ThrillerBookLover #Thrillers #Bookstagram @kimwilson6445

📚 🪅 #PHILLY #BOOKFEST ALERT ‼️ C'mon out

📚 🪅 #PHILLY #BOOKFEST ALERT ‼️ C'mon out today to the Skippack Local Author Book Fest at the Victorian Carriage Shops! Mingle with & get signed books from local Philly & suburban authors from 11-4 p.m. I'll have plenty of hardcover and paperback copies of #ChainedBirds — stop by and say hi! 📚 🪅

#CarlaConti #truecrime @wildbluepress_truecrime @wildblue_press @jenniferlanewrites
#bookfestival #bookfest #authors #literaryevents #thingstodoinPA
#Montcohappening #SkippackBookFest #PennsylvaniaReads

📚 🪅 #PHILLY #BOOKFEST ALERT ‼️ C'mon out

📚 🪅 #PHILLY #BOOKFEST ALERT ‼️ C'mon out tomorrow to the Skippack Local Author Book Fest at the Victorian Carriage Shops! Mingle with & get signed books from local Philly & suburban authors from 11-4 p.m. I'll have plenty of hardcover and paperback copies of #ChainedBirds — stop by and say hi! 📚 🪅

#CarlaConti #truecrime @wildbluepress_truecrime @wildblue_press @jenniferlanewrites
#bookfestival #bookfest #authors #literaryevents #thingstodoinPA
#Montcohappening #SkippackBookFest #PennsylvaniaReads

🥳📚👏 So proud to have this 5-⭐️ #Chain

🥳📚👏 So proud to have this 5-⭐️ #ChainedBirds review by a #GoodReads Librarian! She said she "inhaled it in several hours" and called it a "wild true crime book" ‼️ Many thanks to all who've rated & reviewed my book — it means THE WORLD! Who will be the next featured reviewer? 😍🙏❣️

@wildbluepress_truecrime @wildblue_press #Bookstagram #TrueCrime #Memoir #AwardWinningBooks #CarlaConti

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I was lucky to grab an open spot in Sunday's Skipp

I was lucky to grab an open spot in Sunday's Skippack Local Author Book Fest! (Sunday April 13 is the rain date) C'mon down and mingle with local Philly & suburban authors - I'll be there with hardcover and paperback copies of #ChainedBirds!

#CarlaConti #truecrime @wildbluepress_truecrime @wildblue_press
#bookfestival #bookfest #authors #literaryevents #thingstodoinPA
#Montcohappening #SkippackBookFest #PennsylvaniaReads

‼️ 📚 #BookGiveaway Alert! 2 lucky winners g

‼️ 📚 #BookGiveaway Alert! 2 lucky winners get these 🔟 #PsychologicalThrillerBooks & a Grand Prize winner gets an autographed copy of #GONEGIRL by @thegillianflynn ‼️ Are you kidding me? 😱 I'm SO excited #ChainedBirds is among these titles! The #booksweeps contest ends April 20 … enter at the 🔗👇 Good luck, everyone! 🤞

https://bit.ly/3RpBFne

@wildbluepress_truecrime @wildblue_press @mark_hacker_author @cherannwright #TrueCrime #CarlaConti #PsychologicalThrillers #BooksWorthReading #ThrillerBooks #ThrillerBookRec #ThrillerBookLover #Thrillers #Bookstagram @kimwilson6445

🏆📚🎗️ Coming home to #Philly with a 1st

🏆📚🎗️ Coming home to #Philly with a 1st PLACE NELLIE BLY JOURNALISM AWARD for #ChainedBirds in this weekend's #CIBAs held in Bellingham, Wash. I'm so honored & grateful to the @ChantiReviews conference hosts, judges and all the new author friends I've made 🥹🙏

#CAC25 #CarlaConti #TrueCrimeBooks #Bookstagram
@wildbluepress_truecrime @wildblue_press #AwardWinningBooks

🥳 🎧 👏 It's been no small feat to get an e

🥳 🎧 👏 It's been no small feat to get an editorial #BookReview for my author-narrated #audiobook! Many thanks to @new_AudioBookReviewer for finding #ChainedBirds "eye-opening" & my performance "captivating!" 🥹 🙏 📚

@wildbluepress_truecrime @wildblue_press #Bookstagram #TrueCrime #Memoir #AwardWinningBooks #CarlaConti

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‼️ 📚 #BookGiveaway Alert! 2 lucky winners g

‼️ 📚 #BookGiveaway Alert! 2 lucky winners get these 🔟 #PsychologicalThrillerBooks & a Grand Prize winner gets an autographed copy of #GONEGIRL by @thegillianflynn ‼️ Are you kidding me? 😱 I'm SO excited #ChainedBirds is among these titles! The #booksweeps contest ends April 20 … enter at the 🔗👇 Good luck, everyone! 🤞

https://bit.ly/3RpBFne

@wildbluepress_truecrime @wildblue_press @mark_hacker_author @cherannwright #TrueCrime #CarlaConti #PsychologicalThrillers #BooksWorthReading #ThrillerBooks #ThrillerBookRec #ThrillerBookLover #Thrillers #Bookstagram @kimwilson6445

🎙️😍 I deem this PODCASTER APPRECIATION DAY

🎙️😍 I deem this PODCASTER APPRECIATION DAY & want to thank all the fantastic #podcast hosts who've had me on their shows to talk about #ChainedBirds! Check out my recap of recent episodes in the 🔗👇

https://carlajeanconti.com/carla-conti-blog-posts/

@WildBluePress @wildbluepress_truecrime @darknessradiotim @officialdarknessradio @terimbrown_author @dmonitor1 @pcast_ol #CarlaConti #memoir #truecrime #terimbrownauthor #authorpodcast #Bookstagram
#BookThreads #AuthorThreads #awardwinningauthor

🥳 📚 👏 I'm so happy to feature this #Chain

🥳 📚 👏 I'm so happy to feature this #ChainedBirds Reviewer of the Week, who said she had to keep reminding herself my book was a true story and not a novel 😲 Thank you, thank you readers and listeners for taking time to rate and review my book — it means THE WORLD! Who will be the next featured reviewer? 😍 🙏 ❣️

@WildBlue_Press #TrueCrime #Memoir #AwardWinningBooks #CarlaConti #Bookstagram

https://bit.ly/4e0C2O8

‼️ 📚 #BookGiveaway Alert! 2 lucky winners g

‼️ 📚 #BookGiveaway Alert! 2 lucky winners get these 🔟 #PsychologicalThrillerBooks & a Grand Prize winner gets an autographed copy of #GONEGIRL by @thegillianflynn ‼️ Are you kidding me? 😱 I'm SO excited #ChainedBirds is among these titles! The @booksweeps contest ends April 20 … enter at the 🔗👇 Good luck, everyone! 🤞
https://booksweeps.com/giveaway/psychological-thriller-book-giveaway-sweepstakes/

@wildbluepress_truecrime @wildblue_press @mark_hacker_author @cherannwright #TrueCrime #CarlaConti #PsychologicalThrillers #BooksWorthReading #ThrillerBooks #ThrillerBookRec #ThrillerBookLover #Thrillers #Bookstagram @kimwilson6445

🎙️ 📚 👏 #PodcastHost and author Carole O

🎙️ 📚 👏 #PodcastHost and author Carole O'Neill is this week's REVIEWER OF THE WEEK! I chatted with her about #ChainedBirds on @terimbrown_author 's pod #OnlineForAuthors, which just dropped 🔗👇 I was not expecting a bonus #BookReview! Thank you, Carole, and all my readers & listeners who've taken time to rate and review my book — it means THE WORLD! Who will be the next featured reviewer? 😍 🙏 ❣️

https://bit.ly/4irth2G

#CarlaConti #memoir #truecrime #terimbrownauthor #authorpodcast #Bookstagram @WildBluePress @wildbluepress_truecrime #awardwinningauthor #podcast @pcast_ol

🎙️📖 I'll be chatting it up live with Eri N

🎙️📖 I'll be chatting it up live with Eri Nelson on her Vlogging Pod podcast tonight at 7 p.m. Eastern. We'll be talking about my #truecrime book #ChainedBirds ... give it a listen! 💫

https://bit.ly/4iJ9Wda

#TrueCrime #Podcast #CarlaConti #TrueCrimeBooks #Bookstagram @wildblue_press

☘️ Happy St. Paddy's Day, everyone! If you lov

☘️ Happy St. Paddy's Day, everyone! If you love #TrueCrime and listening to #Audiobooks, I have just the thing ... 👇

#CarlaConti #ChainedBirds #Memoir #AwardWinningBooks
@wildblue_press #authorsofinstagram #Bookstagram

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🎙️📚 In honor of this latest episode of Onl

🎙️📚 In honor of this latest episode of Online for Authors podcast, where guest host Carole O'Neill interviewed me about my debut Chained Birds, @terimbrown_author, (the podcast host) is giving away one copy of my book! All you have to do is listen to the episode, join the amazing Facebook group Novels N Latte Book Club, and post something you learned or enjoyed about the chat! The deadline is noon tomorrow ... That's it! Thanks, Teri, for booking me on your show, and thank you, Carole, for a terrific discussion 🥳👏

https://www.terimbrown.com/blog/episode-3-15-25

#carlaconti #chainedbirds #memoir #truecrime #terimbrownauthor #authorpodcast #onlineforauthors #characterdriven #researchjunkie #Bookstagram @WildBluePress @wildbluepress_truecrime #awardwinningauthor #podcasthost #podcast
@pcast_ol

📚 👏 I couldn't be happier with this surprise

📚 👏 I couldn't be happier with this surprise editorial critique of #ChainedBirds by @indie_reader which landed in my inbox this week! It's a fun perk that comes from entering IR's #DiscoveryAwards ... Chained Birds is competing in the True Crime and Best First Nonfiction Book categories. Winners are announced at the end of May 🤞 🥳

@wildblue_press #TrueCrime #Memoir #AwardWinningBooks #CarlaConti #Bookstagram
https://bit.ly/3XOR8Rq

🕵️🔍 INTERROGATION ALERT! Philly and Burbs

🕵️🔍 INTERROGATION ALERT! Philly and Burbs fans of #Crime #Mystery & #Suspense books, join us this Saturday at the Tredyffrin Library at 11 am for our Delaware Valley Chapter Sisters in Crime authors panel, where we'll take your questions about anything! To be moderated by yours truly … 🙋‍♀️📚

@tredylibrary @donnahustonmurray @lisareganauthor @dianevallere @janekellytrinity

🕵️🔍 INTERROGATION ALERT! Philly and Burbs

🕵️🔍 INTERROGATION ALERT! Philly and Burbs fans of #Crime #Mystery & #Suspense books, join us this Saturday at the Tredyffrin Library at 11 am for our Delaware Valley Chapter Sisters in Crime authors panel, where we'll take your questions about anything! To be moderated by yours truly … 🙋‍♀️📚

@tredylibrary @donnahustonmurray @lisareganauthor @dianevallere @janekellytrinity

🥳 📚 👏 This #ChainedBirds Reviewer of the

🥳 📚 👏 This #ChainedBirds Reviewer of the Week won my book in a giveaway contest, is a blogger, writer, AND works in a prison setting .... her insight is unique! Thank you @SherryFrasier13 for taking time to rate and review my book — it means THE WORLD! Who will be the next featured reviewer? 😍 🙏 ❣️

@WildBlue_Press #TrueCrime #Memoir #AwardWinningBooks #CarlaConti #Bookstagram

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Carla Conti

Carla Conti is a true crime journalist, storyteller, and prison reform advocate. Her debut book, Chained Birds: A True Crime Memoir of Justice, Survival and Redemption Behind Bars, is out now with WildBlue Press.

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https://carlajeanconti.com/author/chainedbirdstorygmail-com/
Podcaster Appreciation Day: Thanks to all who’ve hosted me to talk about Chained Birds!
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UPDATE: Follow this Kindle Scribe hack for better note-taking and easy book edits
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IndieReader finds Chained Birds a “gripping exploration” of prison system’s underbelly
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Featuring Chained Birds Reviewer of the Week!

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