--- title: Kristen Arnett | TIME description: Arnett is the author of the novels Mostly Dead Things and With Teeth canonical: https://time.com/author/kristen-arnett/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/kristen-arnett/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Kristen Arnett ## Kristen Arnett Arnett is the author of the novels [Mostly Dead Things](https://bookshop.org/a/4973/9781947793835) and [With Teeth](https://bookshop.org/a/4973/9780593191507) ## Kristen Arnett *  Jun 4, 2024 ### [15 LGBTQ+ Books to Read for Pride](https://time.com/6983238/best-lgbtq-books-pride/) Suggestions from author Kristen Arnett [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Jun 2, 2023 ### [We're Here, We're Queer, We're Getting Married in Florida](https://time.com/6280974/wedding-lgbtq-florida-essay/) "As I prepare to marry the person I love in Florida, I vacillate between excitement and dread." [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 15, 2022 ### [The Brightness After the Hurricane](https://time.com/6222242/hurricanes-florida-kristen-arnett-essay/) Kristen Arnett, a lifelong Floridian, writes about the uncertainty as storms approach and the commun... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 23, 2022 ### [The Bittersweet Experience of Celebrating Pride in Florida](https://time.com/6172365/pride-florida-2022-kristen-arnett/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 14, 2022 ### [I Know the Harm Florida’s Don’t Say Gay Bill Can Do](https://time.com/6157302/dont-say-gay-florida-kristen-arnett-disney/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/kristen-arnett/","name":"Kristen Arnett"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/kristen-arnett/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/kristen-arnett/"},"name":"Kristen Arnett","jobTitle":null,"description":"Arnett is the author of the novels Mostly Dead Things and With Teeth","url":"https://time.com/author/kristen-arnett/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```