There’s a strange tension in the way we consume things now. We scroll or skim. And then move on. And yet… every so often, something makes us pause. Not because it’s loud, but because it feels like it’s meant for us. That’s the space I’ve been building. This isn’t a newsletter in the usual sense […]
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How to Host a Unicorn Receives the Literary Titan Gold Book Award I’m happy to share some good news: How to Host a Unicorn: A Tale of Hospitality & Manners has received a Gold Book Award from Literary Titan, recognizing its storytelling, creativity, artistry, and contribution to children’s literature. 💛 Strange Origins… How to Host
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Did you have a Christmas nightmare at someone’s house this year? Cold bathwater? No towels? Raised voices and kids going feral? Yeah… Dag the Unicorn can relate. In How to Host a Unicorn: A Tale of Hospitality and Manners, a quiet, structure-loving unicorn visits his friend Nick—who has a very different idea of “fun.” Chaos
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The Unicorn Dispatch 🦄 Published on November 12, 2025. A busy time! How to Host a Unicorn is out in the universe, and I’m developing next year’s release, How to Christmas with a Unicorn. They look cute now, but they are primed and ready to bother Uncle Daggy. My baby (Simply Dag) has been away at
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Dag is a unicorn who likes things nice and quiet. Nick is a bear who… doesn’t. When Nick invites Dag for a visit, he means well—but his idea of hospitality includes stomach-churning boat rides, chaotic surprise parties, and a bath towel the size of a handkerchief. Dag does his best to stay gracious. Nick tries
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You don’t have to be loud to live a big life! Dag is a little boy who lives in a big, old castle on the outskirts of town. While he finds wonder in its winding halls and towering bookshelves, the other children don’t understand the castle—or Dag himself. To them, the castle seems strange, just
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In the process of researching and writing my next nonfiction project, Simply Dag, I’ve arrived in September of 1960—the beginning of Dag Hammarskjöld’s final year. And . . . damn . . . it’s a lot. Because for me, this isn’t just research. This isn’t a polite distance. When you care about someone—when he’s not
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. . . That Adults Might Need to Hear, Too When I first started writing How to Host a Unicorn, I thought I was making a one-off book playfully (and absurdly) based on Dag’s real-life meeting with Nikita Khrushchev at Sochi. In almost no time, I realized that there was room for a Dag the
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Decoding the Unicorn, my biography of Dag Hammarskjöld, has been honored with a BookFest Award. It’s a moment that feels both humbling and affirming. This book is more than a biography. Yes, it’s the result of research and reflection, but also what I can only describe as a collaboration across time and space with Dag
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This content was published in The Unicorn Dispatch on April 9, 2025. Tonight’s Unicorn Dispatch brings a peek behind the curtain of two very different but beloved projects—one steeped in quiet wisdom, the other brimming with silly charm. Both are moving forward, and I wanted to share a little of what’s unfolding. ✨ Simply Dag
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