Victoria Koops

Writer. Gamer. Nerd.

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Digital loot ahead! Click the icon to download.

Printable Poster

A commissioned, printable poster, featuring a tender moment from the novel. Created by the incredibly talented, high school artist, Inara Underwood. Thank you, Inara!

POV: Darcy’s Playlist

It’s giving feminine rage meets teenage angst—listen to the music on Darcy’s playlist the next time you need a pick me up in the face of great injustice!

POV: Art’s Playlist

For the geeks and gamers who want to write their own stories—listen to Art’s playlist while you level up your TTRPG character!

Ambient Campaign Playlist

Crawl into the world of Durgeon’s Keep and make yourself part of the adventure with this ambient playlist full of dark fantasy vibes.

Deleted Scene

This deleted scene was removed long before Who We Are In Real Life was submitted for publishing. Never seen by anyone other than Victoria before, now except you!

D&D 5e Compatible One-Shot

Curious about D&D or maybe you just want to spend more time in Roman and Poppy’s world, this one-shot is a great place to start!

Thank You Letter

The letter says it all—thank you for all your support! Game on!

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Can we all agree that book mail is the best mail? Can we all agree that book mail is the best mail? 💛💛💛 Check out what @groundwoodbooks just sent me and get a sneak peek at my (very messy) office space!

Huge thanks to @moonlightandmetaphors, the talented artist who made the sticker. I’m obsessed! 😍 

#writersofinstagram #bookstagram #bookmail #fanart #sticker #LGBTQ🌈 #dnd5e
✨FAN ART DROP✨ I have arrived. There will be n ✨FAN ART DROP✨ I have arrived. There will be no higher honour than this. That is all. 🥹🥰😭

Posted with permission from the artist, the talented @3va_monty, who I met this last week at the White Pine Awards. 

🙏 Please, PLEASE feel free to send me any fanart or fanfic you’ve created about my novel. I LOVE seeing how my book has inspired you. 🖤

#fanartfriday #fanart #writerlife #writersofinstagram #yabooks #bookstagram #characterart #wwairl
What’s the best part about being an author? Days What’s the best part about being an author? Days like this. 🖤 

Congratulations to @_sarahsuk for winning the White Pine Award for THE SPACE BETWEEN!!

We may not have won any awards today, but I feel like a winner because I had THE best time with @lychengwrites @hellocookie and @matteolcerilli live at the festival. Thank you to @ontariolibraryassociation’s Forest of Reading Festival and my fabulous @groundwoodbooks team for all the support, but an extra special thank you to all the teens who made today and my trip to Toronto such a core memory! I’m sleepy 😴 but so inspired by your excitement for reading. This is just a snapshot of how amazing the last few days have been. Idk, should I get on here and talk about the highlights? Let me know in the comments. 👇

#ola #forestofreading #whitepineaward #writerlife #writersoftiktok #yabooks #awardseason #lgbt🌈 #booktok #dnd5e #ttrpg #canadabooktok #CapCut
🎶 Everywhere I will be with you, everything I w 🎶 Everywhere I will be with you, everything I will do for you 🎶

Happy Mother’s Day to all who celebrate but especially to this little adventurer. Thank you for making me a Mum, sweetface. I love you! 

#bubbleplanet #writerlife #motherday #toronto #adventure
Thank you, Saskatchewan, for choosing stories abou Thank you, Saskatchewan, for choosing stories about queerness, about bravery, about safety—especially durning a time that IS so unsafe for so many. 🌈

I am beyond grateful to share that my debut novel—WHO WE ARE IN REAL LIFE—won the Young Adult Literature Award at the Saskatchewan Book Awards last night. For my book, which is all about using Dungeons & Dragons to fight injustice both in-game and in real life, to win this award here at home, well, to me that means that there are people in our communities who are committed to keeping vulnerable stories, and the youth reading them, safe. Not only that, but also that there are people excited to celebrate queer resilience and joy, without fear or shame. What a privilege it is, as an author writing for young adults, to be part of creating and holding those safe and brave spaces.

Of course, in my two-minutes of fame as I accepted this honour, I said all this and completely forgot to thank the people who make it possible for me to do what I do. So, I’d like to make sure I thank my fantastic publisher @groundwoodbooks and the team there, who took a chance on a completely unknown author from Saskatchewan and launched my career by doing so. Specifically, thank you to my amazing editor, @emmasakamoto, who cast her magic and made my book into something worth winning an award! Thank you to all my writing friends, from my OG writing group, the EWG, to the friends I made along the way like @merilynsimonds4204 and @caleplett, to the writing friends I celebrated with last night, including @suzykrause, @jesbattis, and @courtneybateshardy. And to wrap up the thank you’s, I’d like to thank my husband, Tyler, for all the sacrifices he makes so I get to write. He was my hot date last night and my videographer (thanks for taking a video even without me needing to ask), but more importantly, he makes me feel safe enough to be my authentic self in real life!

If you made it this far, you’ve also earned yourself a thank you and some experience points. Use them wisely, thank you for being a fan, and don’t forget your power! 🖤

- V

@saskbookawards #writerlife #writersofinstagram #bookstagram #awardseason #lgbtqyouth #dnd5e #ttrpg
What they see vs what I see during my online Canad What they see vs what I see during my online Canadian Children’s Book Week presentations. 🤩

Thank you, Ms Moor’s class and Midland Public Library, for writing some fanfic with me and making me feel so appreciated as we celebrated Canadian Children’s Books. What a fabulous start to my busy tour schedule! 

#kidsbookcentre #bookweek2025 @kidsbookcentre @midlandpubliclibrary

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