middle grade novels
Novel in Verse, Kokila, SPRING 2025
Winner of the Lambda Literary Award. A middle grade novel in verse about a young trans girl who uses a video game to process an ADHD diagnosis, isolation, and her relationship to gender.
picture books
PICTURE BOOK, Astra Young Readers, fall 2024
A picture book about a nonbinary child’s magical birthday party. Illustrated by Mathias Ball.
Monster Seek
PICTURE BOOK
A picture book about two children playing hide-and-seek during a thunderstorm that explores gender identity, the love between siblings, and the meaning of monstrosity.
poetry
Poetry, Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2021
“Unpredictable and terrifyingly familiar … a revelation.”
—Chase Berggrun
POETRY, SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2020
“An extraordinary display of poetic power.”
—Mary Karr
Porcupine in Freefall
POETRY, WINNER OF THE BRIGHT HILL PRESS BOOK COMPETITION, 2019
“Rainie Oet sees and names our longing for transformation.”
—Ilya Kaminsky