Ali Hazelwood Reveals Her Next Novel Is Already Written - Now She's ‘Fighting' to Release It
Ali Hazelwood readers aren't used to waiting very long for new books, but with no official announcements about her next novel, fans have been clamoring for information. Thankfully, the New York Times bestselling author has finally provided a promising update.
In a wide-ranging Harper's Bazaar interview published on Friday, May 1, Hazelwood revealed that she finished writing a full-length novel in January, though the project was initially intended to be a novella. She also teased that the book is not paranormal and includes a doctor character.
"Whenever I have something ready, I am very eager to share it with people. Like, I am currently fighting for my life to be able to release this full-length novel that I told you about this year," she elaborated. "I understand, I also don't like sitting on things, and I just like to share them. Maybe it's from my fan fiction days."
Hazelwood has become known for releasing books back to back without large gaps in her publishing timeline. For instance, in 2025 alone, she dropped her novels Deep End in February, Problematic Summer Romance in May and Mate in October as well as novellas Hot for Slayer in September and Bound in November.
While her fans have come to expect rapid-fire releases from her, Hazelwood denied feeling anxiety about sticking to her previous pattern.
"There are so many amazing books coming out," she said, pointing to Big Girl Blitz by Danielle Allen as one of her recent favorites. "There's so much good stuff. So I don't really feel that because the romance industry is such a rich-and I don't mean rich monetarily, even though it is also very lucrative-it's such an amazing place right now where there is so much that is being written by so many authors."
As for what's next for her career, Hazelwood has plenty of inspiration to keep her writing.
"I have so many ideas," she shared. "There is always something happening where the thing that I want to write the most at that time, I do not have time to write because I have committed to something else. But there are so many book ideas that I just really, really want to write."
Hazelwood dropped a few extra breadcrumbs about potential future stories, teasing that she's considered centering projects around CeCe from Love, Theoretically and Pen from Deep End.
"And then I have something that is a little bit of a genre switch for me," she added. "It's always gonna be a romance. I don't talk about it, just because it feels so far right now that it might never happen. All I want is to be able to actually write, right?"
As for whether any of her books will receive a true sequel rather than interconnected standalones based in the same worlds, she hinted, "Let's revisit this in a while. I may have news? I don't know. Let's revisit this. I think we'll see."
In the meantime, fans can look forward to Hazelwood's upcoming novella audiobook, Unbound, coming to Spotify on July 14. Plus, the film adaptation of The Love Hypothesis-which she's already seen and "loved"-is expected to be released later this year.
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This story was originally published May 1, 2026 at 4:31 PM.