Tantalize by Cynthia Leitich Smith is now available in hardcover for order from Walker Books Australia and New Zealand! See the publisher listing. It looks like the paperback edition will be available from the company in 2009.

To celebrate, I’m going to give away a signed hardback copy to one Cynsational YA reader from Australia or New Zealand! Note: please feel free to forward this news to anyone who might be interested-eligible!

To enter the giveaway, email me (scroll for address) with your name and snail/street mail address by midnight CST July 22! Note: if you have already entered the ongoing Tantalize Paperback, Eternal Excerpt, Sanguini’s Giveaway in celebration of the U.S. paperback release, you don’t have to send another email. Your existing entry will count for both giveaway programs!

Cynsational Notes

The novel also is available in hardcover from Candlewick Press in the U.S., and likewise will be available in paperback here from Candlewick Press as of July 22. In addition, it’s available here on audio from Listening Library and coming this fall from Walker U.K. The announcement of more editions is pending.