The Ghosts of Kerfol by Deborah Noyes (Candlewick, 2008). From the promotional copy:
In her classic ghost story “Kerfol,” Edith Wharton tells the tale of Anne de Barrigan, a young Frenchwoman convicted of murdering her husband, the jealous Yves de Cornault.
The elderly lord was found dead on the stairs,
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Check out readergirlz’s “Books with Bite” series celebration of Teen Read Week; see the awesome trailer below:
The 2009 Red Dirt Book Festival has called for proposals. The theme is “Imagine Oklahoma: Read, Write, Talk.” Submit your proposal here. Deadline: Dec. 1. Note: the 4th annual Red Dirt Festival will be held in Shawnee,
Thomas Pendleton is the co-author (with Stefan Petrucha) of Wicked Dead (HarperTeen), a series of edgy horror novels for young adult readers.
His novel, Mason (HarperTeen), was released in July 2008, and the books Shimmer and The Calling (under the name Dallas Reed) are also forthcoming from HarperTeen.
Writing as Lee Thomas,
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Michael Stearns from Firebrand Literary: “Michael Stearns brings nearly twenty years’ publishing experience to Firebrand Literary.
“Formerly editorial director and foreign acquisitions manager for HarperCollins Children’s Books, and Senior Editor, Director of Paperback Publishing for Harcourt Children’s Books, he has worked on hundreds of books for children and adults.” See more information.
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Cambria Evans was born in Richmond, Virginia; and grew up in Provo, Utah. She studied graphic design at Rhode Island School of Design, and now works as a freelance illustrator, writer and designer in Brooklyn, New York. Cambria loves all things Halloween and celebrates every day by eating plenty of candy. She shares a studio with her husband Kari Christensen,
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Tantalize is now available in paperback from Walker U.K.! The cover is almost the same except that it includes the “Predator or Prey” kicker.
Here’s the Walker U.K. version of the flap copy:
Terrific teenage gothic novel – vampires and werewolves abound!
Orphaned and in her uncle’s care, fiercely independent Quincie may be the most over-achieving high-school student around,
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In celebration of the ten-year anniversary of www.cynthialeitichsmith.com, I asked some established authors–folks I’d featured early on–the following question:
Over the past decade, what are the most important lessons you’ve learned about your craft, the writing/artistic life, and/or publishing, and why?
Here’s the latest reply, this one from author Nancy Garden:
I think the most important lesson I’ve learned about my craft–or at least about myself as a writer–over the past decade is to slow down!
Tomorrow morning I leave for The Youth Literature Festival, sponsored by the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, which takes place Oct. 4.
All events are free and open to the public and will be held at various locations across the Urbana-Champaign community.
Speakers will include: Ashley Bryan;
YALSA’s Teen Read Week 2008 is Oct. 12 to Oct. 18, and the theme is “Books with Bite.”
In anticipation of the celebration, I’m giving away a super spooky prize package made up of the following to a YA librarian who has not previously won a Tantalize-related prize: a signed paperback copy of Tantalize (Candlewick,
Christopher Golden on Christopher Golden: “I sold my first book–a non-fiction pop-culture project called Cut!: Horror Writers on Horror Film (Berkley, 1992) in 1990 or 1991–and it won the Bram Stoker Award in 1992.
“’92 was also the year I sold my first novel, at the age of 25,
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