Enders was officially released in the US on Jan 7, 2014! This was a long wait for both the readers and me and we had a good old time at Vroman’s Bookstore, Pasadena. When I first got there early, I was going to tell Connie, the wonderful community relations manager,Read More →
GET READY FOR The 2nd Annual SUPER SWAG SUNDAY!!! When: June 24th thru June 30th Where: laurisareyes.blogspot.com Why: For a chance to win lots of cool promotional items signed by 50+ of today’s best middle grade and young adult authors! Every day for seven days, Laurisa’s blog will spotlightRead More →
Today, at your local bookstore and all the online sources, a YA book called Poison releases. This is special because it is a debut by an Apocalypsie who is no longer with us. Bridget Zinn was a librarian and a writer and just looking at her photo, she’s someone IRead More →
I plan on presenting you with some wonderful new authors this year, as well as some sequels by known YA authors. Jennifer Rush’s YA futuristic thriller Altered is something I think many of you will be interested in. There’s a strong female main character as well as secrets, lies andRead More →
This is a guest post by the lovely Lenore Appelhans! STARTERS was one of my favorite reads last year, and even though it is a very different book than LEVEL 2, the main characters Callie and Felicia do have some things in common. They are motivated by their compassion CallieRead More →
My amazing blogmate, Beth Revis, has completed her trilogy and SHADES OF EARTH is in bookstores and online now. At the same time, my other blogmate Lenore Appelhans debuts this week with LEVEL TWO, an afterlife thriller. Love that tagline! I’ll be signing with her at Books Inc. in SFRead More →
Here are some images from my first Comic-Con visit. Most of them are from Wednesday, Preview night. Shannon Messenger, my friend and sister Apocalypsie, with her upcoming fall Middle Grade debut, KEEPER OF LOST CITIES (seen on poster behind her). We had so much fun talking shop and walking theRead More →
STARTERS is one of nine books Chapters/Indigo picked as Best of the Year So Far – Teens. So it’s now on that list for Amazon and Chapters. This is a nice sendoff as I get ready to leave for ComicCon tomorrow! Read More →
Starting Wednesday, May 2 at 12:00pm noon EST – that’s 9 am PST, the Apocalypsies will be hosting the second ever YAmazing Race with MGnificent Prizes ‘“ a week-long blog race featuring over 50 debut authors. Go to the Apocalypsies site any time between May 2 -8 to join theRead More →
Four of my wonderful Apocalypsie sisters have their debuts coming out tomorrow, January 3. Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi, Cinder by Marissa Meyer, Cracked by K.M. Walton, and Cabinet of Earths by Anne Nesbet (middle grade). Three of the titles all begin with the letter “C.” What areRead More →
