Thrillerfest
Thrillerfest started out with an epic six hour agent party at the rooftop of the Library Hotel. CJ Lyons, Barbara Poelle, Sophie Littlefield, Jamie Freveletti and me. Our YA panel moderated by the very funny R.L. Stine who kept the audience and the panelists laughing. R.L. Stine all to myself.Read More →
STARTERS Paperback out today – Win a Gift Card
If you take a picture of the new paperback of STARTERS and tweet it, fb it, or Tumblr it, I’ll pick winners in each category and send them a $20 gift card. Take a picture of you holding the book, or in a bookstore with some books around it, orRead More →
EW.com has the Exclusive reveal of ENDERS
Go here on EW to see the paperback of STARTERS that comes out July 23rd. The article includes both new covers as well as an excerpt of ENDERS. Yes, you can start reading ENDERS! I would love a comment on the EW site below the article please. In fact, I’llRead More →
Contest at Random Buzzers this Week
http://www.randombuzzers.com/things-to-do/boards/topic/1331/142555/ Come and ask a question and maybe you’ll win a copy of the new Starters paperback. It has an exclusive 25p story, Portrait of a Spore (US only).Read More →
When Grrls Fall in Love – My Comic-Con Panel
Last year I was on a great Comic-Con panel about YA Dystopians with mostly guys but this year the grrls rule. I’m thrilled to be with some major YA superstars. From Deadline and the Comic-Con schedule: 11:00am When Grrls Fall in Love From The Hunger Games‘ Katniss to Divergent‘s Tris,Read More →
Danke, German readers!
Just found out that the biggest reader site in Germany voted ENDERS the best new hardcover book in May 2013, when it came out there (beating out Dan Brown!). Thank you so much, Germany, herzlichen dank. http://www.lovelybooks.de/buecher/romane/Beste-Buchneuerscheinung-Hardcover-Mai-2013-1024367559/ (And to my other readers, I know, I really know. Please be patient,Read More →
Super Swag Sunday!
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 →
Istanbul, Turkey – the last stop on the tour
The ride in from the airport was fascinating. I’d never been to Turkey before, although I have friends who have visited. Istanbul is very cosmopolitan. Here, you’ll note the flag. It was a big national holiday, something my publisher hadn’t realized when they scheduled the date. Would that affect theRead More →
Turin, Italy
The next stop on the tour was Italy. I flew into Milan and a driver took me to Torino (Turin). The first surprise at this cool hotel was being given a two-room, two-bathroom suite with a private balcony overlooking a courtyard. Nice! It was cool and drizzly this year. AtRead More →
Scenes from Lisbon, Portugal, the Book Tour
So you saw the newspaper photographer shooting me in the previous post. This shot above is because someone suggested we document me with the book of each country, in each country. After this, I had a couple of newspaper interviews and then some blogger interviews in the hotel before headingRead More →